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John Evelyn Quotes

Freindshipp is beyond all relations of flesh and blood, because it is less materiall.

Freindshipp is beyond all relations of flesh and blood, because it is less materiall.

"The Life of Mrs. Godolphin" by John Evelyn, London: William Pickering, (pp. 20-21), 1847.

I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played; but now the old plays begin to disgust this refined age.

E. S. de Beer (ed.) 'The Diary of John Evelyn' (1955) vol. 3, p. 304 (26 November 1661)

This knight was indeed a valiant gentleman; but not a little given to romance, when he spake of himself.

E. S. de Beer (ed.) 'The Diary of John Evelyn' (1955) vol. 3, p. 40 (6 September 1651)

I am utterly against those confused Olios, into which men put almost all kinds of meats and Roots.

John Evelyn (1997). “John Evelyn, Cook: The Manuscript Receipt Book of John Evelyn”, Prospect Books (UK)