 | John Aikin - 1815 - 506 pages
...he was enabled to compose a treatise, first printed in 1657 after his death, with the title of "The State of Christendom ; or, a most exact and curious...of many secret Passages and hidden Mysteries of the Times." Whilst he was thus employed, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, having intercepted some letters disclosing... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1817 - 822 pages
...Richard Marriott , London. Besides the pieces in •• The Remains," Sir Henry Wotton wrote " The STATE of CHRISTENDOM ; or, a most exact and curious...of many Secret Passages and hidden Mysteries of the Times : Written by the renowned Sir Henry Wotton, K'- Ambassadour in Ordinary to the Most Serene Republique... | |
 | 1817 - 552 pages
...and who was now the grand duke's secretary. It was during this retreat that Mr. Wotton drew up his " State of Christendom, or a most exact and curious discovery of many secret passages, and hidden myteries of the times." This was first printed, a thin fol. in 1657, and afterwards in 1677, with a... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 pages
...work, which was not however printed until several years after his death. 'This work is entitled, "The state of Christendom, or a most exact and curious...of many secret passages and hidden mysteries of the times. " His chief aim in this composition, was to obtain favour with Queen Elizabeth, and facilitate... | |
 | John Platts - 1826 - 882 pages
...was enabled to compose a. treatise first printed in 1657, after his death, with the title of " The State of Christendom ; or a most exact and curious...many secret passages, and hidden mysteries of the Times." Whilst he was thus employed, the grand duke of Tuscany, having interrupted some letters, disclosed... | |
 | Edmund Lodge - 1835 - 300 pages
...France, and from thence went again to Italy, and fixed his residence at Florence. Here he wrote his " State of Christendom, or a most exact and curious...of many secret passages and hidden mysteries of the times." It has been thought, and reasonably enough, that he composed that piece in the hope of removing... | |
 | Frederick Robert Augustus Glover - 1840 - 346 pages
...of Bucks. Lond. 4to. 1641 Short View of the Life and Death of George, Duke of Bucks. Lond. 4to. 1642 State of Christendom : or a most Exact and Curious...of many Secret Passages and Hidden Mysteries of the Times, fol. 1667, 1677 Difference and Disparity between the Estates and Conditions of George, Duke... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...resident abroad, he embodied the result of his inquiries into political affairs in a work called The of the wood, That warble forth dame Nature'« lays,...your voices understood By your weak accents ! what Times. This, however, was not printed till after his death. In 1624, while provost of Eton college,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...resident abroad, he embodied the result of his inquiries into political affairs in a work called The Stale Ga ػ 1 , 5s 2 c觷_U O Y% v % CW ÷ qx ~ y -~ < ȧ Passaye* and Hidden Mysteries of the Times. This, however, was not printed till after his death. In... | |
 | William Brough (bookseller.) - 1853 - 844 pages
...folio, boards, 3s, pub. at £1 : Is 182Ü Wotton's (Sir Henry) State of Christendom, or a most Fxact and Curious Discovery' of many Secret Passages and Hidden Mysteries of the Times, folio, calf, scarce, 3s 6d 1657 Parson's Horn Book, 8vo. plates, cloth, cunoee and scarce, 2s... | |
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The State of Christendom ; or a most Exact and Curious Discovery of many Secret Passages and Hidden Mysteries of the Times. 
