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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This gentleman dying without issue , entrusted the whole to his Lady , whose loss
we have now to lament ; of whose worth , and of the value of whose friendship , I
have happily had long knowledge and experience . Alive to the honour of the ...
This gentleman dying without issue , entrusted the whole to his Lady , whose loss
we have now to lament ; of whose worth , and of the value of whose friendship , I
have happily had long knowledge and experience . Alive to the honour of the ...
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Almost the whole labour was in his department , which included all the ports
between the 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 ...
Almost the whole labour was in his department , which included all the ports
between the 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 ...
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... 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 in this edition
.
... 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 in this edition
.
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... especially in Germany , whose sad commmotions sprang from the Bohemians '
defection from the Emperor Matthias : ' upon which quarrel the Swedes broke in ,
giving umbrage to the rest of the princes , and the whole Christian world cause ...
... especially in Germany , whose sad commmotions sprang from the Bohemians '
defection from the Emperor Matthias : ' upon which quarrel the Swedes broke in ,
giving umbrage to the rest of the princes , and the whole Christian world cause ...
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... in Bohemia , and my very good friend , perverted at last by the Jesuits at
Antwerp to change his religion ; a very honest , simple , well - meaning man , who
at last came over again into England , where he died . We have the whole history
of ...
... in Bohemia , and my very good friend , perverted at last by the Jesuits at
Antwerp to change his religion ; a very honest , simple , well - meaning man , who
at last came over again into England , where he died . We have the whole history
of ...
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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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