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... stand up ; and indeed he dances rarely , and much better than the Duke of York . " From the pen of the same amusing writer we have a charming description of the return to Whitehall of a gay equestrian party , consisting of Charles , his ...
... stand up ; and indeed he dances rarely , and much better than the Duke of York . " From the pen of the same amusing writer we have a charming description of the return to Whitehall of a gay equestrian party , consisting of Charles , his ...
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... . Then , for Japan cabinets , screens , pendule clocks , great vases of wrought plate , table , stands , chimney furniture , sconces , branches , braseras , & c . , all of NELL GWYNN . 47 massive silver and out of number.
... . Then , for Japan cabinets , screens , pendule clocks , great vases of wrought plate , table , stands , chimney furniture , sconces , branches , braseras , & c . , all of NELL GWYNN . 47 massive silver and out of number.
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... stands upon the honour of his birth , If he suppose that I have pleaded truth , From off this brier pluck a white rose with me . Som . Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer , But dare maintain the party of the truth , Pluck a red ...
... stands upon the honour of his birth , If he suppose that I have pleaded truth , From off this brier pluck a white rose with me . Som . Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer , But dare maintain the party of the truth , Pluck a red ...
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... stand godfather to his son . The account , however , given by Perkin Warbeck and his partizans was widely different . They boldly asserted that he was Richard Duke of York , youngest son of King Edward ; that he had contrived to elude ...
... stand godfather to his son . The account , however , given by Perkin Warbeck and his partizans was widely different . They boldly asserted that he was Richard Duke of York , youngest son of King Edward ; that he had contrived to elude ...
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... stand . At the last moment , immediately before the torch was put to the faggots , a paper was presented to her , con- taining the King's pardon on condition of her recanting her errors . She refused , however , not only to have the ...
... stand . At the last moment , immediately before the torch was put to the faggots , a paper was presented to her , con- taining the King's pardon on condition of her recanting her errors . She refused , however , not only to have the ...
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accordingly afterwards ancient Anne Boleyn apartments appears Archbishop Arundel attended Banqueting House barge Baynard's Castle beautiful Bishop Blackfriars brother Cardinal Catherine Catherine Howard celebrated chamber Charles the Second church of St City committed court Cromwell Crosby Place crown daughter death died Duchess Duke of Norfolk Edward the Fourth England erected execution executioner famous fate father favourite fire fire of London fortress gallant gate George grace hall hand head Henry the Eighth honour ill-fated imprisonment interesting James King's Lady Jane Grey Lady Rochford Lane lastly London Bridge Lord Chamberlain Lord Mayor magnificent marriage Mary monarch monument night occasion palace palace of Whitehall passed Perkin Warbeck persons present Prince prisoner Protector Queen Elizabeth reign of Henry remained residence royal scaffold scene side Sir John Sir Thomas Somerset sovereign stood Stow Street Stuart Thames took Tower Chapel Tower Hill unfortunate walls Westminster Whitehall wife William writes young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 161 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Seite 49 - 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, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and...
Seite 297 - Church, to which the scaffolds contributed exceedingly. The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished, that from the beginning, I know not by what despondency or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it, so that there was nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods; such a strange consternation there was upon them...
Seite 134 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of...
Seite 171 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares; And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun; And now I live, and now my life is done.
Seite 438 - London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems; whence any mean production is called Grub-street" — , " lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.
Seite 302 - City, in a most horrid malicious bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire.
Seite 304 - ... carts, &c., carrying out to the fields, which for many miles were strewed with moveables of all sorts, and tents erecting to shelter both people and what goods they could get away.
Seite 5 - And at his coming, and before he came into the hall, ye shall understand, that he came by water to the...
Seite 299 - ... to get things ready against our feast to-day, Jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the City.