Memoirs of the Court of Charles the SecondH.G. Bohn, 1846 - 546 páginas |
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... Miss Brooks , 57 and a thousand others , who shone at court with equal stre ; but it was Miss Hamilton and Miss Stewart who were s chief ornaments.58 The new queen gave but little additional rilliancy to the court , either in her person ...
... Miss Brooks , 57 and a thousand others , who shone at court with equal stre ; but it was Miss Hamilton and Miss Stewart who were s chief ornaments.58 The new queen gave but little additional rilliancy to the court , either in her person ...
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... Miss Stewart her favourite , and invited her to all the entertainments she made for the king ; and , in confidence of her own charms , with the greatest indiscretion , she often kept her to sleep . The king , who seldom neglected to ...
... Miss Stewart her favourite , and invited her to all the entertainments she made for the king ; and , in confidence of her own charms , with the greatest indiscretion , she often kept her to sleep . The king , who seldom neglected to ...
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... Miss Warmestre , Mr. Termes was only employed in bringing his master's clothes from Paris , and he lid not always acquit himself with the greatest fidelity in that employment , as will appear hereafter . The queen was a woman of sense ...
... Miss Warmestre , Mr. Termes was only employed in bringing his master's clothes from Paris , and he lid not always acquit himself with the greatest fidelity in that employment , as will appear hereafter . The queen was a woman of sense ...
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... Miss Blague believed that all this finery was on her account ; and the marquis be- lieved that her long eyelashes had never taken aim at any but himself : every body perceived their inclination for each other but they had only conversed ...
... Miss Blague believed that all this finery was on her account ; and the marquis be- lieved that her long eyelashes had never taken aim at any but himself : every body perceived their inclination for each other but they had only conversed ...
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... Miss Blague was of a different kind : she had such faith in her charms , and was so confident of their effects , that she could believe any thing . Brisacier , whom she looked upon as desperately smitten , had wit , which he set off ...
... Miss Blague was of a different kind : she had such faith in her charms , and was so confident of their effects , that she could believe any thing . Brisacier , whom she looked upon as desperately smitten , had wit , which he set off ...
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Página 446 - I was witness of ; the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, and Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery ; whilst about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute persons were at Basset round a large table — a bank of at least £2,000 in gold before them — upon which, two gentlemen, who were with me, made reflections with astonishment. Six days after was all in the dust...
Página 361 - In the first rank of these did Zimri' stand, A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 446 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and...
Página 362 - Of mimic'd statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
Página 403 - That the stage is now by his pains a thousand times better and more glorious than ever heretofore. Now, waxcandles, and many of them; then, not above 3 Ibs. of tallow; now, all things civil, no rudeness anywhere; then, as in a bear-garden...
Página 362 - For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel: Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left.
Página 348 - And in the Privy-garden saw the finest smocks and linnen petticoats of my Lady Castlemaine's, laced with rich lace at the bottom, that ever I saw: and did me good to look at them.
Página 407 - He was always cool ; and nobody ever observed the least variation in his countenance ; he could refuse more gracefully than other people could grant; and those who went away from him the most dissatisfied as to the substance of their business, were yet personally charmed with him and, in some degree, comforted by his manner.
Página 442 - He was a low man, of an ill cut, very short neck, and his visage and features were most particular. His mouth was the centre of his face ; and a compass there would sweep his nose, forehead, and chin, within the perimeter.
Página 407 - He had no share of what is commonly called parts; that is, he had no brightness, nothing shining in his genius. He had, most undoubtedly, an excellent good plain understanding, with sound judgment. But these alone would probably have raised him but something higher than they found him, which was page to King James II.'s queen.