 It is however a fact that the Duke performed, in his own drawingroom, the scene of Paris and the Goddesses. Three of the most beautiful females to be found in London presented themselves before him, precisely as the divinities of Homer are supposed to...  Posthumous memoirs of his own time by sir N.W. Wraxall - Стр. 163авторы: sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1st bart.) - 1836Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | William Carpenter - 1837 - Страниц: 894
...thedivinitiesof Homerare supposed to have appeared to Paris on Mount Ida ; while he, habited like " the Darilan Shepherd," holding a gilded apple in his hand, conferred the prize on her whom he deemed the fairest. Neither the second Duke of Buckingham, commemorated by Pope, whose whole life was a voluptuous whim,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - Страниц: 440
...as they arrived to be laid on his bed, where they remained, the seals unbroken, till he expired. " Many fabulous stories were circulated and believed...Pope, whose whole life was a voluptuous whim, nor any * There are many persons still living who remember the almost universal prejudice against drinking... | |
 | 1883 - Страниц: 590
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 | 1883 - Страниц: 598
...should not care about them if they were false. They are all so confoundedly true ! " Wraxall says : " Many fabulous stories were circulated and believed...noblemen, his contemporaries, appear to have ever realised a scene so analogous to the manners of that profligate period. The correct days of George... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1883 - Страниц: 382
...was his enactment of the Masque of Paris. 'It is a fact,' says Sir Nathaniel Wraxall, his friend, ' that the duke performed in his own drawing-room the...took place at his house opposite the Green Park.' His Grace of Queensbury was at Richmond at the time the Duke of Clarence lived in the residence ' only... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1883 - Страниц: 384
...are supposed to have appeared to Paris on Mount Ida; while he, habited like A CLASSIC EXHIBITION. 55 the Dardan Shepherd, holding a gilded apple in his...took place at his house opposite the Green Park.' His Grace of Queensbury was at Eichmond at the time the Duke of Clarence lived in the residence ' only... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1883 - Страниц: 432
...are supposed to have appeared to Paris on Mount Ida; while he, habited like A CLASSIC EXHIBITION. 55 the Dardan Shepherd, holding a gilded apple in his...took place at his house opposite the Green Park.' His Grace of Queensbury was at Richmond at the time the Duke of Clarence lived in the residence ' only... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1883 - Страниц: 672
...are supposed to have appeared to Paris oii Mount Ida; whilc he, habited like A CLASSIC EXHIBITION. 55 the Dardan Shepherd, holding a gilded apple in his...took place at his house opposite the Green Park.' His Grace of Queensbury was at Richmond at the time the Duke of Clarence lived in the residence ' only... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1883 - Страниц: 406
...habited like the Dardan Shepherd, holding a gilded apple in his hand, conferred the prize on her whom lie deemed the fairest. This classic exhibition took place at his house opposite the Green Park.' His Grace of Quecnsbury was at Richmond at the time the Duke of Clarence lived in the residence ' only... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1884 - Страниц: 494
...on her sister's affection. To return to the Duke of Queensberry. If he had lived under Charles II., he might have disputed for pre-eminence in the favour...licentious noblemen his contemporaries, appear to have ever realised a scene so analogous to the manners of that profligate period. The correct days of George... | |
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