The Book of Table-talk, Volume 1C. Knight, 1836 - Anecdotes |
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Page 97
... coat , in Leicester - square . They were either madmen , or bare - faced vulgar impostors , who counted upon a resemblance of physiognomy to the Bourbon family , which might very well have happened by accident , or in an extra ...
... coat , in Leicester - square . They were either madmen , or bare - faced vulgar impostors , who counted upon a resemblance of physiognomy to the Bourbon family , which might very well have happened by accident , or in an extra ...
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... coat to his back , would by no means condescend to associate with an in- dustrious farmer or untitled merchant , however rich he might be . There was one simple fellow , who lived near the little town of Presici , and whom we afterwards ...
... coat to his back , would by no means condescend to associate with an in- dustrious farmer or untitled merchant , however rich he might be . There was one simple fellow , who lived near the little town of Presici , and whom we afterwards ...
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... coat and privileged folly permitted him to tamper with . The primate of all England immedi- ately laid his complaint before the council . How far it was attended to , the following order of council , issued the very same day on which ...
... coat and privileged folly permitted him to tamper with . The primate of all England immedi- ately laid his complaint before the council . How far it was attended to , the following order of council , issued the very same day on which ...
Page 137
... coat pulled over his head , and be discharged of the King's service and banished the court ; for which the lord chamberlain of the King's household is prayed and required to give order to be executed . And imme- diately the same was put ...
... coat pulled over his head , and be discharged of the King's service and banished the court ; for which the lord chamberlain of the King's household is prayed and required to give order to be executed . And imme- diately the same was put ...
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... coat . Cavendish , in his " Life of Cardinal Wolsey , " mentions an interlude played at Greenwich , in Latin and French , the apparel for which was " of such exceeding riches that it passeth his ca- pacity to expound ; " and the ...
... coat . Cavendish , in his " Life of Cardinal Wolsey , " mentions an interlude played at Greenwich , in Latin and French , the apparel for which was " of such exceeding riches that it passeth his ca- pacity to expound ; " and the ...
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