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" I think the Dane hath strangely wrought on our good English nobles; for those, whom I could never get to taste good liquor, now follow the fashion, and wallow in beastly delights. The ladies abandon their sobriety, and are seen to roll about in intoxication. "
John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the reign of ... - Page 34
by Cassell, ltd - 1865
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Nugæ Antiquæ: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original Papers in Prose ...

Sir John Harington, Henry Harington - 1779 - 360 pages
...bartquetings from mom to eve. O«e day, a great feaft was held, and after dinner the repre* fcntation of Solomon his Temple and the coming of the Queen of Sheba was made, or, as I m»y better fay, was meant to have been made, before their Majefties, by device of the Earl...
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Nugæ Antiquæ: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original ..., Volume 2

Sir John Harington - 1792 - 366 pages
...banquetings from morn to eve. One day, a great feaft was held, and after dinner the reprefentation of Solomon his Temple and the coming of the Queen of Sheba was made, or, as J may better fay, was meant to have been made, before their Majefties, by device of the Earl...
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Nugæ Antiquæ: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original ..., Volume 1

Sir John Harington, Henry Harington - 1804 - 444 pages
...other at table. I think the Dane hath strangely wrought on our good English nobles ; for those, whom I never could get to taste good liquor, now follow...and wallow in beastly delights. The ladies abandon their sobriety, and are seen to roll about in intoxication. In good sooth, the parliament did kindly...
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Nugæ Antiquæ: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original ..., Volume 1

Sir John Harington, Henry Harington - 1804 - 472 pages
...good livinge ; shews, sights, and banquetings, from morn to eve. One day, a great feast was held, and, after dinner, the representation of Solomon his Temple and the coming of the Queen of Sheba was made, or (as I may better say) was meant to King, after giving thirty-five toasts, was carried away in his...
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The Works of John Dryden,: Amphitryon, or The two sosias, a comedy. King ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 478 pages
...one of King James's revels with Christian IV. of Denmark.—" One day a great feast was held, aud, after dinner, the representation of Solomon his Temple, and the coming of the queen of Sheba, was made (or, as I may better say) was meant to have been made, before their majesties, by device of the earl...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 476 pages
...one of King James's revels with Christian IV. of Denmark.—" One day a great feast was held, and, after dinner, the representation of Solomon his Temple, and the coming of the queen of Sheba, was made (or, as I may better say) was meant to have been made, before their majesties, by device of the earl...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 8

John Dryden - 1808 - 486 pages
...one of King. James's revels with Christian IV. of Denmark.—" One day a great feast was held, and, after dinner, the representation of Solomon his Temple, and the coming of the queen of Sheba, was made (or, as I may better say) was meant to have been made, before their majesties, by device of the earl...
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Secret History of the Court of James the First ...

Sir Walter Scott - 1811 - 520 pages
...good livinge ; shews, sights, and banquetings from mom to eve. " One day, a great feast was held, and after dinner the representation of Solomon his temple, and the coming of the Queen of Sheba was made, or (as I may better say,) was meant to have been made before their majesties by device of the Earl...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 79

1856 - 838 pages
...Antiqute, say, " I think the Dane had strangelv wrought on our good English nobles, for those whom I never could get to taste good liquor, now follow...and wallow in beastly delights. The ladies abandon their sobriety, and are seen to roll about in intoxication." Most readers know his description of a...
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Hamlet, and As You Like it: A Specimen of a New Edition of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 502 pages
...beholder. I think tlie Dane hath strangely wrought on our good English nobles; for those, whom I never coud get to taste good liquor, now follow the fashion and wallow in beastly delights. The ladies abandon their sobriety, and are seen to roll about in intoxication. I do often say (but not aloud) that the...
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