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" In such sessions, ten hours long, there was much public eating, not only of confections, but of flesh and bread ; bottles of beer and wine going thick from mouth to mouth, without cups ; and all this in the King's eye : yea, many but turned their back,... "
Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding ... - Page 339
by William Seward - 1798
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Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church ...

1885 - 608 pages
...so that ' after ten there was much publ ic eating, not only of confections, but of bread and flesh, bottles of beer and wine going thick from mouth to mouth without cups,' so that there was ' not such gravity ' as he expected in BO serious a cause, and in the King's presenoe....
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Cameos from English History

Charlotte Mary Yonge - Great Britain - 1887 - 420 pages
...returning, so that "after ten there was much public eating, not only of confections, but of bread and flesh, bottles of beer and wine going thick from mouth to mouth without cups," so that there was "not such gravity" as he expected in so serious a cause, and in the King's presence....
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: Collected and Republished, Volume 6

Thomas Carlyle - English literature - 1888 - 256 pages
...such sessions, ten hours long, there was much public eating, not only of confections, but of flesh and bread ; bottles of beer and wine going thick from...this in the King's eye : yea, many but turned their back, and' — (Gracious Heavens !) — ' through the forms they sat on. There was no outgoing to return...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: Collected and Republished (first Time ...

Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 682 pages
...such sessions, ten hours long, there was much public eating, not only of confections, but of flesh and bread ; bottles of beer and wine going thick from...cups ; and all this in the King's eye : yea, many but 1 " Dnke de Vanden," we presume, is Dnc de VendAme, left-hand Brother of Charles's Queen ; " Vallet...
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The Works of Thomas Carlyle: Critical and miscellaneous essays

Thomas Carlyle - 1899 - 596 pages
...such sessions, ten hours long, there was much public eating, not only of confections, but of flesh and bread; bottles of beer and wine going thick from...cups; and all this in the King's eye: yea, many but t umoil their back, and'— (Gracious Heavens !)—' through the forms they sat on. There was no outgoing...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 59

Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1900 - 1004 pages
...men too loud chattering; after ten hours, much public eating, not only of confections but of flesh and bread, bottles of beer and wine going thick from...mouth without cups, and all this in the king's eye." With the impeachment of Strafford the whole position comes directly into view. Strafford divided universal...
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Oliver Cromwell

John Morley - 1900 - 620 pages
...men too loud clattering; after ten hours, much public eating, not only of confections but of flesh and bread, bottles of beer and wine going thick from...mouth without cups, and all this in the king's eye." With the impeachment of Strafford the whole position comes directly into view. He divided universal...
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The History of England, from the First Invasion by the Romans to ..., Volume 7

John Lingard - Great Britain - 1902 - 584 pages
...not such as I expected. . . . After ten much public eating, " not only of confections, but of flesh and bread, bottles of beer and " wine going thick...mouth without cups, and all this '' in the king's eye. . . . There was no outgoing to return ; and oft " the sitting was till two, three, or four o'clock...
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The Psalms in Human Life

Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - Bible - 1903 - 352 pages
...members of the House of Commons discussed the progress of the trial; " bread and flesh " were eaten, " bottles of beer and wine going thick from mouth to mouth without cups." Sometimes the speeches were hissed; at other times a deep hum marked the approval of the audience ;...
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The Life of Sir Henry Vane the Younger: With a History of the Events of His Time

William Wotherspoon Ireland - Great Britain - 1905 - 564 pages
...Lower House men too loud chatting. After ten, much public eating, not only of confections, but of flesh and bread, bottles of beer and wine going thick from...mouth without cups, and all this in the king's eye." Witnesses were then called, of whom there were plenty. The eight members of committee succeeded one...
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