 had a great dislike to being looked at, but had a mind to see the king in Parliament; in order to which he was placed in a gutter upon the house-top, to peep in at the window, where he made so ridiculous a figure that neither king nor people could forbear...  Belgravia - Page 3541879Full view - About this book
 | Sir John Barrow - Russia - 1834 - 344 pages
...great dislike to being looked at, but had a mind to see the king in parliament ; in order to which he was placed in a gutter upon the house-top, to peep...which obliged him to retire sooner than he intended." From the same authority we learn that Peter was, at another time, placed in an awkward situation. "... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 530 pages
...a great dislike to being looked at, but had a mind to see the King in Parliament; in order to which he was placed in a gutter upon the house-top, to peep...which obliged him to retire sooner than he intended."* " His extraordinary aversion for a crowd," says Sir John Barrow, " kept him away from all great assemblies.... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 532 pages
...a great dislike to being looked at, but had a mind to see the King in Parliament; in order to which he was placed in a gutter upon the house-top, to peep...which obliged him to retire sooner than he intended."* " His extraordinary aversion for a crowd," says Sir John Barrow, " kept him away from all great assemblies.... | |
 | Architecture - 1860 - 654 pages
...at the House of Lords, wishing to see the king in parliament while he himself kept out of sight, " he was placed in a gutter, upon the house-top, to...which obliged him to retire sooner than he intended." A few weeks sufficed him for the ordinary sights of London. He was delighted with the armory in the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1879 - 834 pages
...in the Life of Thomas Story of an interview two Quakers cunningly effected with him. They endeavored to persuade him to adopt Quaker principles, and presented...inquired if there was any Quaker meeting in the place. As there happened to be one, he ordered his suite to accompany him, though they were quite ignorant of... | |
 | sir John Barrow (bart.) - 1883 - 454 pages
...great dislike to being looked at, but had a mind to see the king in parliament : in order to which he was placed in a gutter upon the house-top, to peep...which obliged him to retire sooner than he intended." From the same authority we learn that Peter was at another time placed in an awkward situation. " The... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 402 pages
...a great dislike to being looked at, but had a mind to see the king in Parliament; in order to which he was placed in a gutter upon the house-top, to peep...which obliged him to retire sooner than he intended." " His extraordinary aversion for a crowd," says Sir John Barrow, " kept him away from all great assemblies.... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 404 pages
...great dislike to being looked at, but had a mind to see the king in Parliament ; in order to which he was placed in a gutter upon the house-top, to peep...which obliged him to retire sooner than he intended." " His extraordinary aversion for a crowd," says Sir John Barrow, " kept him away from all great assemblies.... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - Europe - 1903 - 482 pages
...to see the King in Parliament, " in order to which he was placed in a gutter upon the house - top, to peep in at the window, where he made so ridiculous...which obliged him to retire sooner than he intended." It was probably from what was styled " the lantern " in the roof of the old House of Commons that the... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - Russia - 1908 - 446 pages
...great dislike to being looked at, but had a mind to see the king in parliament ; in order to which he was placed in a gutter upon the housetop, to peep...which obliged him to retire sooner than he intended. ' ' From the same authority we learn that Peter was, at another time, placed in an awkward situation.... | |
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