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... Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second - Página 446de Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1846 - 546 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Milner - 1845 - 862 páginas
...toying with his concubines Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love-songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the...them, upon which two gentlemen who were with me made a reflection with astonishment ; six days after, all was in the dust." The king died in the faith of... | |
| England - 1845 - 478 páginas
...courtiers and other dissolute persons were at basset round a large table, a bank of at least two thousand in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflections with astonishment. Six days after, all was in the dust." The exemplary Evelyn might, however, well... | |
| Elizabeth Stone - 1845 - 472 páginas
...courtiers and other dissolute persons were at basset round a large table, a bank of at least 2000/. in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflexions with astonishment. Six days after all was in the dust." On the deposition of James four... | |
| William Howitt - 1846 - 376 páginas
...courtiers and other dissolute persons were at basset round a large table, a bank of at least 2000?. in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflections. Six days after was all in the dust ! " CHAPTER XV. THE last and the worst of the Stuarts now mounted... | |
| 1847 - 498 páginas
...courtiers and other dissolute persons were at basset round a large table, a bank of at least 2000 1. in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who...in astonishment. Six days after all was in the dust ! " It was in a reign whose beginning and close were thus marked that Mrs. Godolphin lived, and at... | |
| 1847 - 496 páginas
...courtiers and other dissolute persons were at basset round a large table, a bank of at least 2000 /. in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who...in astonishment. Six days after all was in the dust ! " It was in a reign whose beginning and close were thus marked that Mrs. Godolphin lived, and at... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 104 páginas
...courtiers, and other dissolute persons, were at basset round a large table, a bank of at least £2000 in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen, who were with me, made reflections with astonishment. Six days after, all was in the dust !" WESTMINSTER ABBEY BY MOONLIGHT. " There is... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 488 páginas
...courtiers and other dissolute persons were at basset round a large table, a bank of at least 2000/. in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflections with astonishment. Six days after was all in the dust !" A short time before his death Charles gave... | |
| John Evelyn - 1847 - 178 páginas
...great courtiers and other dissolute persons were at Basset round a large table, a bank of at least 2000 in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflexions with astonishment. Six days after was all in the dust." Evelyn's Diary, Feb. 1684-5. In... | |
| John Evelyn - 1847 - 302 páginas
...great courtiers and other difTolute perfons were at Baflet round a large table, a bank of at leaft 2000 in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflexions with aftonifhment. Six days after was all in the duft." Evelyns Diary, Feb. 1684-5. In the... | |
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