More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1902)
Malan, Alfred Henry, comp · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons, London, The Pall Mall magazine · leaf 82
f York, on the evening before the successful engagement againstthe Dutch fleet under Admiral Opham. It is of this Earl that thefollowing story is told : At a certain party, at Knole, it was pro-posed that each guest should write an impromptu, and that Dry-den should decide which was the best. Those… … THE CARTOON GALLERY, KNOLE, CONTAINING COPIES OF THEFAMOUS RAPHAEL CARTOONS 51 Iknole anfc its memories 53 promise to pay Mr. John Dryden, or order, five hundred poundson demand. Dorset. It was in this room that the Parliamentary Commissionersassembled, to order Knoles sequestration in consequence…
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