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 1G. Bell, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... river Thames and Ports- mouth ; and he had to travel in all seasons and weathers , by land and by water , in the execution of his office , to which he gave the strictest attention . It was rendered still more disagreeable by the great ...
... river Thames and Ports- mouth ; and he had to travel in all seasons and weathers , by land and by water , in the execution of his office , to which he gave the strictest attention . It was rendered still more disagreeable by the great ...
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... river through Delft to the Hague ; in which journey I observed divers leprous poor creatures dwelling in solitary ' The meaning of this expression is , that they should be in time to witness the siege . " On the Waal , -a place which ...
... river through Delft to the Hague ; in which journey I observed divers leprous poor creatures dwelling in solitary ' The meaning of this expression is , that they should be in time to witness the siege . " On the Waal , -a place which ...
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... river Waal ; but , being taken four or five days before , we had only a sight of the demolitions . The next Sunday was the thankgsgiving sermons performed in Colonel 1 Elizabeth , daughter of James I. , mother of the princes Maurice and ...
... river Waal ; but , being taken four or five days before , we had only a sight of the demolitions . The next Sunday was the thankgsgiving sermons performed in Colonel 1 Elizabeth , daughter of James I. , mother of the princes Maurice and ...
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... river . 6th August . As the turn came about , we were ordered to watch on a horn - work near our quarters , and trail a pike , being the next morning relieved by a company of French . This was our continual duty till the castle was re ...
... river . 6th August . As the turn came about , we were ordered to watch on a horn - work near our quarters , and trail a pike , being the next morning relieved by a company of French . This was our continual duty till the castle was re ...
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... some interest , in connection with this remark on the hospital of Amsterdam , that the first stone of Greenwich Hospital was afterwards laid by Evelyn . cuts , sluices , moles , and rivers , made 1641 . 25 JOHN EVELYN.
... some interest , in connection with this remark on the hospital of Amsterdam , that the first stone of Greenwich Hospital was afterwards laid by Evelyn . cuts , sluices , moles , and rivers , made 1641 . 25 JOHN EVELYN.
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