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 2G. Bell, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... land , he had been no less zealous a republican . He subsequently went to Holland as Ambassador from the King . To him belongs the credit of having engaged Pepys about the year 1659 , as one of the clerks in a department of the ...
... land , he had been no less zealous a republican . He subsequently went to Holland as Ambassador from the King . To him belongs the credit of having engaged Pepys about the year 1659 , as one of the clerks in a department of the ...
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... land , but of wonderful grace . For this purpose , we offered to bring in a plan and estimate , which , after much contest , was at last assented to , and that we should nominate a com- mittee of able workmen to examine the present ...
... land , but of wonderful grace . For this purpose , we offered to bring in a plan and estimate , which , after much contest , was at last assented to , and that we should nominate a com- mittee of able workmen to examine the present ...
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... land - forces despatched with the Duke of Albemarle , Lord Middleton , ' Prince Rupert , and the Duke , to hinder the Dutch coming to Chatham , fortifying Upnor Castle , and laying chains and bombs ; but the resolute enemy brake through ...
... land - forces despatched with the Duke of Albemarle , Lord Middleton , ' Prince Rupert , and the Duke , to hinder the Dutch coming to Chatham , fortifying Upnor Castle , and laying chains and bombs ; but the resolute enemy brake through ...
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... land , Margate , even to the buoy of the Nore - a dreadful spectacle as ever Englishmen saw , and a dishonour never to be wiped off ! Those who advised his Majesty to prepare no fleet this spring deserved - I know what - but- Here in ...
... land , Margate , even to the buoy of the Nore - a dreadful spectacle as ever Englishmen saw , and a dishonour never to be wiped off ! Those who advised his Majesty to prepare no fleet this spring deserved - I know what - but- Here in ...
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... land around it , in Upper Deptford , of one Mr. Becher . 30th . We sealed the deeds in Sir Edward Thurland's chambers in the Inner Temple . I pray God bless it to me , it being a dear pennyworth ; but the passion Sir R. Browne had for ...
... land around it , in Upper Deptford , of one Mr. Becher . 30th . We sealed the deeds in Sir Edward Thurland's chambers in the Inner Temple . I pray God bless it to me , it being a dear pennyworth ; but the passion Sir R. Browne had for ...
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