Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680Routledge and Paul, 1962 - 246 pages |
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Page 11
... honour all these preparations have been made , has been met on the Headington road by the Lord Lieutenant of the County with most of the local gentry on horseback , who escort his great gilded coach , drawn by six Flanders mares , to ...
... honour all these preparations have been made , has been met on the Headington road by the Lord Lieutenant of the County with most of the local gentry on horseback , who escort his great gilded coach , drawn by six Flanders mares , to ...
Page 93
... honour ' , and ' honour ' demanded that there should be a duel . Mulgrave confesses that he ' foolishly thought ' that the duel had to be fought . The situation must have appealed to Rochester's sense of humour , and he seems to have re ...
... honour ' , and ' honour ' demanded that there should be a duel . Mulgrave confesses that he ' foolishly thought ' that the duel had to be fought . The situation must have appealed to Rochester's sense of humour , and he seems to have re ...
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... Honour to proceed no further in this Business between him and the Earl of Rochester ; as neither to give nor receive any Challenge : and if he should receive any Message from the Earl of Rochester concerning any such Matter , this House ...
... Honour to proceed no further in this Business between him and the Earl of Rochester ; as neither to give nor receive any Challenge : and if he should receive any Message from the Earl of Rochester concerning any such Matter , this House ...
Contents
Two THE CLIMATE OF OPINION | 22 |
Three VERY ACCEPTABLE IN A COURT | 32 |
Four THE UTOPIA OF GALLANTRY | 60 |
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