Memoirs of the Court of Charles the SecondH.G. Bohn, 1853 - 546 páginas |
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... whilst the Count dictates to him such particulars of his life as were the most singular , and least known . This is said with great modesty , and , as to part of the work , perhaps , with great truth it requires , however , some ...
... whilst the Count dictates to him such particulars of his life as were the most singular , and least known . This is said with great modesty , and , as to part of the work , perhaps , with great truth it requires , however , some ...
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... whilst both , in their different pictures , have done greater honour to them- selves than justice to their hero . It is , therefore , to the Count we must listen , in the agreeable relation of the sieges and battles wherein he ...
... whilst both , in their different pictures , have done greater honour to them- selves than justice to their hero . It is , therefore , to the Count we must listen , in the agreeable relation of the sieges and battles wherein he ...
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... declared herself rather too openly in his favour : but whilst he was diligently employed in regulating , within the rules of discretion , the partiality she expressed for him , and in conjuring her to restrain her glances 160 MEMOIRS OF.
... declared herself rather too openly in his favour : but whilst he was diligently employed in regulating , within the rules of discretion , the partiality she expressed for him , and in conjuring her to restrain her glances 160 MEMOIRS OF.
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... whilst the brother played upon the guitar to the duke , the sister ogled and accompanied him with her eyes , as if the coast had been clear , and no enemy to observe them . This sara- band was at least repeated twenty times ; the duke ...
... whilst the brother played upon the guitar to the duke , the sister ogled and accompanied him with her eyes , as if the coast had been clear , and no enemy to observe them . This sara- band was at least repeated twenty times ; the duke ...
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... by his industry and atten- tions .. This silenced his complaints ; but whilst he was endea- vouring to surmount these obstacles , still wondering how it was possible that two persons who were so well disposed COUNT GRAMMONT . 181.
... by his industry and atten- tions .. This silenced his complaints ; but whilst he was endea- vouring to surmount these obstacles , still wondering how it was possible that two persons who were so well disposed COUNT GRAMMONT . 181.
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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.