 | 1847 - 724 lapas
...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 lapas
...profane mockers of true piety." The court also enjoyed its jubilee. " I can never forget," remarks Evelyn, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness,...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 lapas
...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 lapas
...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 lapas
...Memoirs, writing on 6th Feb. 1685, the day when James II was proclaimed, says, " I never can forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming and...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 lapas
...extract from " Evelyn's Diary :"— I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulness...toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery ; whilst about twenty... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1848 - 562 lapas
...The last scene in which he was engaged well illustrates his character. " I can never forget," says Evelyn, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness,...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... | |
 | 1848 - 526 lapas
...from " Evelyn's Diary :" — " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening) which this day sc'nnight I was witness of; the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland,... | |
 | William Andrew Chatto - 1848 - 424 lapas
...Memoirs, writing on 6th Feb. 1685, the day when James II was proclaimed, says, " I never can forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulncss of God (it being Sunday evening), which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the king... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1849 - 472 lapas
...was reduced, by the touch of death, to an equality with the beggar, " I can never forget," says he, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming,...Portsmouth, Cleveland, Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love-songs in that glorious gallery, while about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute... | |
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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,... 
