 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
 | 1848 - 526 páginas
...his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love songs in thHt glorious gallery; whilst about twenty of the great...which two gentlemen who were with me made reflections with astonishment. Six days after, all was in the dust." Following our author eastward we are conducted,... | |
 | 1848 - 690 páginas
...courtiers and other dissolute persons were at basset round a large table — a bank of at least 2,0001. in gold before them — upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflections with astonishment. Six days after, all was in the dust. Following our author eastward we are conducted,... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1848 - 324 páginas
...great courtiers and other diffolute 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 aftonimment. Six days after was all in the duft." Evelyn's Diary, Feb. 1684-5. In the... | |
 | William Andrew Chatto - 1848 - 436 páginas
...courtiers and other dissolute persons were at Basset1 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 1" In the sixteenth year of the reign... | |
 | 1850 - 540 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."* From the remembrance of such disgraceful... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1849 - 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 held up their hands in astonishment. Six days after, all was in the dust !" James II., during his short... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 414 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 reflections with astonishment. Six days after was all in the dust ! It was enjoined that those who put on mourning... | |
 | John Lavicount Anderdon, F.A. Clarke - 1851 - 576 páginas
...Hawkins's Life of Ken, p. 21. f Ibid. p. z2. J Ibid. p. 5. round a large table, a bank of at leaft £ 2,000 in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen, who were with me, made reflections with aftonimment. Six days after all was in the duft."* Yes, — within one fhort week from his confecration,... | |
 | 1851 - 752 páginas
...courtiers and other dissolute persons were at basset round a large table, a bank of at least 2,0001. in gold before them ; upon which two gentlemen who were with me made strange reflection^. Six days after all was in the dust."f The fatal termination of this Sunday scene... | |
 | John Coleman (of Dover.) - 1851 - 892 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 was all in the dust." It is a melancholy fact, that while... | |
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