Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second |
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... large society , particularly agreeable in a more select one . Some of his letters
remain , in which he alludes to his want of that facility at impromptu which gave
such brilliancy to the conversation of some of his brother wits and contemporaries
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... large society , particularly agreeable in a more select one . Some of his letters
remain , in which he alludes to his want of that facility at impromptu which gave
such brilliancy to the conversation of some of his brother wits and contemporaries
.
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The next expedient which occurred to us was , to have your portrait displayed at
full length in that miscellany which lately gave us such an excellent letter of the
illustrious chief of your house . Here is the direction we obtained for that purpose
...
The next expedient which occurred to us was , to have your portrait displayed at
full length in that miscellany which lately gave us such an excellent letter of the
illustrious chief of your house . Here is the direction we obtained for that purpose
...
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... 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 liberal
and magnificent , at their common cost they gave COUNT GRAMMONT . 37.
... 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 liberal
and magnificent , at their common cost they gave COUNT GRAMMONT . 37.
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liberal and magnificent , at their common cost they gave the best - designed and
most luxurious entertainments that had ever yet been seen . Play was
wonderfully productive at first , and the Chevalier restored by a hundred different
ways that ...
liberal and magnificent , at their common cost they gave the best - designed and
most luxurious entertainments that had ever yet been seen . Play was
wonderfully productive at first , and the Chevalier restored by a hundred different
ways that ...
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His reflections and sorrows were renewed at every stage ; for , instead of giving a
shilling to the post - boy , I gave him half - a - crown . . “ Having , at last , reached
Lyons , two soldiers stopped us at the gate of the city , to carry us before the ...
His reflections and sorrows were renewed at every stage ; for , instead of giving a
shilling to the post - boy , I gave him half - a - crown . . “ Having , at last , reached
Lyons , two soldiers stopped us at the gate of the city , to carry us before the ...
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Página 446 - I was witness of ; the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, and Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery ; whilst about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute persons were at Basset round a large table — a bank of at least £2,000 in gold before them — upon which, two gentlemen, who were with me, made reflections with astonishment. Six days after was all in the dust...
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 362 - Of mimic'd statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
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 362 - For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel: Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left.
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 407 - He was always cool ; and nobody ever observed the least variation in his countenance ; he could refuse more gracefully than other people could grant; and those who went away from him the most dissatisfied as to the substance of their business, were yet personally charmed with him and, in some degree, comforted by his manner.
Página 442 - 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.
Página 407 - He had no share of what is commonly called parts; that is, he had no brightness, nothing shining in his genius. He had, most undoubtedly, an excellent good plain understanding, with sound judgment. But these alone would probably have raised him but something higher than they found him, which was page to King James II.'s queen.