Memoirs of the Court of Charles the SecondH.G. Bohn, 1853 - 546 páginas |
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... soon put the fashionable tales to flight , by the publication of the Quatre Facardins , and , more especially , La Fleur d'Epine . Some of the introductory verses to these productions are written with peculiar ease and grace ; and are ...
... soon put the fashionable tales to flight , by the publication of the Quatre Facardins , and , more especially , La Fleur d'Epine . Some of the introductory verses to these productions are written with peculiar ease and grace ; and are ...
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... their features , rank , and line , And all their arms , and whence they had them . We soon saw it would be impossible to crowd you , with propriety , into so miscellaneous a miscellany ; and these COUNT DE GRAMMONT . 21.
... their features , rank , and line , And all their arms , and whence they had them . We soon saw it would be impossible to crowd you , with propriety , into so miscellaneous a miscellany ; and these COUNT DE GRAMMONT . 21.
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... soon shewed us the contrary ; for , casting his eyes on the paper which we had left on the table , — " I approve , " said he , " of your plan , and I come to give you some advice for the execution ; but I cannot comprehend the choice ...
... soon shewed us the contrary ; for , casting his eyes on the paper which we had left on the table , — " I approve , " said he , " of your plan , and I come to give you some advice for the execution ; but I cannot comprehend the choice ...
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... soon formed , and was succeeded by the strictest intimacy . Matta insisted that the Chevalier should take up his quarters with him ; to which he only consented , on condition . of equally contributing to the expense . As they were both ...
... soon formed , and was succeeded by the strictest intimacy . Matta insisted that the Chevalier should take up his quarters with him ; to which he only consented , on condition . of equally contributing to the expense . As they were both ...
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... soon perceived that the greatest prosperity is not the most last- ing . Good living , bad economy , dishonest servants , and ill- luck , all uniting together to disconcert their house - keeping , their table was going to be gradually ...
... soon perceived that the greatest prosperity is not the most last- ing . Good living , bad economy , dishonest servants , and ill- luck , all uniting together to disconcert their house - keeping , their table was going to be gradually ...
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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.