My mother wasdetermined from my birth that I should
be a queen: a great queen:Queen of England.
Nelly is a good creature; and she amuses me. I like
Nelly because nothingcan make a courtier of her.
Mr Kneller: I will dispute with you no
more.
Her Graces beauty is still so famous that we are
alltired of it. Nelly is the wittiest: she is also the kindest.
We canexchange our revenges and remain good
Christians. Value him rather for his flashes of the innerlight. When I am deadyou
must go back to Portugal, where your brother the king will takecare of you. It is
not pleasure that makes life worth living. I have sometimes wondered whetherthe
people should not choose their king. If there is a science of lines, do I not
understand itbetter than anyone?
What do they know or care about the perry healing
of Mercury thatinterests you so much? Sir: Copernicus was a painterbefore he became
an astronomer.
I have no doubt of it, beloved; but whether that
willmake you any happier I have my doubts. In the presence of this earthly king all
you great noblesbecome dumb flunkeys.
When he is here his rooms arecrowded: yours are
empty.
Nelly is a good creature; and she amuses
me.
That is a lie: if anyone else said it I would kill
her. So you can tell it to her, Rowleydarling, if you know it.
It is his business to lookafter my
clothes.
This, hesays, is the first law of
motion.
He fought the Spaniardsand set Portugal free from
their yoke.
If it did there would be no further need forthe
Clockmaker. I dont know what it is allabout: I know only my part and my
cue.
Sir: Copernicus was a painterbefore he became an
astronomer. It is not pleasure that makes life worth living. Just so: six of one and
half a dozen of the other.
That is a lie: if anyone else said it I would kill
her.