| Charles George Harper - 1894 - 174 páginas
...and ironically ' that paragon of virtue and beauty.' On one occasion he ' found the Duke of Albemarle at dinner with sorry company ; some of his officers...dishes and a. nasty wife at table, and bad meat.' But she was mildness itself compared with that 'she-devil, 1 Bess of Hardwicke, who was wedded and... | |
| Samuel Pepys - 1895 - 228 páginas
...hide themselves, and swear they will not go to be killed and have no pay. I find the Duke of Albemarle at dinner with sorry company, some of his officers...table, and bad meat, of which I made but an ill dinner. Pretty to hear how she talked against Captain Du Tell, 1 the Frenchman, that the Prince and her husband... | |
| Edward Codrington William Grey - 1905 - 272 páginas
...old gossip Pepys, who was certainly fond of his stomach, approve of her. " Find the Duke of Albemarle at dinner with sorry company, some of his officers...and bad meat, of which I made but an ill dinner." He further asserts that she sold places in her husband's department, receiving from one individual... | |
| Samuel Pepys - 1905 - 846 páginas
...Durham. 2 The Dnke. ' To Cobham Hall, near Gravescnd. See p. 489. 4th. I find the Duke of Albemarle a `iaja \Aa L L H H H H H6R T6Y ) ) _ a a a `u^ O O O O O ] P ] ] Z a Pretty to hear how she talked against Captain Du Tell,1 the Frenchman, that the Prince and her husband... | |
| Samuel Pepys - 1905 - 860 páginas
...saying, 1 ? Little. [BI necessary. But 48o THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS 4th. I find the Duke of Albemarle siness ; by late tidings of the French fleet being...(how true, though, I know not) our fleet is divided Pretty to hear how she talked against Captain Du Tell,1 the Frenchman, that the Prince and her husband... | |
| Samuel Pepys - 1906 - 736 páginas
...something appears to be under his periwigg on the crown of his head. 4th. I find the Duke of Albemarle at dinner with sorry company, some of his officers...table, and bad meat, of which I made but an ill dinner. Pretty to hear how she talked against Captain Du Tell,2 the Frenchman, that the Prince and her husband... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1907 - 566 páginas
...duchess) should come to be Duchess of Albemarle.' 3 ' 4th (April, 1667). I find the Duke of Albemarle at dinner with sorry company, some of his officers of the army ; dirty 1 Memoirs and Correspondence, as above, vol. ip 182. " Vol. ii. p. 348. 5 Vol. iii. p. 75. dishes and... | |
| Esther Meynell - 1909 - 412 páginas
...a dinner." The Duke of Albemarle, too, in spite of his wealth, had dinners that Pepys despised : " sorry company, some of his officers of the army ;...and bad meat, of which I made but an ill dinner," he says petulantly, after having been to one of them. When Pepys, on one occasion, takes account of... | |
| 1920 - 318 páginas
...were not confined to Lord Sandwich. On another occasion, Pepys reports ; "I find the Duke of Albemarle at dinner with sorry company, some of his officers of the army; dirty dishes, and nasty wife at table, and bad meat, of which I made but an ill dinner. Pretty to hear how she talked... | |
| Richard Le Gallienne - 1923 - 366 páginas
...heretofore his work used to be, I did now refuse it, having bought elsewhere. I find the Duke of Albemarle at dinner with sorry company, some of his officers...dirty dishes, and a nasty wife at table, and bad meat, ol which I made but an ill dinner. 6th. Up, and betimes in the morning down to the Tower wharfe, there... | |
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