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" I returned to town in a coach with the Earl of Clarendon, when passing by the glorious palace of his father, built but a few years before, which they were now demolishing, being sold to certain undertakers, I turned my head the contrary way till the coach... "
Quarterly Journal of the Berks Archaeological and Architectural Society - Page 114
by Berkshire Archaeological Society - 1891
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A Second Series of Curiosities of Literature: Consisting of ..., Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 468 pages
...being sold to certain undertakers, I turned my head the contrary way till the coach was gone past by, least I might minister occasion of speaking of it,...must needs have grieved him, that in so short a time this pomp was fallen." A feeling of infinite delicacy, so perfectly characteristic of Evelyn! And now...
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Memoirs of John Evelyn ...: Comprising His Diary, from 1641-1705-6 ..., Volume 3

John Evelyn - 1827 - 458 pages
...demolishing, being sold to certaine undertakers, I turn'd my head the contrary way till the coach had gone past it, least I might minister occasion of speaking of it, which must needs have griev'd him, that in so short a time their pomp was fallen. 28. After the Popish Plot, there was now...
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London, Volumes 1-2

Charles Knight - 1841 - 918 pages
...sold to certain undertakers, I turned my head the contrary way till the coach was gone past it, lest I might minister occasion of speaking of it, which...grieved him that in so short a time their pomp was fallen." And on the 18th of September—" I went to survey the sad demolition of Clarendon House, that...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 254

1907 - 848 pages
...were now demolishing ... l turned my head the contrary way till the coach had gone past it, lest l might minister occasion of speaking of it; which must needs have grieved him, that in so short time their pomp was fallen. The magician of English history has given us all an almost affectionate...
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Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 474 pages
...sold to certain undertakers, I turned my head the contrary way till the coach was gone past it, lest I might minister occasion of speaking of it, which...grieved him, that in so short a time their pomp was fallen." Close to Berkeley Street is an archway (leading to the " Three Kings " public-house and livery...
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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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Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, Volume 2

John Evelyn - 1850 - 414 pages
...sold to certain undertakers, I turned my head the contrary way till the coach had gone past it, lest I might minister occasion of speaking of it ; which...grieved him, that in so short a time their pomp was fallen. 28th. After the Popish Plot, there was now a new, and (as they called it) a Protestant Plot...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 3

Isaac Disraeli - 1858 - 560 pages
...sold to certain undertakers,f I turned my head the contrary way till the coach was gone past by, lest I might minister occasion of speaking of it, which...must needs have grieved him, that in so short a time this pomp was fallen." A feeling of infinite delicacy, so perfectly characteristic of lively n ! And...
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The works of Isaac Disraeli (ed. by B. Disraeli).

Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 566 pages
...sold to certain undertakers,f I turned my head the contrary way till the coach was gone past by, lest I might minister occasion of speaking of it, which...must needs have grieved him, that in so short a time this pomp was fallen." A feeling of infinite delicacy, so perfectly characteristic of Evelyn! And now...
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Celebrated Friendships, Volume 2

Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1861 - 366 pages
...Cornbury the Chancellor's eldest son, " turn his head away till the coach had gone past it, lest he might minister occasion of speaking of it, which must...have grieved him that in so short a time their pomp had fallen." The first open attack made upon Lord Clarendon was in 1663, by the Earl of Bristol, who...
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