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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: Illustrated by Anecdotes - Page 28
by George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 3 pages
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 36

1855 - 594 pages
...yard, or by water, dressed in several dresses. The king is expected here this day ; the best parlor is pretty clean for him to be entertained in. The king pays for all he has." London, the gardener, divided his report (it is dated May ninth, sixteen hundred and ninety-eight),...
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The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel, Comprising ...

W. O. Blake - 1856 - 1016 pages
...lies next your library, and dines in the parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock, and at six at night ; is very seldom at home a whole day ; very...for him to be entertained in. The king pays for all lie has.' What a glimpse one gets at the past through such gossip as this ! Though the czar did not...
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Household Words, Volume 12

Charles Dickens - 1856 - 696 pages
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The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel, Comprising ...

William O. Blake - 1856 - 1124 pages
...often in the king's yard, or by water, dressed in several dresses. The ting is expected there thi* day : the best parlour is pretty clean for him to be entertained in. Tb* king pays for all he has.' What a glimpse one gets at the past through sach gossip as this ! Though...
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The Annals of England: An Epitome of English History, from Co[n ..., Volume 3

William Edward Flaherty - 1857 - 440 pages
...there nearly three months. Mr. Evelyn's servant gives him the following account of his tenant: — "There is a house full of people, and right nasty....be entertained in. The king pays for all he has." Evelyn afterwards visited his house and grounds, and found the damage done greater than even by a former...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 41

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1857 - 672 pages
...study. He dines at ten o'clock and six at night, is very seldom at home a whole day, very often at King's yard, or by water, dressed in several dresses....be entertained in. The King pays for all he has." William III., indeed, took the greatest interest in his guest's proceedings. He had made personal acquaintance...
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The History of Peter the Great, Czar of Russia

Sarah Hopkins Bradford - 1858 - 262 pages
...yard, or by water, dressed in several dresses. The King is expected there this day. The best parlor is pretty clean for him to be entertained in. The King pays for all he has." Mr. Evelyn himself speaks of " My ruined garden at Saye's Court, thanks to the Czar of Muscovy ! "...
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The Annals of England: An Epitome of English History, from Contemporary ...

William Edward Flaherty - 1863 - 462 pages
...months. Mr. Evelyn's servant gives him the following account of his tenant: — "There is a house lull of people, and right nasty. The czar lies next your...be entertained in. The king pays for all he has." Evelyn afterwards visited his house and grounds, and found the damage done greater than even by a former...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation

George Lillie Craik - 1865 - 594 pages
...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...be entertained in. The king pays for all he has." (Bray's " Memoirs of Evelyn," ii. 60.) While the dockyard, however, was the place in which the Czar...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties

George Lillie Craik - 1865 - 590 pages
...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...be entertained in. The king pays for all he has." (Bray's " Memoirs of Evelyn," ii. 60.) While the dockyard, however, was the place in which the Czar...
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