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" I was witness of ; the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, and Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery; whilst about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute persons were at Basset... "
Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S.: To which is Subjoined the ... - Page 209
by John Evelyn - 1889
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 19

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1818 - 600 pages
...toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, and Mazarine, &,c. a French boy singing love-songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the...at basset round a large table; a bank of at least afSOOO in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflexions with astonishment....
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 19

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1818 - 622 pages
...courtiers and other dissolute persons were at basset round a large table; a bank of at least =£"3000 in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflexions with astonishment. Six days after, all was in the dust!' He deplored his loss, he said,...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 19

English literature - 1818 - 606 pages
...courtiers and other dissolute persons were at basset round a large table; a bank of at least rf'-iOOO in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflexions with astonishment. Six davs after, all was in the dust !' He deplored his loss, he said,...
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The Analectic Magazine...: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography ..., Volume 13

1819 - 552 pages
...u-yig with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, and Mazarine, &c. a French boy singing love-songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the...at basset round a large table; a bank of at least ^20OO in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflections with astonishment....
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Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley, Lady Russell

Lady Rachel Russell, Mary Barry - Nobility - 1819 - 268 pages
...toy" ing with his concubines Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarin, &c. a French boy singing " love songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the...at basset round a large table, a bank of at least 20001. " in gold before them. Six days after, was all in the dust !" — Evelyn, vol. ip 549. (7) The...
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Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley Lady Russell,

Lady Rachel Russell - 1819 - 410 pages
...concubines Portsmouth, Cleveland, and " Mazarin, &c. a French boy singing love songs in that glo•' rjous gallery, whilst about twenty of the great courtiers,...at basset round a large " table, a bank of at least 20001. in gpld before them. Six " days after, was all in the dust !" — Evelyn, vol. ip 549. (7) The...
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Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley, Lady Russell

Lady Rachel Russell, Mary Barry - Nobility - 1819 - 410 pages
...Portsmouth, Cleveland, and " Mazarin, &c. a French boy singing love songs in that glo•' rious gajlery, whilst about twenty of the great courtiers, " and...at basset round a large " table, a bank of at least 2000l. in gold before them. Six " days after, was all in the dust !" — Evelyn, vol. ip 549. (7) The...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volume 19

1819 - 630 pages
...toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, and Mazarine, &c. a French boy singing love-songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the...and other dissolute persons were at basset round a lar^e table ; a bank of at least £2000 in gold before them, upon which two gentlemen who were with...
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The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, Volume 14

Liberalism (Religion) - 1819 - 808 pages
...gallery, whilst abonte 2O of y* greate courtiers and other rlissolute persons were .it Busiet round n large table, a bank of at least 2000 in gold before them, upon wk two gentlemen who were with me made reflexions with astonishment. Six days after was all in the...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1820 - 422 pages
...witnesse of, the King sitting with about 20 of the greate courtiers and other dissolute persons, who were at basset round a large table, a bank of at least 2000 in gold before them ; six days after was all in the dust !' *7. 1802. — MARGATE HOY LOST. *7. 1807. — WILLIAM STEVENS...
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