Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne, Volume 1 |
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I had given me two handsome pieces of very curiously wrought and gilt plate . -
Evelyn . 2 The whole of this passage , so characteristic of the writer ' s tastes and
genius , and both the paragraphs before and after it , are printed for the first time ...
I had given me two handsome pieces of very curiously wrought and gilt plate . -
Evelyn . 2 The whole of this passage , so characteristic of the writer ' s tastes and
genius , and both the paragraphs before and after it , are printed for the first time ...
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A book of his drawings from the former , containing 567 pieces , is preserved at
Paris ; and is described in the catalogue of L ' Orangerie , p . 199 . After the death
of the Earl , the younger Henry entered into the service of the Prince of Wales ...
A book of his drawings from the former , containing 567 pieces , is preserved at
Paris ; and is described in the catalogue of L ' Orangerie , p . 199 . After the death
of the Earl , the younger Henry entered into the service of the Prince of Wales ...
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The State or Senate - house of this town , if the design be perfected , will be one
of the most costly and magnificent pieces of architecture in Europe , especially for
the materials and the carvings . In the Doole is painted , on a very large table ...
The State or Senate - house of this town , if the design be perfected , will be one
of the most costly and magnificent pieces of architecture in Europe , especially for
the materials and the carvings . In the Doole is painted , on a very large table ...
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Nor must I forget the port of entrance into an issue of this town , composed of very
magnificent pieces of archi . tecture , some of the ancient and best manner ; as
are divers churches , The turrets , or steeples , are adorned after a particular ...
Nor must I forget the port of entrance into an issue of this town , composed of very
magnificent pieces of archi . tecture , some of the ancient and best manner ; as
are divers churches , The turrets , or steeples , are adorned after a particular ...
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pleased with a sight of their anatomy - school , theatre , and repository adjoining ,
which is well furnished with natural curiosities ; skeletons , from the whale and
elephant to the Ay and spider ; which last is a very delicate piece of art , to see ...
pleased with a sight of their anatomy - school , theatre , and repository adjoining ,
which is well furnished with natural curiosities ; skeletons , from the whale and
elephant to the Ay and spider ; which last is a very delicate piece of art , to see ...
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| Title | Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne, Volume 1 Bohn's historical library Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne, William Bray |
| Author | John Evelyn |
| Editor | William Bray |
| Publisher | G. Bell, 1889 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Apr 2008 |
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