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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... persons of quality esteemed it a piece of wit to make a man drunk " ; and that after dinner the conversation was " heavy , dull and insig- nificant . . . loud , querulous and impertinent " . As to the ladies , he “ never beheld a ruder ...
... persons of quality esteemed it a piece of wit to make a man drunk " ; and that after dinner the conversation was " heavy , dull and insig- nificant . . . loud , querulous and impertinent " . As to the ladies , he “ never beheld a ruder ...
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... 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 at the court was the Duke of York , who will presently take his place ...
... 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 at the court was the Duke of York , who will presently take his place ...
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... persons , mind conquered matter . With the men with whom we are about to deal it was otherwise . Far from rising above their surroundings , Rochester and his companions were essentially of the same level their lives ' object and work ...
... persons , mind conquered matter . With the men with whom we are about to deal it was otherwise . Far from rising above their surroundings , Rochester and his companions were essentially of the same level their lives ' object and work ...
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... persons ! . . . a sort of men of whom we have heard much , and are sufficiently ashamed , who spend their time in taverns , tippling- houses and debauches ; giving no other evidence of their affection to us but in drinking our health ...
... persons ! . . . a sort of men of whom we have heard much , and are sufficiently ashamed , who spend their time in taverns , tippling- houses and debauches ; giving no other evidence of their affection to us but in drinking our health ...
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... persons I am displeased with , but certainly I may expect , from the kindness we have always had to- gether , that those who are justly in my disfavour , and who I have told you are so , should not be the better for it , and that all ...
... persons I am displeased with , but certainly I may expect , from the kindness we have always had to- gether , that those who are justly in my disfavour , and who I have told you are so , should not be the better for it , and that all ...
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