The Wits and Beaux of Society, Volume 2Harper, 1861 - 481 pages |
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... Lord Dorset . —Lord Rochester in his Zenith . - His Courage and Wit . - Rochester's Pranks in the City . - Credulity , past and present . " Dr. Bendo , " and La Belle Jennings . - La Triste Heritiere . - Elizabeth , Countess of Rochester ...
... Lord Dorset . —Lord Rochester in his Zenith . - His Courage and Wit . - Rochester's Pranks in the City . - Credulity , past and present . " Dr. Bendo , " and La Belle Jennings . - La Triste Heritiere . - Elizabeth , Countess of Rochester ...
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... Lord Derby , Wilmot , afterward Earl of Rochester , and some others , rode near him . They were followed by a small body of horse . Disconsolately they rode on northward , a faithful band of sixty being resolved to escort his Majesty to ...
... Lord Derby , Wilmot , afterward Earl of Rochester , and some others , rode near him . They were followed by a small body of horse . Disconsolately they rode on northward , a faithful band of sixty being resolved to escort his Majesty to ...
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... Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . Colonel Blood - a disaffected dis- banded officer of the Commonwealth , who had been ... Rochester write of Charles- " Here lies my sovereign lord the king , Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a ...
... Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . Colonel Blood - a disaffected dis- banded officer of the Commonwealth , who had been ... Rochester write of Charles- " Here lies my sovereign lord the king , Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a ...
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... Earl of Rochester , 66 a man whom the muses were fond to inspire , but ashamed to avow , " showed his " beautiful face , " as it was called ; and chimed in with that wit for which the age was fa- mous . The frequenters at Wallingford ...
... Earl of Rochester , 66 a man whom the muses were fond to inspire , but ashamed to avow , " showed his " beautiful face , " as it was called ; and chimed in with that wit for which the age was fa- mous . The frequenters at Wallingford ...
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... Lord Arlington . The House of Commons passed a vote for his removal ; and he ... Rochester , who had ordered all his immoral works to be burnt , Buckingham ... Earl of Shrewsbury . Sir George Etherege had brought out a new play at the ...
... Lord Arlington . The House of Commons passed a vote for his removal ; and he ... Rochester , who had ordered all his immoral works to be burnt , Buckingham ... Earl of Shrewsbury . Sir George Etherege had brought out a new play at the ...
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Page 218 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Page 16 - 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 217 - I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre, that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending, but I found my attendance so little encouraged that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed...
Page 91 - 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 25 - Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
Page 25 - 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 351 - All that he had ever heard, all that he had ever read, when compared with it, dwindled into nothing, and vanished like vapour before the sun;
Page 217 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was over-powered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself...
Page 106 - To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you.
Page 330 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair; None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserve the fair.