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... fortune of great men depended solely upon ministerial favour , and blind devotion to the will of the minister was the only sure method of advancement . Vast designs were then laying in the heart of neighbouring states the foundation of ...
... fortune of great men depended solely upon ministerial favour , and blind devotion to the will of the minister was the only sure method of advancement . Vast designs were then laying in the heart of neighbouring states the foundation of ...
Page 46
... the twinkling of an eye ; for he grew vexed , and suffered himself to be taken in , so that I began to bless my stars for my good fortune . Brinon came in about the end of the third game , to put me to bed . He 46 MEMOIRS OF.
... the twinkling of an eye ; for he grew vexed , and suffered himself to be taken in , so that I began to bless my stars for my good fortune . Brinon came in about the end of the third game , to put me to bed . He 46 MEMOIRS OF.
Page 47
... fortune changed sides ; the dice ran for him , he made no more blots . I lost the game ; another game , and double or quit ; we doubled the stake , and played double or quit again . -I was vexed ; he , like a true gamester , took every ...
... fortune changed sides ; the dice ran for him , he made no more blots . I lost the game ; another game , and double or quit ; we doubled the stake , and played double or quit again . -I was vexed ; he , like a true gamester , took every ...
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... Fortune is now again become unfavourable : we must mend her . Our cash runs low ; we must , therefore , endeavour to recruit . " 66 Nothing is more easy , " said Matta ; " it is only to find out such another dupe as the horse - dealer ...
... Fortune is now again become unfavourable : we must mend her . Our cash runs low ; we must , therefore , endeavour to recruit . " 66 Nothing is more easy , " said Matta ; " it is only to find out such another dupe as the horse - dealer ...
Page 53
... have seen my infantry engaged with his horse , if he had been inclined to mischief . " This adventure having recruited their finances , fortune favoured them the remainder of the campaign , and the COUNT GRAMMONT . 53.
... have seen my infantry engaged with his horse , if he had been inclined to mischief . " This adventure having recruited their finances , fortune favoured them the remainder of the campaign , and the COUNT GRAMMONT . 53.
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Page 362 - He laugh'd himself from court; then sought relief By forming parties, but could ne'er be chief: For, spite of him, the weight of business fell On Absalom and wise Achitophel: Thus, wicked but in will, of means bereft, He left not faction, but of that was left.
Page 361 - In the first rank of these did Zimri' stand, A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 446 - 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...
Page 362 - Of mimic'd statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
Page 435 - Majesty sitting under his state in the banqueting house, the chirurgeons cause the sick to be brought, or led, up to the throne, where they kneeling, the King strokes their faces, or cheeks with both his hands at once, at which instant a chaplain in his formalities says, " He put his hands upon them, and he healed them.
Page 403 - That the stage is now by his pains a thousand times better and more glorious than ever heretofore. Now, waxcandles, and many of them; then, not above 3 Ibs. of tallow; now, all things civil, no rudeness anywhere; then, as in a bear-garden...
Page 442 - I have a mind to a new wife; but for all that, I will not see an innocent woman abused...
Page 338 - Now, after all this, I can say that, besides the pleasure of the sight of these glorious things, I may now shut my eyes against any other objects, nor for the future trouble myself to see things of state and showe, as being sure never to see the like again in this world.
Page 348 - And in the Privy-garden saw the finest smocks and linnen petticoats of my Lady Castlemaine's, laced with rich lace at the bottom, that ever I saw: and did me good to look at them.
Page 337 - ... that would fight with him;" and with these words, the Champion flings down his gauntlet, and all this he do three times in his going up towards the King's table. At last when he is come, the King drinks to him, and then sends him the cup which is of gold, and he drinks it off, and then rides back again with the cup in his hand. I went from table to table to see the Bishops and all others at their dinner, and was infinitely pleased with it. And at the Lords...