Memoirs of the Court of Charles the SecondH.G. Bohn, 1846 - 546 páginas |
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Anthony Hamilton (Count). views , I made no manner of improvement : gaming was so much in my head , that both my ... manners of the world . I so thoroughly gained them , that I could not be persuaded to lay them aside when I was intro ...
Anthony Hamilton (Count). views , I made no manner of improvement : gaming was so much in my head , that both my ... manners of the world . I so thoroughly gained them , that I could not be persuaded to lay them aside when I was intro ...
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... manner to disturb us . " The game being done , the little Swiss unbuttoned his pockets , to pull out a new four - pistole piece , and presenting it to me , he asked my pardon for his great freedom , and seemed as if he wished to retire ...
... manner to disturb us . " The game being done , the little Swiss unbuttoned his pockets , to pull out a new four - pistole piece , and presenting it to me , he asked my pardon for his great freedom , and seemed as if he wished to retire ...
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... Chevalier Grammont had planned it ; the unfortunate Cameran fell into the snare . They supped in the most agreeable manner possible : Matta drank five or six bumpers to drown a few de Grammont shone as usual , and almost made his E 2.
... Chevalier Grammont had planned it ; the unfortunate Cameran fell into the snare . They supped in the most agreeable manner possible : Matta drank five or six bumpers to drown a few de Grammont shone as usual , and almost made his E 2.
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... manner of conferring a favour exceeded even the favour itself . Every man , possessed of such amiable qualities , must meet with success in all his undertakings . The soldiers knew his person , and adored him . The generals were sure to ...
... manner of conferring a favour exceeded even the favour itself . Every man , possessed of such amiable qualities , must meet with success in all his undertakings . The soldiers knew his person , and adored him . The generals were sure to ...
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... and quitted his mistress . to inquire what she had done with Matta . " I ! " said she , “ I have done nothing with him ; but I don't know what he would have done with me , if 66 solicitations . " She then told him in what manner.
... and quitted his mistress . to inquire what she had done with Matta . " I ! " said she , “ I have done nothing with him ; but I don't know what he would have done with me , if 66 solicitations . " She then told him in what manner.
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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.