Seventeenth-century English ProseDavid Novarr Knopf, 1967 - 555 pages |
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Page 401
... WOTTON Henry Wotton , a person singularly accomplish'd , Son of Tho . Wotton Esq ; by his second Wife Elizabeth , Daughter of Sir Will . Finch of the Mote in St. Martins Parish in the County of Kent , but the Widdow of one Morton of the ...
... WOTTON Henry Wotton , a person singularly accomplish'd , Son of Tho . Wotton Esq ; by his second Wife Elizabeth , Daughter of Sir Will . Finch of the Mote in St. Martins Parish in the County of Kent , but the Widdow of one Morton of the ...
Page 526
... WOTTON 1568-1639 Wotton was affectionately known to King James as Ottavio Baldi ; John Chamberlain referred to him , with less affection , in his letters as Signor Fabritio ; and it is quite possible that Ben Jonson had him in mind when ...
... WOTTON 1568-1639 Wotton was affectionately known to King James as Ottavio Baldi ; John Chamberlain referred to him , with less affection , in his letters as Signor Fabritio ; and it is quite possible that Ben Jonson had him in mind when ...
Page 527
... Wotton's best little book is The Elements of Architecture , published in 1624. Its concern is the building of a great country house ; the first book in English on the subject , it is interesting both for its advocacy of Palladian archi ...
... Wotton's best little book is The Elements of Architecture , published in 1624. Its concern is the building of a great country house ; the first book in English on the subject , it is interesting both for its advocacy of Palladian archi ...
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