 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
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...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!" James, though little less vicious than his... | |
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