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 |
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... interest for English readers . All that might have been excluded from the range of his opinions , his feelings and his sympathies embraced ; and the Diary in which the leading incidents and im PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.
... interest for English readers . All that might have been excluded from the range of his opinions , his feelings and his sympathies embraced ; and the Diary in which the leading incidents and im PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION.
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... English History , whose name he would gladly give , were it not withheld by particular request , and whose research , through upwards of seven hundred con- temporary volumes of Manuscripts and Tracts , has doubtless given additional ...
... English History , whose name he would gladly give , were it not withheld by particular request , and whose research , through upwards of seven hundred con- temporary volumes of Manuscripts and Tracts , has doubtless given additional ...
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... English regiment then in service in Flanders.1 Nor does it notice his having set out , with intent to join King Charles I. at Brentford ; and subsequently desisting when the result of that battle became known , on the ground that his ...
... English regiment then in service in Flanders.1 Nor does it notice his having set out , with intent to join King Charles I. at Brentford ; and subsequently desisting when the result of that battle became known , on the ground that his ...
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... English miles distant ( as they reckon by hours ) . It was now Kermas , or a fair , in this town , the streets swarming with boors and rudeness , so that early the next morning , having visited the ancient Bishop's court , and the two ...
... English miles distant ( as they reckon by hours ) . It was now Kermas , or a fair , in this town , the streets swarming with boors and rudeness , so that early the next morning , having visited the ancient Bishop's court , and the two ...
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... English in garrison . It stands upon Contribu tion - land , which subjects the environs to the Spanish incursions . We sailed also by an exceeding strong fort called Lovestein , famous for the escape of the learned Hugo Grotius , who ...
... English in garrison . It stands upon Contribu tion - land , which subjects the environs to the Spanish incursions . We sailed also by an exceeding strong fort called Lovestein , famous for the escape of the learned Hugo Grotius , who ...
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