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Page 44 - Figarys, which was acted today. But, Lord! to see how they were both painted would make a man mad ! and did make me loathe them; and what base company of men comes among them, and how lewdly they talk! and how poor the men are in clothes and yet what a show they make on the stage by candlelight is very observable.
Page 119 - 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 160 - I also to the ball, and with much ado got up to the loft, where with much trouble I could see very well. Anon the house grew full, and the candles light, and the King and Queen and all the ladies sat : and it was indeed a glorious sight to see Mrs.
Page 114 - I bade him leap over a hedge, and lie still to hear if anybody followed us ; which we did, and continued lying down upon the ground about half an hour, when, hearing nobody come, we continued our way on to the village upon the Severn ; where the fellow told me there was an honest gentleman, one Mr.
Page 47 - This night was acted my Lord Broghill's tragedy, called " Mustapha, (> before their Majesties at Court, at which I was present; very seldom going to the public theatres for many reasons now, as they were abused to an atheistical liberty...
Page 298 - WHEN through the world fair Mazarine had run, Bright as her fellow-traveller the sun, Hither at length the Roman Eagle flies, As the last triumph of her conquering eyes.
Page 103 - To Westminster; in the way meeting many milkmaids with their garlands upon their pails, dancing with a fiddler before them ; and saw pretty Nelly standing at her lodgings' door in Drury-lane in her smock sleeves and bodice, looking upon one : she seemed a mighty pretty creature.
Page 67 - Cross not with venturous step ; there oft is found The lurking thief, who, while the day-light shone, Made the walls echo with his begging tone : That crutch, which late compassion mov'd, shall ' wound Thy bleeding head, and fell thee to the ground.
Page 78 - MY lodging is on the cold ground, And very hard is my fare ; But that which troubles me most is The unkindness of my dear ; Yet still I cry, O turn love...
Page 64 - It must be observ'd then, that the Area, or Platform of the old Stage, projected about four Foot forwarder, in a Semi-oval Figure, parallel to the Benches of the Pit; and that the former, lower Doors of Entrance...