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" I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines,... "
The Eclectic Review - Page 242
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The American Whig Review, Volume 6

1847 - 724 pages
...witness of, the king (Charles II.) sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, Mazarine, &c. A French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery, whilst about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute pereons, were at basset, round a large...
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The Life of Mrs. Godolphin by John Evelyn ...

John Evelyn - 1847 - 180 pages
...dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening) which this day se'nnight 1 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...
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The Collegiate, School, and Family History of England

Edward Farr - 1848 - 562 pages
...dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulness of God, being Sunday evening, which this day se'nnight I was witness of— the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, Mazarine, etc., a French boy singing .love-songs, in that glorious gallery, while about twenty of the great courtiers...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 18

1848 - 690 pages
...dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of ; the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery ; whilst about twenty...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 23

1848 - 526 pages
...dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening) which this day sc'nnight I was witness of; the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love songs in thHt glorious gallery; whilst about twenty of...
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Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards

William Andrew Chatto - 1848 - 424 pages
...dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulncss of God (it being Sunday evening), which this day se'nnight 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...
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Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards

William Andrew Chatto - 1848 - 436 pages
...se'nnight 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, wliilst about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute persons were at Basset1 round a large...
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The Streets of London: With Anecdotes of Their More Celebrated Residents

John Thomas Smith - 1849 - 472 pages
...dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of; the king sitting and toying with...Portsmouth, Cleveland, Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love-songs in that glorious gallery, while about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute...
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The Benares magazine, Volume 4

1850 - 540 pages
...dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday Evening) which this day se'nnight 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...
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Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F. R. S.: To which is ..., Volume 2

John Evelyn - 1850 - 422 pages
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