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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... "
Handbook to the Environs of London: Alphabetically Arranged, Containing an ... - Page 145
by James Thorne - 1876 - 793 pages
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Memoirs of John Evelyn ...: Comprising His Diary, from 1641-1705-6 ..., Volume 3

John Evelyn - 1827 - 458 pages
...was done. * Whilst the Czar was in his house, Mr. Evelyn's servant writes to him : " There is a house full of people, and right nasty. The Czar lies next...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 - 1831 - 438 pages
...may be ohtained from a letter written during this time to Evelyn by his servant : ' There is a house full of people, and right nasty. The Czar lies next...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 in several dresses. The king is expected...
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The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1832 - 406 pages
...Evelyn's servant thus writes to him,—" There is a house full of people right nasty. The Tzar Ties 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,...
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Lives of eminent Christians, Volume 1

Richard Brindley Hone - 1833 - 414 pages
...house were not well pleased with their royal visiter: one writes to his master — " There is a house full of people, and right nasty. The czar lies next...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."...
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A Memoir of the Life of Peter the Great

Sir John Barrow - 1834 - 344 pages
...Mr. Evelyn's servant thus writes to him, — " There is a house full of people right nasty. The Tzar 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,...
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Sketches of Imposture: Deception and Credulity

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1837 - 414 pages
...King." Whilst the czar was in his house, Mr. Evelyn's servant thus wrote to him : " There is a house full of people, and right nasty. The czar lies next...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...
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The Thames and Its Tributaries: Or, Rambles Among the Rivers, Volume 2

Charles Mackay - 1840 - 438 pages
...had taken up his abode in that once clean and comfortable mansion. "There is a house full of people right nasty. The Czar lies next your library, and dines in the parlour next your study. He dines (twice a day) at ten o'clock and six at night, is very seldom at home a whole day, very often in the...
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Memoirs of the court of England from ... 1688 to the death of ..., Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 530 pages
...Evelyn's servant thus writes to him at this period : — " There is a house," he says, " full of people right nasty : the Czar lies next your library, and dines in the parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock, and sups at six at night ; is very seldom at home a whole day; very often in the King's...
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Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to ..., Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 532 pages
...Evelyn's servant thus writes to him at this period : — " There is a house," he says, " full of people right nasty : the Czar lies next your library, and dines in the parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock, and sups at six at night ; is very seldom at home a whole day; very often in the King's...
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Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to ..., Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 526 pages
...Evelyn's servant thus writes to him at this period : — " There is a house," he says, " full of people right nasty : the Czar lies next your library, and 'dines in the parlour next yotir study. He dines at ten o'clock, and sups at six at night ; is very seldom at home a whole day;...
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