England under Charles II. from the Restoration to the Treaty of Nimeguen, 1660-1678: English History from Contemporary Writers
Taylor, W. F.
1889
Buckingham and St. Albans.
Hamilton : Mémoires de Gramont, trans. | |
The duke of Buckingham and the earl of St. Albans were in England what they were in France: the one spirited and fiery, dissipated without éclat the immense wealth which he had inherited: the other but of middling genius had risen from penury to the enjoyment of a considerable fortune which seemed to augment the more he lost at the gaming table and the more extravagant his banquets. | |