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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... castle . Being taken before the Governor , he demanded my pass , to which he set his hand , and asked two rix - dollars for a fee , which methought appeared very exorbitant in a soldier of his quality . I told him that I had already pur ...
... castle . Being taken before the Governor , he demanded my pass , to which he set his hand , and asked two rix - dollars for a fee , which methought appeared very exorbitant in a soldier of his quality . I told him that I had already pur ...
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... castle , school , church , and King Arthur's Round Table ; but espe- cially the church , and its Saxon kings ' monuments , which I esteemed a worthy antiquity . The 12th November was the battle of Brentford , surpris- ingly fought ; and ...
... castle , school , church , and King Arthur's Round Table ; but espe- cially the church , and its Saxon kings ' monuments , which I esteemed a worthy antiquity . The 12th November was the battle of Brentford , surpris- ingly fought ; and ...
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... castle and new citadel regarding the sea . The haven consists of a long bank of sand , lying opposite to it . The market - place and the church are remarkable things , besides those relics of our former dominion there . I re- member ...
... castle and new citadel regarding the sea . The haven consists of a long bank of sand , lying opposite to it . The market - place and the church are remarkable things , besides those relics of our former dominion there . I re- member ...
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... castle , which stands on a notable eminence . Under the town runs the river , which is yet but an inconsiderable brook . Henry VIII . , in the siege of this place is said to have used those great leathern guns which I have since beheld ...
... castle , which stands on a notable eminence . Under the town runs the river , which is yet but an inconsiderable brook . Henry VIII . , in the siege of this place is said to have used those great leathern guns which I have since beheld ...
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... castle , with magnificent apartments , fit for a royal court , not for- getting the chapel . It is the chief prison for persons of quality . About it there is a park walled in , full of deer ; and in one part there is a grove of goodly ...
... castle , with magnificent apartments , fit for a royal court , not for- getting the chapel . It is the chief prison for persons of quality . About it there is a park walled in , full of deer ; and in one part there is a grove of goodly ...
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