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 |
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... naturally , and , in addition to what has been planted , it has at all times been carefully preserved . It may be not altogether incurious to observe , that though Mr. Evelyn's father was a man of very considerable fortune , the first ...
... naturally , and , in addition to what has been planted , it has at all times been carefully preserved . It may be not altogether incurious to observe , that though Mr. Evelyn's father was a man of very considerable fortune , the first ...
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... natural or artificial , in the coun- tries through which he passed . It is much to be regretted that a work so entertaining and instructive as a History of his Travels would have been , appeared , even to so indefa- tigable a person as ...
... natural or artificial , in the coun- tries through which he passed . It is much to be regretted that a work so entertaining and instructive as a History of his Travels would have been , appeared , even to so indefa- tigable a person as ...
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... natural civile - warr ) untill the happy Cha . ye IIa 1660 ; deceased XII Feb. Ao . 1682-3 aged 78 yrs ; and ( according to ancient custome ) willed to be interred in this place . These all deceasing in the true Faith of Christ , hope ...
... natural civile - warr ) untill the happy Cha . ye IIa 1660 ; deceased XII Feb. Ao . 1682-3 aged 78 yrs ; and ( according to ancient custome ) willed to be interred in this place . These all deceasing in the true Faith of Christ , hope ...
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... natural , and ( till this later and universal luxury of the whole nation , since abound- ing in such expenses ) the most magnificent that England afforded ; and which indeed gave one of the first examples to that elegancy , since so ...
... natural , and ( till this later and universal luxury of the whole nation , since abound- ing in such expenses ) the most magnificent that England afforded ; and which indeed gave one of the first examples to that elegancy , since so ...
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... natural curiosities ; skeletons , from the whale and elephant to the fly and spider ; which last is a very delicate piece of art , to see how the bones ( if I may so call them of so tender an insect ) could be separated from the ...
... natural curiosities ; skeletons , from the whale and elephant to the fly and spider ; which last is a very delicate piece of art , to see how the bones ( if I may so call them of so tender an insect ) could be separated from the ...
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