 | Elizabeth Stone - 1845 - 472 pages
...roast it, if you set the house on fire ! " At a banquet on St. George's day, in 1667, Evelyn says, the cheer was extraordinary, each knight having forty dishes to his mess, piled up five or six feet high. But whatever the stately formality might be of serving the King on the knee, it seems as... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1848 - 410 pages
...banquet, but only as a spectator, for she did not sit, but stood at the king's left hand all the time. The cheer was extraordinary, each knight having forty dishes to his mess. The room was hung with the richest tapestry. In conclusion, the banqueting stuff was flung about the... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 414 pages
...music, trumpets, and kettle-drums. The King was served by the lords and pensioners who brought tip the dishes. About the middle of the dinner, the Knights...six high ; the room hung with the richest tapestry. 25th. Visited again the Duke of Newcastle, with whom I had been acquainted long before in France, where... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1854 - 470 pages
...fortune in the service of Charles I. and II. He wrote on Honemanthip a curious and splendid volume. King was served by the lords and pensioners who brought...six high ; the room hung with the richest tapestry. 25th. Visited again the Duke of Newcastle, with whom I had been acquainted long before in France, where... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1862 - 450 pages
...guns going off at the Tower. At the Banquet, came in the Queen, and stood by the King's left band, but did not sit. Then was the banqueting-stuff flung...six high ; the room hung with the richest tapestry. 25th April. Visited again the Duke of Newcastle, with whom I had been acquainted long before in France,... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1862 - 446 pages
...though I stayed all the supper the day before, I now stayed no longer than this sport began, for tear of disorder. The cheer was extraordinary, each Knight...six high ; the room hung with the richest tapestry. 25th April. Visited again the Duke of Newcastle, with whom I had been acquainted long before in France,... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1878 - 450 pages
...(old Sir Henry de Vic), who wore the purse about his neck ; then the Heralds and Garter- King-at-Arms, Clarencieux, Black Rod. But before the Prelate and...six high ; the room hung with the richest tapestry. 25th April. Visited again the Duke of Newcastle, with whom I had been acquainted long before in France,... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1889 - 494 pages
...came in the Queen, and stood by the King's left hand, but did not sit. Then was the ban queting-stuff flung about the room profusely. In truth, the crowd...six high ; the room hung with the richest tapestry. 25 th April. Visited again the Duke of Newcastle, with whom I had been acquainted long before in France,... | |
 | William John Loftie - 1895 - 96 pages
...before, I now stayed no longer than this sport began, for fear of disorder. The cheer wasextraordinary, each Knight having forty dishes to his mess, piled...Sunday we do not know. His description of the scene at Whitehall the last Sunday but one of the life of Charles II. is not new to any one, but must come... | |
 | 1901 - 418 pages
...came in the Queen, and stood by the King's left hand, but did not sit. Then was the banqucting-stuff flung about the room profusely. In truth, the crowd...six high; the room hung with the richest tapestry. 25th April, 1667. Visited again the Duke of Newcastle, with whom I had been acquainted long before... | |
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King was served by the lords and pensioners who brought up the dishes. About the middle of the dinner, the Knights drank the King's health, then the King, theirs, when the trumpets and music played and sounded, the guns going off at the Tower. At the... 
