 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - 1853 - 568 pàgines
...especially Portsmouth, and added, ' Let not poor Nelly starve.'" A page or two further, Evelyn remarks, " I can never forget • the inexpressible luxury and...toying- with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, Mazarine, etc., a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the... | |
 | charles barker - 1853 - 126 pàgines
...of the King's death, Mr. Evelyn calls to mind a scene which he had witnessed not many days before. "I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness,...forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening), which this day se'ennight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland,... | |
 | Barton Bouchier - 1853 - 518 pàgines
...inexpressible luxury and prophanenesse, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfullnesse of God (it being Sunday evening), which this day se'nnight...— the King sitting and toying with his concubines. . . . whilst about 20 of the grate courtiers, and other dissolute persons, were at basset round a large... | |
 | Max Schlesinger - 1853 - 326 pàgines
...inexpressible luxury and prophanenesse, gaming and all dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfullnesse of God (it being Sunday evening), which this day se'nnight I was witnesse of, the king sitting and toying with his concubines — Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarine,... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1854 - 564 pàgines
...records the scene at Whitehall, a week before the king's decease : — " I can never forget," he says, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total neglectfulness of God, it being Sunday evening, which this day sennight I was witness of, the king... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1855 - 780 pàgines
...have but lightly touched the depravity of the King and his Court. "I can never forget," writes Evelyn, "the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming,...toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love- songs in that glorious gallery, whilst the How truly English... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 590 pàgines
...but lightly touched the depravity of the King and his Court. " I can never forget," writes Evelyn, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming,...toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery, whilst the courtiers were... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1855 - 510 pàgines
...Evelyn describes it at a later time. " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and prophaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and, as it were, total...this day se.nnight I was witness of; the King sitting nnd toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland [Chtffcmainc], Mazarin, &n. A French boy singing... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1855 - 512 pàgines
...all dissoluteness, and as it were total neglectfulness of God, it being Sunday evening, which Uiis day sennight I was witness of, the king sitting and...toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love-songs in that glorious gallery ; whilst about twenty of the... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1856 - 570 pàgines
...scene in which he was engaged well illustrates his character. " I can never forget," says Evelyn, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming,...dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulness of God, being Sunday evening, which this day se'nnight I was witness of — the king sitting and toying with... | |
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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,... 
