Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second, Volumen 2H. G. Bohn, 1846 - 546 páginas |
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... Gift of John Drew , Feb. 5 , 1902. 1903 . BULIND DEC 28 1911 Printed by J. & H. COX , BROTHERS , 74 & 75 , Great Queen Street , Lincoln's - Inn Fields . ADVERTISEMENT . THE justly acquired popularity of the MEMOIRS of 3.2 A.
... Gift of John Drew , Feb. 5 , 1902. 1903 . BULIND DEC 28 1911 Printed by J. & H. COX , BROTHERS , 74 & 75 , Great Queen Street , Lincoln's - Inn Fields . ADVERTISEMENT . THE justly acquired popularity of the MEMOIRS of 3.2 A.
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... John , the former of whom introduced the company of English gens - d'armes into France , in 1667 , according to Le Pere Daniel , author of the History of the French Army , who adds the following short account of its establishment ...
... John , the former of whom introduced the company of English gens - d'armes into France , in 1667 , according to Le Pere Daniel , author of the History of the French Army , who adds the following short account of its establishment ...
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... John Churchill , after- wards Duke of Marlborough , served under Marshal Turenne , in the same army . + Hamilton had three sisters : the Countess of Grammont ; another married to Matthew Forde , Esq . , of the county of Wexford ; and ...
... John Churchill , after- wards Duke of Marlborough , served under Marshal Turenne , in the same army . + Hamilton had three sisters : the Countess of Grammont ; another married to Matthew Forde , Esq . , of the county of Wexford ; and ...
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... John was killed at the latter ; and Richard , who was a lieutenant - general , led on the cavalry with uncommon gallantry and spirit at the Boyne ; it is to be wished that his candour and integrity had equalled his courage ; but he ...
... John was killed at the latter ; and Richard , who was a lieutenant - general , led on the cavalry with uncommon gallantry and spirit at the Boyne ; it is to be wished that his candour and integrity had equalled his courage ; but he ...
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... John Denham , 108 loaded with wealth as well as years , had passed his youth in the midst of those pleasures which people at that age indulge in without restraint he was one of the brightest geniuses England ever produced for wit and ...
... John Denham , 108 loaded with wealth as well as years , had passed his youth in the midst of those pleasures which people at that age indulge in without restraint he was one of the brightest geniuses England ever produced for wit and ...
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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 435 - Banqueting house, the chirurgeons cause the sick to be brought or led up to the throne, where they kneeling, the King strokes their faces or cheeks with both his hands at once, at which instant a chaplain in his formalities says, "He put his hands upon them and he healed them.
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 348 - Castlemaine is now as great again as ever she was ; and that her going away was only a fit of her own upon some slighting words of the King, so that she called for her coach at a quarter of an hour's warning, and went to Richmond; and the King the next morning, under pretence of going ahunting, went to see her and make friends, and never was ahunting at all. After which she came back to Court, and commands the King as much as ever, and hath and doth what she will.
Página 407 - Second, struck by those very graces, gave him five thousand pounds, with which he immediately bought an annuity for his life, of five hundred pounds a year, of my grandfather, Halifax, which was the foundation of his subsequent fortune.
Página 399 - The Princess Henrietta is very pretty, but much below my expectation ; and her dressing of herself with her hair frized short up to her ears, did make her seem so much the less to me. But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she.
Página 494 - This is the king," pointing to his majesty ; " thou must have a care of him, and preserve him as thou didst me.
Página 123 - 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 freshness,...
Página 346 - he was a graceful man, and had lived long in the court, where he had some adventures that became very public. He was a man of a sweet and caressing temper, had no malice in his heart, but too great a love of pleasure.