...Evelyn in the following striking passage, written the night after the King's death: — " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming,...(it being Sunday evening), which this day se'nnight I was witness of; the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, and Mazarine,...

...Evelyn, certainly no Whig, gives the following description of a Sunday at court : — " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming,...were total forgetfulness of God, it being Sunday, which this day sc'cuight I was witness of. The king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth,...

...Evelyn, certainly no Whig, gives the following deseription of a Sunday at court : — " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forget fulness of God, it being Sunday, which this day se'enight I was witness of. The king sitting...

...account of his daughter's usual occupations and habits redeems the age. " I can never forget," he says, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming and...forgetfulness of God, it being Sunday evening, which this night se'nnight I was witness of. The King sitting and toying with his favourites, Portsmouth, Cleveland...

...entries yield in poignancy of human interest to that other of the death of Charles ii: i can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfuiness of God (it being Sunday evening), which this day se'nnight l was witness of, the King...

...presents an awful lesson. He says, " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and prophaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, being Sunday evening, which this day se 'night I was witness of, the king sitting and toying with his...

...but graphic picture of the Court : " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and prophaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and, as it were, total...(it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarine,...

...are described by Evelyn, an eye-witness, present an awful scene : " I can never forget," says he, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulncss of God (it being Sunday evening), which this day se-night I was witness to : the king...

...presents an awful lesson. He says, " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and prophaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, being Sunday evening, which this day se'night I was witness of, the king sitting and toying with his...

...Portsmouth, and added, ' Let not poor Nelly starve.'" A page or two further, Evelyn remarks, " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming,...(it being Sunday evening) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, Mazarine,...