Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1846 - 546 pages |
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... thought , was represented as that of a gambler , and an unprincipled one too . In fact , Grammont , like many an old gentleman , seems to have recol- lected the gaieties of his youth with more complaisance than was necessary , and has ...
... thought , was represented as that of a gambler , and an unprincipled one too . In fact , Grammont , like many an old gentleman , seems to have recol- lected the gaieties of his youth with more complaisance than was necessary , and has ...
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... thought of addressing our Memoirs to the Aca- demy , persuaded that as you had formerly sustained a logical thesis , * you must know enough of the art to qualify you for being received a member of that illustrious body , and praised ...
... thought of addressing our Memoirs to the Aca- demy , persuaded that as you had formerly sustained a logical thesis , * you must know enough of the art to qualify you for being received a member of that illustrious body , and praised ...
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... thought proper : whoever would , was a Chevalier , and who- ever could , an Abbé , -I mean a beneficed Abbé : dress made no distinction between them ; and , I believe , the Chevalier Grammont was both the one and the other at the siege ...
... thought proper : whoever would , was a Chevalier , and who- ever could , an Abbé , -I mean a beneficed Abbé : dress made no distinction between them ; and , I believe , the Chevalier Grammont was both the one and the other at the siege ...
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... thought to have more knowledge than was requisite for the abbacy , which my bro- ther had solicited for me . He had just married the niece of a minister , to whom every one cringed : he was desirous to present me to him . I felt but ...
... thought to have more knowledge than was requisite for the abbacy , which my bro- ther had solicited for me . He had just married the niece of a minister , to whom every one cringed : he was desirous to present me to him . I felt but ...
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... thought , at first , that I had more skill in them than I really had , as experience proved . When my mother knew the choice I had made , she was inconsolable ; for she reckoned , that had I been a clergyman I should have been a saint ...
... thought , at first , that I had more skill in them than I really had , as experience proved . When my mother knew the choice I had made , she was inconsolable ; for she reckoned , that had I been a clergyman I should have been a saint ...
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Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second Anthony Hamilton (Count),Charles II (King of England) Affichage du livre entier - 1859 |
Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second Anthony Hamilton (Count),Charles II (King of England),Thomas Blount Affichage du livre entier - 1853 |
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Page 361 - In the first rank of these did Zimri' stand, A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 446 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and...
Page 435 - Banqueting house, the chirurgeons cause the sick to be brought or led up to the throne, where they kneeling, the King strokes their faces or cheeks with both his hands at once, at which instant a chaplain in his formalities says, "He put his hands upon them and he healed them.
Page 348 - And in the Privy-garden saw the finest smocks and linnen petticoats of my Lady Castlemaine's, laced with rich lace at the bottom, that ever I saw: and did me good to look at them.
Page 348 - Castlemaine is now as great again as ever she was ; and that her going away was only a fit of her own upon some slighting words of the King, so that she called for her coach at a quarter of an hour's warning, and went to Richmond; and the King the next morning, under pretence of going ahunting, went to see her and make friends, and never was ahunting at all. After which she came back to Court, and commands the King as much as ever, and hath and doth what she will.
Page 407 - Second, struck by those very graces, gave him five thousand pounds, with which he immediately bought an annuity for his life, of five hundred pounds a year, of my grandfather, Halifax, which was the foundation of his subsequent fortune.
Page 399 - The Princess Henrietta is very pretty, but much below my expectation ; and her dressing of herself with her hair frized short up to her ears, did make her seem so much the less to me. But my wife standing near her with two or three black patches on, and well dressed, did seem to me much handsomer than she.
Page 494 - This is the king," pointing to his majesty ; " thou must have a care of him, and preserve him as thou didst me.
Page 123 - Hamilton was at the happy age when the charms of the fair sex begin to bloom ; she had the finest shape, the loveliest neck, and most beautiful arms in the world ; she was majestic and graceful in all her movements ; and she was the original after which all the ladies copied in their taste and air of dress. Her forehead was open, white, and smooth ; her hair was well set, and fell with ease into that natural order which it is so difficult to imitate. Her complexion was possessed of a certain freshness,...
Page 346 - he was a graceful man, and had lived long in the court, where he had some adventures that became very public. He was a man of a sweet and caressing temper, had no malice in his heart, but too great a love of pleasure.