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Page 73
... and formal com- panions for the humour of the times , his intercourse has been with the versatile Shaftesbury - the mer- curial Buckingham - men who would not hesitate to sacrifice to the popular Moloch of the day , 73 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
... and formal com- panions for the humour of the times , his intercourse has been with the versatile Shaftesbury - the mer- curial Buckingham - men who would not hesitate to sacrifice to the popular Moloch of the day , 73 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
Page 243
... Buckingham , the Court would be as dull as my Lord Chancellor's wig . ' ' Or as the head it covers . - Well , my lord , the fewer at Court , there is the more room for those that can bustle there . But there are two main- strings of ...
... Buckingham , the Court would be as dull as my Lord Chancellor's wig . ' ' Or as the head it covers . - Well , my lord , the fewer at Court , there is the more room for those that can bustle there . But there are two main- strings of ...
Page 263
... Buckingham , whom Dryden has doomed to a painful immortality by the few lines which we have prefixed to this chapter . Amid the gay and the licentious of the laughing Court of Charles , the Duke was the most licentious and most gay ...
... Buckingham , whom Dryden has doomed to a painful immortality by the few lines which we have prefixed to this chapter . Amid the gay and the licentious of the laughing Court of Charles , the Duke was the most licentious and most gay ...
Page 265
... Buckingham - all genuine descendants of the daughter of the horse - leech , whose cry is ' Give , give . ' But the levee of his Grace contained other and very different characters ; and was indeed as various as his own opinions and ...
... Buckingham - all genuine descendants of the daughter of the horse - leech , whose cry is ' Give , give . ' But the levee of his Grace contained other and very different characters ; and was indeed as various as his own opinions and ...
Page 271
... Buckingham , haughtily . I have Black Will and his cudgel for plebeian grumblers ; and those of quality I can deal with myself . I lack breathing and exercise of late . ' * ' But yet your Grace ' Hold your peace , fool ! I tell you that ...
... Buckingham , haughtily . I have Black Will and his cudgel for plebeian grumblers ; and those of quality I can deal with myself . I lack breathing and exercise of late . ' * ' But yet your Grace ' Hold your peace , fool ! I tell you that ...
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Page 242 - Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 347 - You write me word that I am out of favour with a certain poet, whom I have admired for the disproportion of him and his attributes. He is a rarity which I cannot but be fond of, as one would be of a hog that could fiddle, or a singing owl. If he falls on me at the blunt, which is his very good weapon in wit, I will forgive him if you please, and leave the repartee to black Will with a cudgel!