"It is true he was of a jolly temper, after the old English fashion; but France had now the ascendant, and we were become quite another nation."

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Politicians from EnglandHistorians from EnglandEssayists from EnglandBritish peersMembers of the Parliament of England
Original Language: English

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John Evelyn, diary entry (18 September 1683), quoted in Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S. Vol. II (1854), p. 185