Memoirs of Count GramontBickers and son, 1906 - 376 páginas |
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Página 146 - King took, methought, no notice of her ; nor when they 'light did any body press (as she seemed to expect, and staid for it) to take her down, but was taken down by her own gentleman. She looked mighty out of humour and had a yellow plume in her hat (which all...
Página 113 - 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 267 - 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 197 - He tells me further, how the Duke of York is wholly given up to his new mistress, my Lady Denham,1 going at noonday with all his gentlemen with him to visit her in Scotland Yard ; she declaring she will not be his mistress, as Mrs. Price,^ to go up and down the Privy Stairs, but will be owned publicly ; and so she is.
Página 351 - And yet, this fine creature was not handsome, her mouth opening most on the right side, which she strove to draw the other way, and at times, composing her face, as if sitting to have her picture drawn.
Página 134 - 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 146 - ... with regret; but that not possessing charms sufficient to merit his tenderness, she had at least the consolation in dying to give place to a consort, who might be more worthy of it, and to whom heaven, perhaps, might grant a blessing that had been refused to her.
Página 328 - 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 346 - ... violent, that he could neither play nor smoke. In this extremity, Love had recourse to Hymen : the Earl of Oxford, one of the first peers of the realm, is, you know, a very handsome man : he is of the order of the Garter, which greatly adds to an air naturally noble. In short, from his outward appearance, you would suppose he was really possessed of some sense ; but as soon as ever you hear him speak, you are perfectly convinced of the contrary.
Página 200 - As no person entertained any doubt of his having poisoned her, the populace of his neighbourhood had a design of tearing him in pieces, as soon as he should come abroad, but he shut himself up to bewail her death, until their fury was appeased by a magnificent funeral, at which he distributed four times more burnt wine than had ever been drunk at any burial in England.