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We were showed an hospital for poor travellers and pilgrims , built by Queen
Elizabeth of England ; and another maintained by the city . The State or Senate -
house of this town , if the design be perfected , will be one of the most costly and
...
We were showed an hospital for poor travellers and pilgrims , built by Queen
Elizabeth of England ; and another maintained by the city . The State or Senate -
house of this town , if the design be perfected , will be one of the most costly and
...
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They showed us a cottage where , they told us , dwelt a woman who had been
married to her twenty - fifth husband , and being now a widow , was prohibited to
marry in future ; yet it could not be proved that she had ever made away with any
...
They showed us a cottage where , they told us , dwelt a woman who had been
married to her twenty - fifth husband , and being now a widow , was prohibited to
marry in future ; yet it could not be proved that she had ever made away with any
...
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Returning to my lodging , I was showed the statue , cut in stone , of the happy
monk , whom they report to have been the first inventor of typography , set over
the door ; but this is much controverted by others , who strive for the glory of it ...
Returning to my lodging , I was showed the statue , cut in stone , of the happy
monk , whom they report to have been the first inventor of typography , set over
the door ; but this is much controverted by others , who strive for the glory of it ...
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We sailed by several Spanish forts , out of one of which , St . Mary ' s port , came
a Don on board us , to whom I showed my Spanish pass , which he signed , and
civilly dismissed us . Hence , sailing by another man - ofwar , to which we ...
We sailed by several Spanish forts , out of one of which , St . Mary ' s port , came
a Don on board us , to whom I showed my Spanish pass , which he signed , and
civilly dismissed us . Hence , sailing by another man - ofwar , to which we ...
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On our arrival , we first viewed the court of guards , the works , the town - house ,
and the new church ; the latter is very beautiful within ; and another , wherein they
showed us an excellent piece of Our Saviour ' s bearing the Cross .
On our arrival , we first viewed the court of guards , the works , the town - house ,
and the new church ; the latter is very beautiful within ; and another , wherein they
showed us an excellent piece of Our Saviour ' s bearing the Cross .
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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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