 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 522 страници
...He himself was in the meantime often reduced to the sorest pecuniary straits. In 1652 he writes : " I have neither clothes nor fire to preserve me from the sharpness of the season ; " and not long after, " I have not had a livre of my own for the last three months." Charles was... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 444 страници
...himself was in the meantime often reduced to the sorest pecuniary straits. In 1652 he writes • " I have neither clothes nor fire to preserve me from the sharpness of the season ; " and not long after, " I have not had a livre of my own for the last three months." Hyde accompanied... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 542 страници
...He himself was in the meantime often reduced to the sorest pecuniary straits. In 1652 he writes : " I have neither clothes nor fire to preserve me from the sharpness of the season ; " and not long after, " I have not had a livre of my own for the last three months." Charles was... | |
 | Mrs. F. S. Boas - 1905 - 378 страници
...at. I am sure the King himself owes for all he hath eaten since April. . . . Five or six of us eat together one meal a day, for a pistole a week ; but...how many weeks, to the poor woman that feeds us." But still he writes bravely to Nicholas, " Keep up your spirits, and take heed of sinking under that... | |
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I do not know that any man is yet dead for want of bread, which really I wonder at. I am sure the King himself owes for all he hat; eaten since April ; and I am not acquainted with one servant of his who hath a pistole in his pocket. Five or six of us... 
