Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second, Volumen 2H. G. Bohn, 1846 - 546 páginas |
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... arrival of ghosts of consequence preceded this apparition . The sky was clear and still o'er head , No earthquake shook the regions under , No subterraneous murmur dread , And not a single clap of thunder . He was not clothed in rags ...
... arrival of ghosts of consequence preceded this apparition . The sky was clear and still o'er head , No earthquake shook the regions under , No subterraneous murmur dread , And not a single clap of thunder . He was not clothed in rags ...
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... arrived un - announced , he placed himself between us without ceremony , but could not forbear smiling at the respect with which we withdrew our chairs , under pretence of not crowding him . I had always heard that it was necessary to ...
... arrived un - announced , he placed himself between us without ceremony , but could not forbear smiling at the respect with which we withdrew our chairs , under pretence of not crowding him . I had always heard that it was necessary to ...
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... arrived , which saved him some needless risks ; for a volunteer cannot rest at ease , until he has stood the first fire : he went therefore to reconnoitre the generals , having no occa- sion to reconnoitre the place . Prince Thomas ...
... arrived , which saved him some needless risks ; for a volunteer cannot rest at ease , until he has stood the first fire : he went therefore to reconnoitre the generals , having no occa- sion to reconnoitre the place . Prince Thomas ...
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... arrival of the Chevalier Grammont . Plea- sure was his pursuit , and he made it universal . Among the officers in the army , as in all other places , there are men of real merit , or pretenders to it . The latter endeavoured to imitate ...
... arrival of the Chevalier Grammont . Plea- sure was his pursuit , and he made it universal . Among the officers in the army , as in all other places , there are men of real merit , or pretenders to it . The latter endeavoured to imitate ...
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... . What would have become of you if you had been reduced to the situation I was in at Lyons , four days before I arrived here ? I will tell I will tell you the story . " CHAPTER III . " THIS , " said Matta , COUNT GRAMMONT . 39.
... . What would have become of you if you had been reduced to the situation I was in at Lyons , four days before I arrived here ? I will tell I will tell you the story . " CHAPTER III . " THIS , " said Matta , COUNT GRAMMONT . 39.
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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.