Rochester and other literary rakes of the court of Charles ii, by the author of 'The life of sir Kenelm Digby'. |
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... history , properly so called , have no place , and will receive no notice in these pages . The subject of those pages , it must be admitted , is not very important ; but side - lights , however insig- nificant , have their uses , and it ...
... history , properly so called , have no place , and will receive no notice in these pages . The subject of those pages , it must be admitted , is not very important ; but side - lights , however insig- nificant , have their uses , and it ...
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... historical warning and a laughing - stock for all time . As there was a Restoration , both its absurdities and its iniquities have to a large extent fallen into oblivion . The vice and licentiousness of the little pantomime court were ...
... historical warning and a laughing - stock for all time . As there was a Restoration , both its absurdities and its iniquities have to a large extent fallen into oblivion . The vice and licentiousness of the little pantomime court were ...
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... history . If due allowances are made for its exaggerations , some idea of the manners of the English nobility and gentry of the time of Charles II . may be formed from a contemporary satire -if indeed it be a satire -written upon them ...
... history . If due allowances are made for its exaggerations , some idea of the manners of the English nobility and gentry of the time of Charles II . may be formed from a contemporary satire -if indeed it be a satire -written upon them ...
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... history of England has magnificence , richness , and elaboration in masculine dress been carried to a higher point than during the reign of Charles II . There may have been other times when ladies were as finely attired ; but men were ...
... history of England has magnificence , richness , and elaboration in masculine dress been carried to a higher point than during the reign of Charles II . There may have been other times when ladies were as finely attired ; but men were ...
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... History of the Rebellion , vary considerably . Lloyd describes him as a great scholar , capable of giving the best advice , and as a soldier more fitted to follow such advice than any other man in England : quick in avenging a private ...
... History of the Rebellion , vary considerably . Lloyd describes him as a great scholar , capable of giving the best advice , and as a soldier more fitted to follow such advice than any other man in England : quick in avenging a private ...
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