A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847, Volume 2Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856 - France |
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Page 93 - ... mous et arrondis, indices de la souplesse du caractère; ce pli dédaigneux sur un front prononcé, ce nez arrogant avec ce regard de reptile, tant de contrastes sur une physionomie humaine révèlent un homme né pour les grands vices et pour les petites actions'.
Page 378 - legs' and bettors, who had arrived in shoals, used all to assemble on the Steyne, at an early hour, to commence their operations on the first day, and the buzz was tremendous, till Lord Foley and Mellish, the two great confederates of that day, would approach the ring, and then a sudden silence ensued, to await the opening of their books.
Page 240 - Scotch steps, and an occasional Highland reel, formed the school of the dancing-master, and the evening recreation of the British youth, even in the first circles. But peace was drawing near, foreigners were arriving, and the taste for Continental customs and manners became the order of the day. The young Duke of Devonshire, as the 'magnus Apollo...
Page 379 - Churchill, and oh ! — extraordinary anomaly ! — the little old Jew, Travis, who, like the dwarf of old, followed in the train of Royalty. The Downs were soon covered with every species of conveyance, and the Prince's German waggon and six bay horses (so were barouches called when first introduced at that time) — the coachman on the box being replaced by Sir John Lade — issued out of the gates of the Pavilion, and gliding up the green ascent was stationed close to the Grand Stand, where it...
Page 336 - Wednesday, 9th. — There are two young ladies here, daughters of Lord ; pretty girls, but remarkable for their dress, which leaves their necks and ankles very much exposed. A man of wit remarked the other night that " Les robes de ces demoiselles ressemblent a un mauvais jour d'hiver qui commence trop tard et finit trop tot." Clanricarde goes to London to-morrow. He dines frequently with the Duke of Orleans, who, with the Due de Nemours, took him yesterday on a shooting party to the woods at St....
Page 378 - In those days, the Prince made Brighton and Lewes Races the gayest scene of the year in England. The Pavilion was full of guests, and the Steyne was crowded with all the rank and fashion from London. The
Page 41 - ... General Davidoff, who died, and lately is become the wife of General Sebastiani, with whom she went last week, as Ambassadress to England ; the other sister married Lord Ossulston, and is now Countess of Tankerville, settled for life as an Englishwoman. George IV., then Prince of Wales, was a constant frequenter of the coteries and parties at Devonshire House, which was then the resort not only of the opposition, but of all the wits and beaux esprits of the day. Sheridan, Grey, Whitbread, Lord...
Page 111 - ... returned to win it back, continued to lose, and in the same hopeless enterprise prolonged his stay for several years, till he absolutely lost every shilling of his large property, and has since latterly been dependent on his brother for a small allowance, hovering like a spectre round the gaming-table at Frascati, and risking his few francs every night in that sink of depravity, still hoping that fortune might turn in his favour and enable him to regain his losses. His mild manners, his settled...
Page 19 - Yicomte de V , friend of Talleyrand, who with him frequented some distinguished soirees, where high play was encouraged, had incurred some suspicions not very creditable to his honour. Detected one evening in a flagrant attempt to defraud his adversary, he v& very unceremoniously turned out of the house, with a threat, that if he ever made his appearance there again, he should be thrown out of the window. Th" next day he called upon M. de Talleyrand to relate his misfortune and protest his innocence...