The life of mrs. Godolphin, publ. and ed. by Samuel lord bishop of Oxford1848 |
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Страница 243 - Duchess marked his weary pace, His timid mien, and reverend face, And bade her page the menials tell That they should tend the old man well : For she had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb...
Страница 98 - ... amidst all this pomp and serious impertinence, whilst the rest were acting, and that her part was sometymes to goe off, as the scenes required, into the tireing roome, where severall Ladyes her companions were railing with the Gallants trifleingly enough till they were called to reenter, she vnder pretence of conning her next part, was retired into a Corner, reading a booke of devotion, without att all concerning herselfe or mingling with the young Company ; as if she had no farther part to act,...
Страница 258 - What mad freaks the Mayds of Honour at Court have : that Mrs. Jenings,1 one of the Duchess's maids, the other day dressed herself like an orange wench, and went up and down and cried oranges ; till, falling down, or by some accident, her fine shoes were discerned, and she put to a great deal of shame...
Страница 235 - So all the persons of quality and officers who were with me, (except my Lord Wilmot, with whom a place was agreed upon for our meeting at London, if we escaped, and who endeavoured to go on horseback, in regard, as I think, of his being too big to go on foot,) were resolved to go and join with the three thousand disordered horse, thinking to get away with them to Scotland.
Страница 215 - I will never play this halfe year butt att 3 penny omber, and then with one att halves. I will not ; I doe not vow, but I will not doe it, — what...
Страница 96 - ... mightyly, which I hoped would never have proceeded farther. Dear friend, I begg your prayers this cloudy Weather, that God would endow me with, patience and resignation. Would you believe itt, there are some that envy me the honour (as they esteeme it) of acting in this play, and pass malitious Jests upon me. Now you know I am to turne the other cheeke, nor take I notice of it.
Страница 38 - Reflections; and that you freely command me me vpon all occasions without any reserve whatsoever : you are to write to me when I am absent ; mention me in all your prayers to God, to admonish me of all my failings, to...
Страница 38 - I may vifitt you without being thought importunate; that I may now and then write to you to cultivate my Stile ; difcourfe with you to improve my Vnderftanding ; read to you to receive your Reflections; and that you freely command me Mrs.
Страница 98 - Evelyn continues, that during the time the performance was proceeding and her presence was not required, she returned to the " tireing roome, where severall 'Ladyes her companions were railing with the gallants trifleingly enough till they were called to re-enter, she, under pretence of conning her next part, was retired into a corner, reading a booke of Devotion without at all concerning herselfe or mingling with the young company, — as if she had no further part to act who was the principal person...