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" ... that, the King led a lady a single Coranto ; and then the rest of the lords, one after another, other ladies : very noble it was, and great pleasure to see. Then to country dances ; the King leading the first, which he called for ; which was, says... "
The Antiquary's Portfolio: Or Cabinet Selection of Historical & Literary ... - Page 291
by J. S. Forsyth - 1825
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Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F. R. S.: From His Ms ...

Samuel Pepys - 1876 - 538 pages
...the first, which he called for; which was, says he, " Cuckolds all awry," the old dance of England. Of the ladies that danced, the Duke of Monmouth's...Castlemaine, and a daughter of Sir Harry de Vicke's, 3 were the best. The manner was, when the King dances, all the ladies in the room, and the Queene herself,...
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A Book of the Play: Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story ..., Volume 2

Dutton Cook - 1876 - 348 pages
...he called for. . . . The manner was, when the king dances, all the ladies in the room, and the queen herself, stand up ; and indeed he dances rarely and much better than the Duke of York." Dancing, however, had degenerated in King Charles's time. In his " Table Talk," Selden writes of the...
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A Book of the Play: Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story ..., Volume 2

Dutton Cook - 1876 - 344 pages
...great pleasure to see. Then to country dances.; the king leading the first, which he called for. . . . The manner was, when the king dances, all the ladies in the room, and the queen herself, stand up ; and indeed he dances rarely and much better than the Duke of York." Dancing,...
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Royalty Restored: Or, London Under Charles II, Volume 1

Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1885 - 352 pages
...country dances : the king leading the first. Of the ladies that danced, the Duke of Monmouth's lady, and my Lady Castlemaine, and a daughter of Sir Harry...when the king dances, all the ladies in the room, and his queene herself, stand up: and indeed he dances rarely, and much better than the Duke of York.'...
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Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys from His MS. Cypher in ..., Volume 3

Samuel Pepys - 1885 - 382 pages
...the first, which he called for; which was, says he, " Cuckolds all awry,"' the old dance of England. Of the ladies that danced, the Duke of Monmouth's...my Lady Castlemaine, and a daughter of Sir Harry de Vicke's,4 were the best. The manner was, when the King dances, all the ladies in the room, and the...
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Old Country Life

Sabine Baring-Gould - 1890 - 386 pages
...the first, which he called for, which was, says he, ' Cuckolds all awry,'1 the old dance of England. Of the ladies that danced, the Duke of Monmouth's...the King dances, all the ladies in the room, and the Queen herself, stand up ; and indeed, he dances rarely, and much better than the Duke of York. Having...
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys ...: For the First Time Fully ..., Volume 4

Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright - 1893 - 218 pages
...the first, which he called for; which was, says he, "Cuckolds all awry,"1 the old dance of England. Of the ladies that danced, the Duke of Monmouth's...my Lady Castlemaine, and a daughter of Sir Harry de Vicke's,2 were the best. The manner was, when the King dances, all the ladies in the room, and the...
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The Queens of England and Their Times: From Matilda, Queen of ..., Volume 2

Francis Lancelott - 1894 - 586 pages
...the first, which he called for, which was, says he, ' Cuckolds, all away,' the olil dance of Ingland. Of the ladies that danced, the Duke of Monmouth's mistress, and my lady Castlemainc, and a daughter ol Sir Henry do Vic's, were the best. The manner was, wlii-n tlie King...
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Belgravia, Volume 25

1875 - 670 pages
...he called for. . . . The manner was, when the king dances, all the ladies in the room, and the queen herself, stand up ; and indeed he dances rarely and much better than the Duke of York.' Dancing, however, had degenerated in King Charles's time. In his Table Talk, Selden writes of the matter...
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Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reigns of the Stuarts ..., Volume 4

John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 382 pages
...the first, which he called for ; which was, says he, ' Cuckolds all awry,' the old dance of England. Of the ladies that danced, the Duke of Monmouth's...my Lady Castlemaine, and a daughter of Sir Harry de Vicke's,1 were the best. The manner was, when the king dances, all the ladies in the room, and the...
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