Dr. Dove preached before the King. I saw this evening such a scene of profuse gaming, and the King in the midst of his three concubines, as I had never before seen — luxurious dallying and profaneness. The Quarterly Review - Página 2121823Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Evelyn - 1901 - 390 páginas
...piece; with something of most other famous hands. 25th January, 1685. Dr. Dove preached before the King. I saw this evening such a scene of profuse gaming,...the King in the midst of his three concubines, as I have never before seen — luxurious dallying and profaneness. 27th January, 1685. I dined at Lord... | |
| 1901 - 418 páginas
...piece; with something of most other famous hands. 25th January, 1685. Dr. Dove preached before the King. I saw this evening such a scene of profuse gaming,...the King in the midst of his three concubines, as I have never before seen — luxurious dallying and profaneness. tian recitative, as masterly as could... | |
| Richard Davey - 1906 - 718 páginas
...fifty-fourth of his age. The first of these entries is dated January 25, 1685, and tells us that the Diarist " saw this evening such a scene of profuse gaming, and...the midst of his three concubines, as I had never seen beforeLuxurious dallying and prophaneness." The second description is a longer version of the... | |
| John Evelyn - 1906 - 536 páginas
...piece ; with something of most other famous hands. 25th January. Dr. Dove1 preached before the King. I saw this evening such a scene of profuse gaming, and the King in the midst of his three concubines,2 as 1 have never before seen — luxurious dallying and profaneness. 27th. I dined at Lord... | |
| 1908 - 444 páginas
...debauchery through which it had passed, and assumed its wonted sobriety. Seven days prior, Evelyn wrote in his Diary: "I saw this evening such a scene of...before seen, luxurious dallying and profaneness." After the death of Charles and the proclamation of James II., he reverted again to that scene and said:... | |
| Mary Agnes Best - 1925 - 400 páginas
...then his Majesty." And again a few days later the entry reads: " Dr. Dove preached before the King. I saw this evening such a scene of profuse gaming,...the King in the midst of his three concubines, as I have never before seen, luxurious dallying [licentiousness] and profaneness." Mr. Pepys, on the other... | |
| 1851 - 644 páginas
...a heavy heart, Bvelyn made the following note in his diary : — Dr. Dove preached before the king. I saw this evening such a scene of profuse gaming,...before seen — luxurious dallying and profaneness. But a few days after this, on the 2d of February, the proffigate monarch was seized with an apoplectic... | |
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