The Greatest House at Chelsey |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 16
Page viii
... Lincoln . Sir Arthur Gorges . The Earl of Middlesex . The great Duke of Buckingham . The younger Duke of Buckingham . The Earl of Bristol . The Duke of Beaufort . Sir Hans Sloane . If these are not all makers of history , the minority ...
... Lincoln . Sir Arthur Gorges . The Earl of Middlesex . The great Duke of Buckingham . The younger Duke of Buckingham . The Earl of Bristol . The Duke of Beaufort . Sir Hans Sloane . If these are not all makers of history , the minority ...
Page 3
... Lincoln bought of Sir Robert Cecil ; now it appears pretty plainly that Sir Robert Cecil's house was the same which is now the Duke of Beaufort's ; for in divers of places are these letters R. C. and also R. C. 3 SIR THOMAS MORE.
... Lincoln bought of Sir Robert Cecil ; now it appears pretty plainly that Sir Robert Cecil's house was the same which is now the Duke of Beaufort's ; for in divers of places are these letters R. C. and also R. C. 3 SIR THOMAS MORE.
Page 4
... Lincoln that house was conveyed to Sir Arthur Gorges , from him to Lionel Cranfield , Earl of Middlesex ; from him to King Charles I .; from the King to the Duke of Buckingham ; from his son , since the restoration , to Plummer , a ...
... Lincoln that house was conveyed to Sir Arthur Gorges , from him to Lionel Cranfield , Earl of Middlesex ; from him to King Charles I .; from the King to the Duke of Buckingham ; from his son , since the restoration , to Plummer , a ...
Page 30
... Lincoln's Inn , and in the King's court , from the lowest degree to the highest ; and yet have I in yearly revenues at this present little left me above a hundred pounds by the year : so that now if we look to live together , you must ...
... Lincoln's Inn , and in the King's court , from the lowest degree to the highest ; and yet have I in yearly revenues at this present little left me above a hundred pounds by the year : so that now if we look to live together , you must ...
Page 46
... Lincoln , who dates a letter from it on the 7th July 1599 . That Cecil made a good bargain out of it , may be gathered from a letter from Lincoln in 1601. " I have long toiled to convert your timber and stone of Chelsea into silver and ...
... Lincoln , who dates a letter from it on the 7th July 1599 . That Cecil made a good bargain out of it , may be gathered from a letter from Lincoln in 1601. " I have long toiled to convert your timber and stone of Chelsea into silver and ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Bacon Beaufort House Bucking Bulstrode Whitelocke Cain and Abel Chamber Chelsea House Church Countess Court Cranfield Cromwell daughter desire doth Duchess Duke of Beaufort Earl of Lincoln Earl of Middlesex England excellent father favour friends garden gate gentlemen Gilbert Pickering give Grace hand hath Henry Holbein honour hope house at Chelsea Howard husband Inigo Jones John King King's Knole Lady Dacre late leave letter Lincoln lived London Lord Treasurer lordship Majesty Manor MARGARET ROPER Marquis marriage married master mentioned messuage More's never night noble occasion Ormonde Parish Parliament person pray Prince Queen quoth ready replied Roper sent servant Shebna Sir Arthur Gorges Sir Hans Sloane Sir Robert Cecil Sir Thomas speak Spenser sweet tell things thought unto wherein Whitelocke wife writes York House young
Popular passages
Page 180 - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 19 - ... perfectly, as God made the world; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the...
Page 170 - Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy, Railing, and praising, were his usual themes; And both, to show his judgment, in extremes: So over-violent, or over-civil, That every man with him was god or devil.
Page 19 - and tell you a truth which perchance ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me is that he sent me so sharp and severe parents and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence...
Page 169 - Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 170 - Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late: He had his jest, and they had his estate.
Page 18 - Her parents, the Duke and Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park : I found her in her chamber, reading " Phaedon Platonis " in Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace.
Page 169 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 16 - ... ye may then discharge us of them, but I would not that any man were...
Page 224 - You will scarce guess how I employ my time ; chiefly at present in the guardianship of embryos and cockleshells. Sir Hans Sloane is dead, and has made me one of the trustees to his museum \ which is to be offered for twenty thousand pounds to the King, the Parliament, the Royal Academies of Petersburgh, Berlin, Paris, and Madrid.