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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... became so fashionable at court , that , as Grammont tells us , " every person played on it , well or ill , and you were as sure to see it on a lady's toilet , as rouge or patches " . One of the best amateur performers on this instrument ...
... became so fashionable at court , that , as Grammont tells us , " every person played on it , well or ill , and you were as sure to see it on a lady's toilet , as rouge or patches " . One of the best amateur performers on this instrument ...
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... became an undergraduate at Wadham College , Oxford , when he was eleven.1 1 Rochester's " Funeral Sermon , " by the Rev. Robert Parsons . It may be found in Burnet's Lives of Hale and Rochester . " There , " says one who knew him well ...
... became an undergraduate at Wadham College , Oxford , when he was eleven.1 1 Rochester's " Funeral Sermon , " by the Rev. Robert Parsons . It may be found in Burnet's Lives of Hale and Rochester . " There , " says one who knew him well ...
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... became at once the pet of the king and of the court . The men were amused by the precocious lad , the women were in love with the handsome boy . The court beauties , most of them much older than himself , considered no famili- arities ...
... became at once the pet of the king and of the court . The men were amused by the precocious lad , the women were in love with the handsome boy . The court beauties , most of them much older than himself , considered no famili- arities ...
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... became " damnably debauched " . It looks as if Charles II . had rather liked than disliked to be thought a " gay dog " ; or Rochester would scarcely have ventured to write a prologue to a play to be acted by ladies before the king in ...
... became " damnably debauched " . It looks as if Charles II . had rather liked than disliked to be thought a " gay dog " ; or Rochester would scarcely have ventured to write a prologue to a play to be acted by ladies before the king in ...
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... became almost a slave to his wife . In a play entitled " Epicene , or the Silent Woman , " a character called Tom Otter was represented as a very henpecked husband . One day Charles II . had been speaking of the Duke of York as a man in ...
... became almost a slave to his wife . In a play entitled " Epicene , or the Silent Woman , " a character called Tom Otter was represented as a very henpecked husband . One day Charles II . had been speaking of the Duke of York as a man in ...
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