Memoirs of the Court of Charles IIP.F. Collier & Son, 1910 - 381 páginas |
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Página 294 - He took pleasure to disguise himself, as a porter, or as a beggar ; sometimes to follow some mean amours, which, for the variety of them, he affected : at other times, merely for diversion, he would go about in odd shapes, in which he acted his part so naturally, that even those who were in the secret, and saw him in these shapes, could perceive nothing by which he might be discovered.
Página 149 - He told me also how loose the Court is, nobody looking after business, but every man his lust and gain ; and how the King is now become besotted upon Mrs. Stewart, that he gets into corners, and will be with her half an hour together, kissing her to the observation of all the world ; and she now stays by herself and expects it, as my Lady Castlemaine did use to do...
Página 116 - At my goldsmith's did observe the King's new medall, where, in little, there is Mrs. Stewart's face as well done as ever I saw anything in my whole life, I think : and a pretty thing it is, that he should choose her face to represent Britannia by.
Página 364 - Davis is for certain going away from the Duke's House, the King being in love with her; and a house is taken for her and furnishing and she hath a ring given her already, worth 60o/. That the King did send several times for Nelly, and she was with him...
Página 127 - ... ladies copied in their taste and air of dress. Her forehead was open, white, and smooth : her hair was well set, and fell with ease into that natural order which it is so difficult to imitate. Her complexion was possessed of a certain freshness, not to be equalled by borrowed colours : her eyes were not large, but they were lively and capable of expressing whatever she pleased...
Página 140 - Met my Lady Newcastle going with her coaches and footmen all in velvet ; herself, whom I never saw before, as I have heard her often described, for all the town-talk, is nowadays of her extravagancies, with her velvet cap, her hair about her ears; many black patches, because of pimples about her mouth ; naked-necked, without anything about it, and a black just-au-corps.
Página 121 - Thuilleries is to the course : the inclosure not disagreeable, for the solemness of the grove, the warbling of the birds, and as it opens into the spacious walks at St. James's...
Página 310 - ... there breathes mirth and pleasure : constraint is banished, familiarity is established upon the first acquaintance, and joy and pleasure are the sole sovereigns of the place. The company...
Página 126 - Miss Hamilton was at the happy age when the charms of the fair sex begin to bloom : she had the finest shape, the loveliest neck, and most beautiful arms in the world : she was majestic and graceful in all her movements ; and she was the original after which all the ladies copied in their taste and air of dress. Her forehead was open, white, and smooth : her hair was well set, and fell with ease into that natural order which it is so difficult to imitate. Her complexion was possessed of a certain...
Página 284 - He departed without having seen Miss Temple, carried the disgraced governess down with him to his country seat, and exerted all his endeavours to cultivate in her niece some dispositions which she had for the stage ; but though she did not make the same improvement in this line as she had by his other instructions, after he had entertained both the niece and the aunt for some months in the country, he got her entered in the King's company of comedians the next winter ; and the public was obliged...