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" There is a house full of people, and right nasty. The Czar lies next your library, and dines in the parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock and six at night ; is very seldom at home a whole day. Very often in the King's yard, or by water, dressed... "
The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. - Page 29
by George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 427 pages
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 299

1905 - 664 pages
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Memoirs of John Evelyn ...: Comprising His Diary, from 1641-1705-6 ..., Volume 3

John Evelyn - 1827 - 458 pages
...day, very often in the King's Yard, or by water, dressed in several dresses. The King is expected here this day, the best parlour is pretty clean for him...be entertained in. The King pays for all he has." who had been ejected for not complying with Government, was buried in St. Gregory's churchyard or vault...
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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1832 - 406 pages
...Tzar Ties next your library, and dines in the parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock and six at night ; is very seldom at home a whole day ; very...be entertained in. The King pays for all he has." But this was not all : Mr. Eveh/n had a favourite holly hedge, through which, it is said, the Tzar,...
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Lives of eminent Christians, Volume 1

Richard Brindley Hone - 1833 - 414 pages
...people, and right nasty. The czar lies next your library, and dines in the parlour next your study The king is expected there this day, the best parlour...is pretty clean for him to be entertained in." The gardens were sadly injured by this tenant, who made it his pastime to ride in a wheelbarrow through...
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A Memoir of the Life of Peter the Great

Sir John Barrow - 1834 - 344 pages
...Tzar lies next your library, and dines in the parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock and six at night ; is very seldom at home a whole day ; very...be entertained in. The king pays for all he has."* But this was not all : Mr. Evelyn had a favourite holly hedge, through which, it is said, the Tzar,...
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A Memoir of the Life of Peter the Great

Sir John Barrow - 1834 - 338 pages
...expected there this day ; the best parlour is pretty * Stehlin ; authority of Mr. Wahl, syndic of Dantzic. clean for him to be entertained in. The king pays for all he has."* But this was not all : Mr. Evelyn had a favourite holly hedge, through which, it is said, the Tzar,...
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Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity

Sketches, Richard A. Davenport - 1837 - 396 pages
...day, very often in the king's yard, or by water, dressed in several dresses. The king is expected here this day ; the best parlour is pretty clean for him...be entertained in. The king pays for all he has." Such a noble mind, employed in the acquisition of knowledge, for the benefit of his country and his...
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A Memoir of the Life of Peter the Great

Sir John Barrow - 1832 - 398 pages
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The Thames and Its Tributaries: Or, Rambles Among the Rivers, Volume 2

Charles Mackay - 1840 - 438 pages
...your library, and dines in the parlour next your study. He dines (twice a day) at ten o'clock and six at night, is very seldom at home a whole day, very...be entertained in. The King pays for all he has." Though Saye's Court was let empty to the VOL. II. G Czar, and furnished for him by William III, and...
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Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to ..., Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 532 pages
...next your library, and dines in the parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock, and sups at six at night ; is very seldom at home a whole day; very...be entertained in : the King pays for all he has." Evelyn himself says, in his Diary of the 9th of June, 1698, — " I went to Deptford to see how miserably...
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