Constant Delights: Rakes, Rogues, and Scandal in Restoration EnglandA look - from rather a jaunty angle - at one of the most remarkable and fashion-conscious periods in English history. Peopled with names such as Pope, Pepys, Milton, Dryden, Halley, Purcell, Bunyan, Wren, Lely and Kneller, the reign of Charles II was a time of innovation, beauty - and debauchery. |
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... Wine , ' wrote Gilbert Burnet , ' made him so extravagantly pleasant , that many , to be more diverted by that humour , studied to engage him deeper and deeper in Intemperance : which at length did so entirely subdue him ; that , as he ...
... Wine , ' wrote Gilbert Burnet , ' made him so extravagantly pleasant , that many , to be more diverted by that humour , studied to engage him deeper and deeper in Intemperance : which at length did so entirely subdue him ; that , as he ...
Page 151
... wine was declared the ' most acceptable treate for the aldermen ' ) in the time - honoured fashion , having ' sate up all night in Buckingham drinking with the High Sheriff ' . However , his friend Captain Pigott ' lay ill in Aylesbury ...
... wine was declared the ' most acceptable treate for the aldermen ' ) in the time - honoured fashion , having ' sate up all night in Buckingham drinking with the High Sheriff ' . However , his friend Captain Pigott ' lay ill in Aylesbury ...
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... wine fit for its noble choice and my approbation . To engage you more in this matter , know , I have laid a plot may very probably betray you to the drinking of it . My Lord will inform you at large . Dear Savile , as ever thou dost ...
... wine fit for its noble choice and my approbation . To engage you more in this matter , know , I have laid a plot may very probably betray you to the drinking of it . My Lord will inform you at large . Dear Savile , as ever thou dost ...
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