The Diary of John Evelyn: 1677-1706Macmillan and Company, limited, 1906 - Great Britain |
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... excellent sermon on Matt . v . 12. In the afternoon , Mr. Higham at Wotton catechised . 26th . I dined at Mr. Duncomb's , at Sheere , 3 whose house stands environed with very sweet and quick streams . 29th . Mr. Bohun , my son's late ...
... excellent sermon on Matt . v . 12. In the afternoon , Mr. Higham at Wotton catechised . 26th . I dined at Mr. Duncomb's , at Sheere , 3 whose house stands environed with very sweet and quick streams . 29th . Mr. Bohun , my son's late ...
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... excellent pictures of the great masters . The gallery is a pleasant , noble room : in the break , or middle , is a billiard - table , but the wainscot , being of fir , and painted , does not please me so well as Spanish oak without ...
... excellent pictures of the great masters . The gallery is a pleasant , noble room : in the break , or middle , is a billiard - table , but the wainscot , being of fir , and painted , does not please me so well as Spanish oak without ...
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... excellent books ; bathing - rooms , elaboratory , dispensary , a decoy , and places to keep and fat fowl in . He had now in his new church ( near the garden ) built a dormitory , or vault , with several repositories , in which to bury ...
... excellent books ; bathing - rooms , elaboratory , dispensary , a decoy , and places to keep and fat fowl in . He had now in his new church ( near the garden ) built a dormitory , or vault , with several repositories , in which to bury ...
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... excellent musician , a good - natured , well - bred gentleman . 3 2 18th . I preferred Mr. Phillips ( nephew of Milton ) to the service of my Lord Chamberlain , who wanted a scholar to read to and entertain him sometimes . 12th October ...
... excellent musician , a good - natured , well - bred gentleman . 3 2 18th . I preferred Mr. Phillips ( nephew of Milton ) to the service of my Lord Chamberlain , who wanted a scholar to read to and entertain him sometimes . 12th October ...
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... been built on part of the Town - ditch , and on a soil very unfit for the erection of so large a structure . 2 [ See ante , vol . ii . p . 98. ] saw Monsieur Rotier , that excellent graver belong- ing to 14 1678 THE DIARY OF.
... been built on part of the Town - ditch , and on a soil very unfit for the erection of so large a structure . 2 [ See ante , vol . ii . p . 98. ] saw Monsieur Rotier , that excellent graver belong- ing to 14 1678 THE DIARY OF.
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