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History of the Worthies of England (1662). [8] Fuller's best-known work. The Poems and translations in verse, including fifty-nine hitherto unpublished epigrams of Fuller and his much-wished form of prayer for the first time collected and edited with introduction and notes, by rev. Grosart, 257 pp., Liverpool, printed for private circulation ...
Mischeefes Mysterie by Francis Herring, translated by John Vicars, 1617. John Vicars (1582, London – 12 April 1652, Christ's Hospital, Greyfriars, London) was an English contemporary biographer, poet and polemicist of the English Civil War.
The re-branding was intended to reposition the group in the luxury hotels market, and also involved the refurbishment of nine of its eleven properties. [8] [9] In 2013, The Doyle Collection sold three of its US hotels, including two in Washington DC (The Courtyard Hotel and The Normandy Hotel) and one in Boston (The Back Bay Hotel).
Jurys Inn was a hotel group founded and headquartered in Ireland with operations across Ireland, the UK and the Czech Republic.It was founded in 1993 and grew to operate 31 hotels in the Great Britain, six in Ireland and one in the Czech Republic, with some 7,500 rooms between them, served by 4,000 employees.
The Nine Worthies were also a popular subject for masques in Renaissance Europe. In William Shakespeare's play Love's Labour's Lost the comic characters attempt to stage such a masque, but it descends into chaos. The list of Worthies actually named in the play include two not on the original list, Hercules and Pompey the Great. Alexander, Judah ...
The Real Hotel Company; Rica Hotels – purchased by Scandic Hotels in 2014 [2] Royal Inns of America; Shoney's Inn – defunct American motel chain; Stakis Hotels; Starwood; Statler Hotels; Summerfield Suites; Susse Chalet; Swallow Hotels; Tage Inn; Temple Hotels; Trust Houses Ltd; Trusthouse Forte; United Hotels Company of America; Van Noy ...
The Historic Hotels of Europe (HHE) is an umbrella organisation established to promote like-minded independent hotel associations throughout Europe. Castles, manors, convents, palaces, monasteries, townhouses, villas and residences which have maintained their historic character are part of the HHE.
The farmhouse was rebuilt in the 18th century, with the date 1187 on a lintel marking when the Howies first settled there. Several relics were kept in what has become a small museum, and in 1896 a stone obelisk was erected nearby as a monument "in memory of John Howie, author of the Scots Worthies".