Visits to Remarkable Places
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ISBN13: 9780217143042
Paperback|9780217143042
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: him, Sir Walter might have given us a portraiture of Kenilworth not only as graphic as was his wont, but as true as if he had been at the entertainment himself. As it is, it is a most valuable exposition of the real state and fashion of a princely house in the reign of Elizabeth. There are also two volumes of the Household Book of the Sidneys remaining. They are those of Algernon Sidney's father, and are thus entitled? 1624. Household Expenses of the Right Honourable Lo. vicont Lisle, at London and Pencehurst, from the xiii of Aprill unto xxi of March. Expenses In Kitchens, Larders, Buttrie, Sellers, Brewhouse, Laundreys, Stables, fewell, and in other places, As here-after may appeare. In this book, as in the Household Book of the Percys, which has been published, there is a most exact and well- kept account of all expenses throughout the entire establishment. Of the methodical and business habits of our great families in the days of tilting and court revelry, nothing can give more ample proof. Everything is entered, and everything is valued. There was the lord's table; the table in the hall, probably for the steward, yeomen, and retainers; the kitchen for the kitchen servants; the nursery; and Algernon's room. We find continual entries in 1625, ' for Algernone, ' of puddings, birds, mutton, etc. If Algernon was born in 1622, as it has been asserted, he would now only be three years old, and would be in the nursery; but if in 1617. as is moreprobable, he would be eight, and thus at a more suitable age to be advanced to the dignity of a separate table. Whatever be the fact, such are the entries. In these books are duly entered the names of all the guests, so that by looking through them we can tell who were the visitants and associates of the family f...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217143042 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217143040 |
| Weight | 0.88 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 In |
| List Price | $21.05 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 268 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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