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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Page 36
... Italian mode , in the middle whereof is erected a glorious crucifix of white and black marble , greater than the life . This is a very fair and noble street , clean , well paved , and sweet to admiration . The Oesters house , belonging ...
... Italian mode , in the middle whereof is erected a glorious crucifix of white and black marble , greater than the life . This is a very fair and noble street , clean , well paved , and sweet to admiration . The Oesters house , belonging ...
Page 43
... Italian hand . I must not forget what amazed us exceedingly in the night before , namely , a shining cloud in the air , in shape resembling a sword , the point reaching to the north ; it was as bright as the moon , the rest of the sky ...
... Italian hand . I must not forget what amazed us exceedingly in the night before , namely , a shining cloud in the air , in shape resembling a sword , the point reaching to the north ; it was as bright as the moon , the rest of the sky ...
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... Italy has any exceeding it for all rarities of pleasure . The garden nearest the pavilion is a parterre , having in the midst divers noble brass statues , perpetually spouting water into an ample basin , with other figures of the same ...
... Italy has any exceeding it for all rarities of pleasure . The garden nearest the pavilion is a parterre , having in the midst divers noble brass statues , perpetually spouting water into an ample basin , with other figures of the same ...
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... September . We returned to Tours , from whence , after nineteen weeks ' sojourn , we travelled towards the more southern part of France , minding now to shape my course so , as I might winter in Italy . 1644 . 79 JOHN EVELYN .
... September . We returned to Tours , from whence , after nineteen weeks ' sojourn , we travelled towards the more southern part of France , minding now to shape my course so , as I might winter in Italy . 1644 . 79 JOHN EVELYN .
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... Italy . With my friend , Mr. Thicknesse , and our guide , we went the first day seven leagues to a castle called Chenonceau , built by Catherine de Medicis , and now belonging to the Duke de Vendôme , standing on a bridge . In the ...
... Italy . With my friend , Mr. Thicknesse , and our guide , we went the first day seven leagues to a castle called Chenonceau , built by Catherine de Medicis , and now belonging to the Duke de Vendôme , standing on a bridge . In the ...
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