The Diary of John Evelyn: 1677-1706Macmillan and Company, limited, 1906 - Great Britain |
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Page 4
... thing very extraordinary , so ordered by the prudence of the Magistrates . It has in it fourteen or fifteen beautiful churches : in a word , it is for building , cleanness , and good order , one of the best towns in England . Cardinal ...
... thing very extraordinary , so ordered by the prudence of the Magistrates . It has in it fourteen or fifteen beautiful churches : in a word , it is for building , cleanness , and good order , one of the best towns in England . Cardinal ...
Page 5
... things exceedingly improved . It is seated in a bottom between two graceful swellings , the main building being now in the figure of a Greek II with four pavilions , two at each corner , and a break in the front , railed and balustered ...
... things exceedingly improved . It is seated in a bottom between two graceful swellings , the main building being now in the figure of a Greek II with four pavilions , two at each corner , and a break in the front , railed and balustered ...
Page 7
... things , and to live easily , pompously , and hospitably ; but , with so vast ex- pense , as plunges my Lord into debts exceedingly . My Lord himself is given into no expensive vice but building , and to have all things rich , polite ...
... things , and to live easily , pompously , and hospitably ; but , with so vast ex- pense , as plunges my Lord into debts exceedingly . My Lord himself is given into no expensive vice but building , and to have all things rich , polite ...
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... things are irrecoverably gone . Having taken order here , I went to the Royal Society to give them an account of what I had procured , that they might call a Council and appoint a day to wait on the Duke to thank him for this munificent ...
... things are irrecoverably gone . Having taken order here , I went to the Royal Society to give them an account of what I had procured , that they might call a Council and appoint a day to wait on the Duke to thank him for this munificent ...
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... things stood at Parson's Green , my Lady Viscountess Mordaunt 1 ( now sick in Paris , whither she went for health ) having made me a trustee for her children , an office I could not refuse to this most excellent , pious , and virtuous ...
... things stood at Parson's Green , my Lady Viscountess Mordaunt 1 ( now sick in Paris , whither she went for health ) having made me a trustee for her children , an office I could not refuse to this most excellent , pious , and virtuous ...
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