 I went upon the river : it raining hard upon the water, I put ashore and sheltered myself, while the King came by in his barge, going down towards the Downs to meet the Queen ; the Duke being gone yesterday. But methought it lessened my esteem of a king,...  The Parlour Window: Or, Anecdotes - Page 145by Edward Mangin - 1841 - 179 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1880 - 632 pages
...19, 1662, that it was raining hard as the King went down the river in his barge to meet the Queen : ' but methought it lessened my esteem of a ' king that he should not be able to command the rain ; ' or when, on July 26, 1665, he takes a passage in the royal barge, ' hearing the King and the Duke... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1854 - 496 pages
...come by in his barge, going down towards the Downes to meet the Queen : the Duke being gone yesterday. But methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain. 21st. Up early. I did take boat and down to Greenwich, to Captain Cocke's, who hath a most pleasant... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1867 - 484 pages
...come by in his barge, going down towards the Downes to meet the Queen : the Duke being gone yesterday. But methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain. 21st. Up early. I did take boat and down to Greenwich, to Captain Cocke's, who hath a most pleasant... | |
 | Francis Jacox - Bible - 1870 - 550 pages
...during which time came by the king in his barge, going down towards the Downs to meet the queen: " But methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain." Instructive, too, is the tenor of the legend of King Robert of Sicily, which has been so attractively... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - 432 pages
...during which time came by the king in his barge, going down towards the Downs to meet the queen: " But methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain." Instructive, too, is the tenor of the legend of King Robert of Sicily, which has been so attractively... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1876 - 538 pages
...by in his barge, going down towards the Downes to meet the Queene : the Duke being gone yesterday. But methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain. 2oth (Lord's day). My wife and I lay talking long in bed, and at last she is come to be willing to... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - Authors, English - 1880 - 342 pages
...easily find others for himself. * April 3, 1663. On July 19, 1662, he makes the following odd remark: " Methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain." 3 Feb. 10, 1667-68. * July 4, 1664. of the imaginative faculty. Here was one who had been well educated,... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1884 - 380 pages
...by in his barge, going down towards the Downes to meet the Queene : the Duke being gone yesterday. But methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain. 2oth (Lord's day). My wife and I lay talking long in bed, and at last she is come to be willing to... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - Great Britain - 1885 - 386 pages
...came by in his barge, going down towards the Downes to meet the Queene: the Duke being gone yesterday. But methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain. head and bacon at my chamber at Sir W. Pen's, and there I and my wife concluded to have her go and... | |
 | Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright - Great Britain - 1893 - 218 pages
...came by in his barge, going down towards the Downs to meet the Queen : the Duke being gone yesterday. But methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain. Home, and Cooper coming (after I had dispatched several letters) to my mathematiques, and so at night... | |
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