Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great: Containing the History of the Life and Reign of that Monarch, and His Own Administration Under Him, Τόμος 3A. Millar, 1763 |
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Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of ..., Τόμος 3 Maximilien De Bethune Duc De Sully Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2017 |
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Σελίδα 216 - Greek, Hebrew, and all the languages which we call learned, but also all the different jargons or modern dialects; he accented and pronounced them so naturally, and so perfectly imitated the gestures and manners both of the several nations of Europe, and the particular provinces of France, that he might have been taken for a native of all or any of...
Σελίδα 216 - ... he possessed all parts of philosophy and the mathematics, particularly fortification and drawing; even in theology he was so well skilled, that he was an excellent preacher whenever he had a mind to exert that talent, and an able disputant for and against the reformed religion indifferently...
Σελίδα 217 - ... he was of a disposition to do, as well as to know, all things: his body was perfectly well suited to his mind, he was light, nimble, dexterous, and fit for all exercises; he could ride well, and in dancing, wrestling, and leaping he was admired: there are no games of recreation that he did not know; and he was skilled in almost all mechanic arts.
Σελίδα 217 - ... glutton; a sharper in play, immersed in every species of vice, a blasphemer, an atheist; in a word, in him might be found all the vices contrary to nature, honour, religion, and society ; the truth of which he himself evinced with his latest breath, for he died in the flower of his age, in a common brothel, perfectly corrupted by his debaucheries, and expired with a glass in his hand, cursing and denying God.
Σελίδα 217 - ... dexterous, and fit for all exercises ; he could ride well, and in dancing, wrestling, and leaping, he was admired : there are not any recreative games that he did not know ; and he was skilled in almost all mechanic arts.
Σελίδα 331 - ... will never do ; it is by them that the king and all of us are supported, and it is enough that they provide for a master, without having to maintain his cousins and his friends.
Σελίδα 90 - ... and they were soon after joined by the Earls of Devonshire and Pembroke, who, after mutual civilities and compliments, asked me if I were come to see the queen on the part of my master. I told them I was not, and even assured them 'that the king knew nothing of my voyage ; I likewise entreated them not to mention it to the queen, for not having had any intention of paying my respects to her I had no letter to present, my design being only to make a short tour incognito to London. These gentlemen...
Σελίδα 217 - But now for the reverse of the medal : here it appeared that he was treacherous, cruel, cowardly, deceitful ; a liar, a cheat, a drunkard, and a glutton ; a sharper in play, immersed in every species of vice, a blasphemer, an atheist ; in a word, in him might be found all the vices contrary to nature, honour, religion, and society...
Σελίδα 216 - The old man was in the right, for what he told me having excited my curiosity to gain a thorough knowledge of young Servin, I found him to be at once both a wonder and a monster ; for I can give no other idea of that assemblage of the most excellent and most pernicious qualities. Let the reader represent to himself a...
Σελίδα 91 - ... for her excellent virtues, and would always serve her most humbly, not merely from my own inclination, but also from knowing that, in doing so, I was rendering an acceptable service to my king. After many more expressions of this sort, the queen replied, " Well, Monsieur de Rosny, to give you a proof that I believe all you have told me of the good-will of the king, my brother, and of your own, I will speak with you on the subject of the last letter I wrote to him, though perhaps you have seen...