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 1H. G. Bohn, 1862 - Great Britain |
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... divers gentlemen and persons of quality waited on him in the same garb and habit , which at that time ( when thirty or forty was the usual retinue of the High Sheriff ) was esteemed a great matter . Nor was this out of the least vanity ...
... divers gentlemen and persons of quality waited on him in the same garb and habit , which at that time ( when thirty or forty was the usual retinue of the High Sheriff ) was esteemed a great matter . Nor was this out of the least vanity ...
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... divers Cavaliers ; where there was very good cheer , but hot service for a young drinker , as then I was ; so that , being pretty well satisfied with the confusion of armies and sieges ( if such that of the United Provinces may be ...
... divers Cavaliers ; where there was very good cheer , but hot service for a young drinker , as then I was ; so that , being pretty well satisfied with the confusion of armies and sieges ( if such that of the United Provinces may be ...
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... divers pretty water- works , rising 108 feet from the ground . Here were many quaint devices , fountains , artificial music , noises of beasts , and chirping of birds ; but what pleased me most was a large pendant candlestick ...
... divers pretty water- works , rising 108 feet from the ground . Here were many quaint devices , fountains , artificial music , noises of beasts , and chirping of birds ; but what pleased me most was a large pendant candlestick ...
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... divers churches.1 The turrets , or steeples , are adorned after a particular manner and invention ; the chimes of bells are so rarely managed , that being curious to know whether the motion was from any engine , I went up to that of St ...
... divers churches.1 The turrets , or steeples , are adorned after a particular manner and invention ; the chimes of bells are so rarely managed , that being curious to know whether the motion was from any engine , I went up to that of St ...
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... divers questions : he told me , amongst other things , that the World should never and ; that our souls transmigrated , and that even those of the most holy persons did penance in the bodies of brutes after acath , -and so he ...
... divers questions : he told me , amongst other things , that the World should never and ; that our souls transmigrated , and that even those of the most holy persons did penance in the bodies of brutes after acath , -and so he ...
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Page 347 - Aldermen, and all the Companies, in their liveries, chains of gold, and banners; Lords and Nobles, clad in cloth of silver, gold and velvet; the windows and balconies, all set with ladies; trumpets, music, and myriads of people flocking, even so far as from Rochester, so as they were seven hours in passing the city, even from two in the afternoon till nine at night.
Page 335 - The day before he died he called to me, and in a more serious manner than usual told me that for all I loved him so dearly, I should give my house, land, and all my fine things to his brother Jack; he should have none of them: and...
Page 204 - ... half apron ; their sleeves are made exceeding wide, under which their shift sleeves as wide, and commonly tucked up to the shoulder, shewing their naked armes, thro...
Page 184 - ... steps dashing the knotted and ravelled whipcord over their shoulders, as hard as they could lay it on, whilst some of the religious orders and fraternities sung in a dismal tone, the lights and crosses going before, making...
Page 316 - Archbishop of Armagh, the learned James Usher, whom I went to visit. He received me exceeding kindly. In discourse with him, he told me how great the lose of time was to study much the Eastern languages ; that, excepting Hebrew, there was little fruit to be gathered of exceeding labour...
Page 310 - This evening, to Cambridge; and went first to St. John's College, well built of brick, and library, which I think is the fairest of that University. One Mr. Benlowes has given it all the ornaments of pietra commessa,* whereof a table and one piece of perspective is very fine ; other trifles there also be of no great value, besides a vast old song-book, or Service, and some fair manuscripts.
Page 252 - I., who, on the 20th of July, 1643, created him Baron Hatton, of Kirby, for his devotion to the Royal cause. After the Restoration, he was sworn of the Privy Council, and appointed governor of Guernsey. He died in 1670. 3 Immortalised in Butler's couplet : " There was an ancient sage Philosopher, Who had read Alexander Boss over.
Page 294 - Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
Page 284 - The weather being hot, and having sent my man on before, I rode negligently under favour of the shade, till, within three miles of Bromley, at a place called the Procession Oak...
Page xxxii - I have said of him is, that he knew more than he always communicated. It is no unwelcome satire to say, that a man's intelligence and philosophy is inexhaustible. I mean not to write his life, which may be found detailed in the new edition of his ' Sculptura,' in ' Collins's Baronetage,' in the