 | 1847 - 498 страници
...end of that monarch for whose restoration he had blessed God. In the winter of 1685, he wrote : — "I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness,...toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, Mazarine, etc., a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 104 страници
...preceding : — " I can never forget," he says, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulness...Cleveland, and Mazarine, &c., a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the great courtiers, and other dissolute... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1847 - 178 страници
...himself, can scarcely be conceived. " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and prophaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total...sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, and Mazarine, &c. a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about... | |
 | 1847 - 724 страници
...the most dissolute. " I can never forget," says Evelyn, " the inexpressible luxury and prolaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and, as it were, total...which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the king (Charles II.) sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, Mazarine, &c. A French... | |
 | Robert Simpson - 1847 - 316 страници
...mockers of true piety." The court also enjoyed its jubilee. " I can never forget," remarks Evelyn, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming,...of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnigbt I was witness of, the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth,t Cleveland,... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1847 - 180 страници
...himself, can scarcely be conceived. " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and prophaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total...(it being Sunday evening) which this day se'nnight 1 was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, and Mazarine,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 488 страници
...Sunday preceding. " I can never forget," he says, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening), which this day se'night I was witness of; the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland,... | |
 | William Andrew Chatto - 1848 - 436 страници
...in his Memoirs, writing on 6th Feb. 1685, the day when James II was proclaimed, says, " I never can forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming...sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, and Mazarine, &c., a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery, wliilst about... | |
 | 1848 - 690 страници
...extract from " Evelyn's Diary :"— I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulness...Cleveland, and Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery ; whilst about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1848 - 562 страници
...scene in which he was engaged well illustrates his character. " I can never forget," says Evelyn, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming and...dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulness of God, being Sunday evening, which this day se'nnight I was witness of— the king sitting and toying with... | |
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I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening), which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines,... 
