...present praised and admired them — all but the Earl (afterwards Duke) of Lauderdale, who declared, " He had rather hear a cat mew, than the best musique in the •world ; anil the better the musique, the more sick it makes him ; and that of all instruments, he hates the...

...Brouncker tells me, my Lord Lauderdale is a man of mighty good reason and judgement. But at supper there played one of their servants upon the viallin some...life, and all of one cast. But strange to hear my Lord Landerdale say himself that he had rather hear a cat mew, than the best musique in the world; and the...

...date, as no doubt many are. The performer played " several and the best of their country, as they seem to esteem them by their praising and admiring them...that ever I heard in my life, and all of one cast." He mentions 8th October, 1667, the death of Saunders by the plague at Cambridge, " the only viollin...

...Brouncker tells me, my Lord Lauderdale is a man of mighty good reason and judgement. But at supper there played one of their servants upon the viallin some...of one cast. But strange to hear my Lord Lauderdale 3>iy himself that he had rather hear a cat mew, than the best musique in the world; and the better...

...owls." With astoundment Mr. Pepys in his Diary makes this entry of the affirmation of a noble lord : " But strange to hear my Lord Lauderdale say himself that he had rather hear a cat mew than the best music in the world ; and the better Nevertheless he is known to have had the power of mimicking it...

...owls." With astoundment Mr. Pepys in his Diary makes this entry of the affirmation of a noble lord : " But strange to hear my Lord Lauderdale say himself that he had rather hear a cat mew than the best music in the world ; and the better 157 Nevertheless he is known to have had the power of mimicking...

...Brouucker tells me, my Lord Lauderdale ifl a man of mighty good reason and judgment. But at supper there played one of their servants upon the viallin some...that ever I heard in my life, and all of one cast" * my Lord Brouncker and his mistress dined According to a cherished Highgate tradition, Nell Gwynne...

...Brouncker tells me, my Lord Lauderdale is a man of mighty good reason and judgment. But at supper there played one of their servants upon the viallin some...admiring them : but, Lord ! the strangest ayre that ever 1 heard in my life, and all of one cast." * According to a cherished Highgate tradition, Nell Gwynne...

...Brouncker tells me, my Lord Lauderdale is a man of mighty good reason and judgment. But at supper there played one of their servants upon the viallin some Scotch tunes only ; several, and the beat of their country, as they seemed to esteem them, by their praising and admiring them : but, Lord...

...expresses hi* surprise in perhaps the most adequate terms that could have been used in the circumstances: "the strangest ayre that ever I heard in my life, and all of one cast." But the entire passage is well worth quoting: — "July 28,1666. Being come thither (ie, to Highgate, where...