Memoirs of the Court of Charles the SecondH.G. Bohn, 1853 - 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 Thomas5 ...
... 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 Thomas5 ...
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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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... occasion . What would have become of you if you been reduced to the situation I was in at Lyons , four days before I arrived here ? I will tell you the story . " had 66 CHAPTER III . THIS , " said Matta , COUNT GRAMMONT . 39.
... occasion . What would have become of you if you been reduced to the situation I was in at Lyons , four days before I arrived here ? I will tell you the story . " had 66 CHAPTER III . THIS , " said Matta , COUNT GRAMMONT . 39.
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Página 336 - ... all the officers of all kinds, so much as the very fiddlers, in red vests. At last comes in the Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster, with the Bishops (many of them in cloth of gold copes), and after them the Nobility, all in their Parliament robes, which was a most magnificent sight.
Página 435 - EVIL! according to custom, thus: his Majesty sitting under his state in the 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 337 - Glynne, whose horse fell upon him yesterday, and is like to kill him, which people do please themselves to see how just God is to punish the rogue at such a time as this : he being now one of the King's Serjeants, and rode in the cavalcade with Maynard, to whom people wish the same fortune.
Página 492 - And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee ; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
Página 403 - That the stage is now by his pains a thousand times better and more glorious than ever heretofore. Now, waxcandles, and many of them; then, not above 3 Ibs. of tallow; now, all things civil, no rudeness anywhere; then, as in a bear-garden...
Página 442 - I have a mind to a new wife; but for all that, I will not see an innocent woman abused...
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 439 - Where London's column, pointing to the skies Like a tall bully, lifts its head and lies.
Página 438 - He said, it was a wicked thing to make a poor lady miserable, only because she was his wife, and had no children by him, which was no fault of hers.
Página 442 - In another passage Oates's personal appearance is thus described. — ' He was a low man, of an ill cut, very short neck, and his visage and features were most particular. His mouth was the centre of his face ; and a compass there would sweep his nose, forehead, and chin, within the perimeter.