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Festinantes sequimur . On another monument , fixed to the same wall : То the
precious memory of ELLEN EVELYN , the dearly beloved wife of Richard Evelyn ,
Esg . , a rare example of Piety , Loyalty , Prudence , Wiv INTRODUCTION .
Festinantes sequimur . On another monument , fixed to the same wall : То the
precious memory of ELLEN EVELYN , the dearly beloved wife of Richard Evelyn ,
Esg . , a rare example of Piety , Loyalty , Prudence , Wiv INTRODUCTION .
Page xxxvi
... her dear Husband JOHN EVELYN , with whom she lived almost Threescore
years , and survived not quite three , dying at London , the 9 of Feb . 1708 - 9 , in
the 74th year of her age . In the Church of St . Nicholas , Deptford , on the east
wall ...
... her dear Husband JOHN EVELYN , with whom she lived almost Threescore
years , and survived not quite three , dying at London , the 9 of Feb . 1708 - 9 , in
the 74th year of her age . In the Church of St . Nicholas , Deptford , on the east
wall ...
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The walls and ramparts of earth , which a mine had broken and crumbled , were
of prodigious thickness . Upon the 8th August , I dined in the horse - quarters with
Sir Robert Stone and his lady , Sir William Stradling , and divers Cavaliers ...
The walls and ramparts of earth , which a mine had broken and crumbled , were
of prodigious thickness . Upon the 8th August , I dined in the horse - quarters with
Sir Robert Stone and his lady , Sir William Stradling , and divers Cavaliers ...
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The walls of this town are very entire , and full of towers at competent distances .
The cathedral is built upon a very high and exceeding steep ascent , to which we
mounted by fair steps of stone . Hence I walked to a convent of English Nuns ...
The walls of this town are very entire , and full of towers at competent distances .
The cathedral is built upon a very high and exceeding steep ascent , to which we
mounted by fair steps of stone . Hence I walked to a convent of English Nuns ...
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... in form of lattice - work , which the fountaineer caused to ascend out of the
earth by degrees , exceedingly pleased and surprised me ; for thus , with a
pervious wall , or rather a palisade hedge of water , was the whole parterre
environed .
... in form of lattice - work , which the fountaineer caused to ascend out of the
earth by degrees , exceedingly pleased and surprised me ; for thus , with a
pervious wall , or rather a palisade hedge of water , was the whole parterre
environed .
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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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