John De Witt Grand Pensionary of Holland Or Twenty Years of a Parliamentary
John De Witt Grand Pensionary of Holland Or Twenty Years of a Parliamentary
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I. Nt his character had not been matured by the course (if events; his mind was as fickle as his heart, and incon- stancy in his attachments seemed as natural to him as infi- delity in his alliances. He was insensible to glory and indif- it to flatti iy. Bul gave himself up to the most careless and was tenacious of power rather from love of than from desire to rule. The French system of rnment, by which Louis XIV. Was tree from all control, seemed to him the only form suitable for royalty, and ...the embarrassed condition of his finances made the dependence diich he wa held by bis parliament still more insupport- Ee preferred to be ruled by his favourites, and had taken ;■ his acknowledged mistress Lady Castlemaine, whom he i ; bed Duchess of Cleveland. Surrounded by CHARLES II. AND HIS COURT. 307 courtiers who laughed at all beliefs and ridiculed all virtues, he set the example, speedily followed, of every species of license, exhibited in broad daylight without restraint or reserve. Three years after the restoration, Brand, the envoy of the Elector of Brandenburg, writes to his master : ' There is frightful corruption in the English court ; none but women are to be found there, and nothing but love affairs spoken of.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
I. Nt his character had not been matured by the course (if events; his mind was as fickle as his heart, and incon- stancy in his attachments seemed as natural to him as infi- delity in his alliances. He was insensible to glory and indif- it to flatti iy. Bul gave himself up to the most careless and was tenacious of power rather from love of than from desire to rule. The French system of rnment, by which Louis XIV. Was tree from all control, seemed to him the only form suitable for royalty, and ...the embarrassed condition of his finances made the dependence diich he wa held by bis parliament still more insupport- Ee preferred to be ruled by his favourites, and had taken ;■ his acknowledged mistress Lady Castlemaine, whom he i ; bed Duchess of Cleveland. Surrounded by CHARLES II. AND HIS COURT. 307 courtiers who laughed at all beliefs and ridiculed all virtues, he set the example, speedily followed, of every species of license, exhibited in broad daylight without restraint or reserve. Three years after the restoration, Brand, the envoy of the Elector of Brandenburg, writes to his master : ' There is frightful corruption in the English court ; none but women are to be found there, and nothing but love affairs spoken of.
What to read after John De Witt Grand Pensionary of Holland Or Twenty Years of a Parliamentary?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Germain Antonin Lefvre Pontalis to read onlineMoreLess
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