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... the state of their finances , although the steward had acquainted each
separately , that he must either receive money to continue the expenses , or give
in his accounts . One day , when the Chevalier came home sooner than usual ,
he found ...
... the state of their finances , although the steward had acquainted each
separately , that he must either receive money to continue the expenses , or give
in his accounts . One day , when the Chevalier came home sooner than usual ,
he found ...
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You suppose I must have a treasurer , and receive no money without his order . I
know not whether it was from a presentiment of what afterwards happened , that
he grew melancholy ; however , it was with the greatest reluctance , and the most
...
You suppose I must have a treasurer , and receive no money without his order . I
know not whether it was from a presentiment of what afterwards happened , that
he grew melancholy ; however , it was with the greatest reluctance , and the most
...
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... were well shaped ; she trusted to Providence , and used no art to set off those
graces which she had received from nature ; but notwithstanding her negligence
in the embellishment of her charms , there was something so lively in her person
...
... were well shaped ; she trusted to Providence , and used no art to set off those
graces which she had received from nature ; but notwithstanding her negligence
in the embellishment of her charms , there was something so lively in her person
...
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He had taken it in dudgeon , that the first visit was not paid to him , and as he was
resolved that it should not be paid to his wife , the Swiss had received his orders ,
and had almost been beaten for receiving the present which had been left .
He had taken it in dudgeon , that the first visit was not paid to him , and as he was
resolved that it should not be paid to his wife , the Swiss had received his orders ,
and had almost been beaten for receiving the present which had been left .
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She did not understand what he meant ; and highly offended that he did not
apologize , after the reprimand which she concluded him to have received , told
him , that he certainly had met with ladies of very complying dispositions in his
travels ...
She did not understand what he meant ; and highly offended that he did not
apologize , after the reprimand which she concluded him to have received , told
him , that he certainly had met with ladies of very complying dispositions in his
travels ...
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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.
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| Título | Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second Bohn's extra volumes Legal classics library |
| Autor | Anthony Hamilton (Count) |
| Editor | Walter Scott |
| Editor | Henry G. Bohn, 1846 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 6 Nov 2007 |
| N.º de páginas | 546 páginas |
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