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" There is a house full of people, and right nasty. The czar lies next your library, and dines in the parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock, and six at night, is very seldom at home a whole day, very often in the King's Yard, or by water, dressed... "
A memoir of the life of Peter the Great [by sir J. Barrow]. - Page 90
by sir John Barrow (bart.) - 1883
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Memoirs of John Evelyn ...: Comprising His Diary, from 1641-1705-6 ..., Volume 3

John Evelyn - Great Britain - 1827 - 458 pages
...parlour next your study. He dines at 10 o'clock and 6 at night, is very seldom at home a whole day, very often in the King's Yard, or by water, dressed in several dresses. The King is expected here this day, the best parlour is pretty clean for him to be entertained in. The King pays for all...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - Philosophy - 1831 - 436 pages
...parlour next your study. He dines at 10 o'clock and 6 at night, is very seldom at home a whole day, very often in the king's yard or by water, dressed...to be entertained in. The king pays for all he has *." While the dockyard, however, was the place in which the Czar spent the greater part of the day,...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - Knowledge, Theory of - 1831 - 438 pages
...parlour next your study. He dines at 10 o'clock and 6 at night, is very seldom at home the whole day, very often in the king's yard or by water, dressed...be entertained in. The king pays for all he has.'* While the dockyard, however, was the place in which the Czar spent the greater part of the day, he...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].

George Lillie Craik - 1831 - 424 pages
...parlour next your study. He dines at 10 o'clock and 6 at night, is very seldom at home a whole day, very often in the king's yard or by water, dressed...to be entertained in. The king pays for all he has *." While the dockyard, however, was the place in which the Czar spent the greater part of the day,...
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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock and six at night ; is very seldom at home a whole day ; very often in the King's yard, or by water, dressed...King pays for all he has." But this was not all : Mr. Eveh/n had a favourite holly hedge, through which, it is said, the Tzar, by way of exercise, used to...
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Lives of eminent Christians, Volume 1

Richard Brindley Hone - 1833 - 414 pages
...people, and right nasty. The czar lies next your library, and dines in the parlour next your study The king is expected there this day, the best parlour...is pretty clean for him to be entertained in." The gardens were sadly injured by this tenant, who made it his pastime to ride in a wheelbarrow through...
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A Memoir of the Life of Peter the Great

Sir John Barrow - Russia - 1834 - 344 pages
...parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock and six at night ; is very seldom at home a whole day ; very often in the king's yard, or by water, dressed...But this was not all : Mr. Evelyn had a favourite holly hedge, through which, it is said, the Tzar, by way of exercise, used to be in the habit, every...
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A Memoir of the Life of Peter the Great

Sir John Barrow - Russia - 1834 - 338 pages
...expected there this day ; the best parlour is pretty * Stehlin ; authority of Mr. Wahl, syndic of Dantzic. clean for him to be entertained in. The king pays...But this was not all : Mr. Evelyn had a favourite holly hedge, through which, it is said, the Tzar, by way of exercise, used to b»in the habit, every...
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Sketches of Imposture, Deception, and Credulity

Sketches, Richard A. Davenport - 1837 - 396 pages
...parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock and six at night, is very seldom at home a whole day, very often in the king's yard, or by water, dressed in several dresses. The king is expected here this day ; the best parlour is pretty clean for him to be entertained in. The king pays for all...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Its Pleasures and ..., Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1840 - 288 pages
...parlour next your study. He dines at 10 o'clock and 6 at night ; is very seldom at home a whole day ; very often in the king's yard or by water, dressed...be entertained in. The king pays for all he has."* While the dockyard, however, was the place in which the czar spent the greater part of the day, he...
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