Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second, Volumen 2H. G. Bohn, 1846 - 546 páginas |
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... fortune of great men depended solely upon ministerial favour , and blind devotion to the will of the minister was the only sure method of advancement . Vast designs were then laying in the heart of neighbouring states the foundation of ...
... fortune of great men depended solely upon ministerial favour , and blind devotion to the will of the minister was the only sure method of advancement . Vast designs were then laying in the heart of neighbouring states the foundation of ...
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... the twinkling of an eye ; for he grew vexed , and suffered himself to be taken in , so that I began to bless my stars for my good fortune . Brinon came in about the end of the third game , to put me to bed . He 46 MEMOIRS OF.
... the twinkling of an eye ; for he grew vexed , and suffered himself to be taken in , so that I began to bless my stars for my good fortune . Brinon came in about the end of the third game , to put me to bed . He 46 MEMOIRS OF.
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... fortune changed sides ; the dice ran for him , he made no more blots . I lost the game ; another game , and double or quit ; we doubled the stake , and played double or quit again . -I was vexed ; he , like a true gamester , took every ...
... fortune changed sides ; the dice ran for him , he made no more blots . I lost the game ; another game , and double or quit ; we doubled the stake , and played double or quit again . -I was vexed ; he , like a true gamester , took every ...
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... Fortune is now again become unfavourable : we must mend her . Our cash runs low ; we must , therefore , endeavour to recruit . " " Nothing is more easy , " said Matta ; " it is only to find out such another dupe as the horse - dealer at ...
... Fortune is now again become unfavourable : we must mend her . Our cash runs low ; we must , therefore , endeavour to recruit . " " Nothing is more easy , " said Matta ; " it is only to find out such another dupe as the horse - dealer at ...
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... have seen my infantry engaged with his horse , if he had been inclined to mischief . " This adventure having recruited their finances , fortune favoured them the remainder of the campaign , and the COUNT GRAMMONT . 53.
... have seen my infantry engaged with his horse , if he had been inclined to mischief . " This adventure having recruited their finances , fortune favoured them the remainder of the campaign , and the COUNT GRAMMONT . 53.
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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.