Diary of the Times of Charles the Second by the Honourable Henry Sidney, (afterwards Earl of Romney) Including His Correspondence with the Countess of Sunderland, and Other Distinguished Persons at the English Court: To which are Added, Letters Illustrative of the Times of James II and William III, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1843 |
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Diary of the Times of Charles the Second by the Honourable Henry ..., Volume 1 Henry Sidney Earl of Romney Affichage du livre entier - 1843 |
Diary of the Times of Charles the Second by the Honourable Henry ..., Volume 1 Henry Sidney Earl of Romney Affichage du livre entier - 1843 |
Diary of the Times of Charles the Second by the Honourable Henry ..., Volume 1 Henry Sidney earl of Romney Affichage du livre entier - 1843 |
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Page 226 - Killigrews, the Chiffinches, and the Grammonts. They played a serviceable part in ridding the kingdom of its besotted loyalty. They saved our forefathers from the Star-chamber and the High-commission court; they laboured in their vocation against standing armies and corruption ; they pressed forward the great ultimate security of English freedom — the expulsion of the house of Stuart.
Page 95 - He got up in the progress of the wars to be a colonel, and to be concerned in the Excise. And at the Restoration he was found to be so useful in managing the Excise, that he was put in a good place.
Page 32 - Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come and help us; for thou givest not alway the battle to the strong, but canst save by many or by few. O let not our sins now cry against us for vengeance ; but hear us thy poor servants begging mercy, and imploring thy help, and that thou wouldest be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy. Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 83 - It is first to be remembered that there was really and truly a popish plot in being, though not that which Titus Gates and his associates pretended to reveal...
Page 226 - We are , however, much indebted to the memory of Barbara , duchess of Cleveland , Louisa , duchess of Portsmouth , and Mrs. Eleanor Gwyn.
Page 208 - Portsmouth's dressing-room within her bed-chamber, where she was in her morning loose garment, her maids combing, newly out of her bed, his Majesty and the gallants standing about her : but that which engaged my curiosity was the rich and splendid furniture of this woman's apartment, now twice or thrice pulled down and rebuilt to satisfy her prodigal and expensive pleasures...
Page 44 - He had a wonderful vivacity, but too much levity in his thoughts. His temper was inconstant; firm, and positive for a while; but apt to change, from a giddiness of mind, rather than from any falsehood in his nature. He broke twice with the prince, after he came into a confidence with him. He employed me to reconcile him to him * for the third time: but the prince said, he could not trust him any more.
Page ix - I know you lived happily, and so as nobody but yourself could measure the contentment of it. I rejoiced at it, and did thank God for making me one of the means of procuring it for you.
Page xciii - ... that old and excellent counsel of Pythagoras — that we are with all the cares and endeavours of our lives to avoid diseases in the body, perturbations in the mind, luxury in diet, factions in the house, and seditions in the state.
Page lvi - And, what is above all this, governed by a lady, who without any show of solicitude, keeps everything in such admirable order, both within and without, from the garret to the cellar, that I do not believe there is any in this nation, or in any other, that exceeds her in such exact order, without ostentation, but substantially great and noble.