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Memoirs of John Evelyn, Comprising His Diary, From 1641 Tp 1705-6, and a Selection of His Familiar Letters. to Which Is Subjoined, the Private
Memoirs of John Evelyn Comprising His Diary From 1641 Tp 17056 and a Selection of His Familiar Letters to Which Is Subjoined the Private Author:John Evelyn Title: Memoirs of John Evelyn, Comprising His Diary, From 1641 Tp 1705-6, and a Selection of His Familiar Letters. to Which Is Subjoined, the Private Correspondence Between Charles I. and Sir E. Nicholas Subtitle: Also Between Sir E. Hyde and Sir R. Browne, Ed. by W. Bray General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1827 N... more »otes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 31. I entertained my kind neighbours according to costome, giving Almighty God thanks for his gracious mercys to me the past yeare. Alcuinus. Sir J. Cheke. Ridley, -i , , c Eliz. Joan Western. . J- martyrs. Ladys-i , Latimer J (. Jane Grey.. Roger Ascham. Polititians. Sir Fra. Walsingham. Cardl Wolsey. E. of Leicester. Sir T. Smith. Sir W. Raleigh. Card. Pole. SOULDIERS. Sir Fra. Drake. E. of Essex. Sir J. Hawkins. Talbot. Sir Martin Frobisher. Sir F. Grevill. Tho. Cavendish. Hor. E. of Oxford. Sir Ph. Sidney. " Some of which, tho'difficult to procure originals of, yet happly copys might be found out upon diligent enquiry. The rest I thinke y Lp has already in good proportion." Mr. Evelyn, in a letter to Mr. Pepys, dated 12 Aug. 1689, tells him that the Lord Chancellor Clarendon had collected Portraits of very many of our great men ; and puts them down promiscuously as he recollected them. (See hereafter, in vol. IV.) Mr. Evelyn also there gives a list of Portraits which he recommended to be added, a little different from the list contained in the preceding letter to the Lord Chancellor; and remarks that " When Lord Clarendon's design of making this collection was known, every body who had any of the portraits, or could For an account of her see Ballard's Learned Ladies. There is a very scarce volume of Latin Poem...« less