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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... rivers , made by hand , that nothing is more frequent than to see a whole navy , belonging to this mercantile people , riding at anchor before their very doors : and yet their streets even , straight , and well paved , the houses so ...
... rivers , made by hand , that nothing is more frequent than to see a whole navy , belonging to this mercantile people , riding at anchor before their very doors : and yet their streets even , straight , and well paved , the houses so ...
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... river , so curiously wharfed with clincars ( a kind of white sun - bak'd brick ) , and of which material the spacious streets on either side are paved . This part of Amsterdam is gained upon the main sea , supported by piles at an ...
... river , so curiously wharfed with clincars ( a kind of white sun - bak'd brick ) , and of which material the spacious streets on either side are paved . This part of Amsterdam is gained upon the main sea , supported by piles at an ...
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... river , ten miles in length , straight as a line , and of competent breadth for ships to sail by one another . They showed us a cottage where , they told us , dwelt a woman who had been married to her twenty - fifth husband , and being ...
... river , ten miles in length , straight as a line , and of competent breadth for ships to sail by one another . They showed us a cottage where , they told us , dwelt a woman who had been married to her twenty - fifth husband , and being ...
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... river , to pass from the town to a castle not far from it . Here we split our skiff , falling foul upon another through negligence of the master , who was fain to run aground , to our no little hazard . At our arrival , a soldier ...
... river , to pass from the town to a castle not far from it . Here we split our skiff , falling foul upon another through negligence of the master , who was fain to run aground , to our no little hazard . At our arrival , a soldier ...
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... river betwixt Lillo and the opposite sconce called Lifkinshoeck . 4th October . We sailed by several Spanish forts , out of one of which , St. Mary's port , came a Don on board us , to whom I showed my Spanish pass , which he signed ...
... river betwixt Lillo and the opposite sconce called Lifkinshoeck . 4th October . We sailed by several Spanish forts , out of one of which , St. Mary's port , came a Don on board us , to whom I showed my Spanish pass , which he signed ...
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