 London : his strength and agility charmed in public, .even to a wish to know what he was in private ; for he appeared, in his tumbling dress, to be quite of a different make, and to have limbs very different from the fortunate Jermyn. The tumbler did...  Memoirs of Count Grammont - Page 209by Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Eccentrics and eccentricities - 1819 - 290 pages
...with each other in his favour. His strength and agility charmed in public, somuch so that many wished to know what he was in private, for he appeared, in...different make, and to have limbs very different from the flimsy texture of enervated nobility. In this respect, if report may be believed, he is said to have... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count) - Great Britain - 1846 - 602 pages
...the famous rope-dancer/1 was at that time in vogue in London : his strength and agility charmed the public, even to a wish to know what he was in private ; for he appeared, in his tumbling dress, to be quit* of a different make, and to have limbs very different from the fortunate Jermyn. The tumbler... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England) - Great Britain - 1859 - 568 pages
...the famous rope-dancer,71 was at that time in vogue in London : his strength and agility charmed the public, even to a wish to know what he was in private...expectations, if report may be believed ; and as was intimated CCUNT GRAMMONT. in many a song, much more to the honour of the rope-dancer than of the countess ; but... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton - 1876 - 552 pages
...Henry Hyde, the second Earl of Clarendon. Jacob Hall (the famous rope-dancer)* was at that time in vogue in London ; his strength and agility charmed...to know what he was in private ; for he appeared,^ his tumbling dress, to be quite of a different make, and to have limbs very different from the fortunate... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Biography - 1901 - 478 pages
...have carried off Jermyn from so many competitors ; but this was of no consequence in the end. lic, even to a wish to know what he was in private ; for...as was intimated in many a song, much more to the honor of the rope-dancer than of the countess ; but she despised all these rumors, and only appeared... | |
 | Autobiographies - 1901 - 486 pages
...have carried off Jermyn from so many competitors ; but this was of no consequence in the end. lie, even to a wish to know what he was in private; for...as was intimated in many a song, much more to the honor of the rope-dancer than of the countess; but she despised all these rumors, and only appeared... | |
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