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MulberryCoates: They were part of a gang that called itself The Ballers, a name which gave rise to this marvellous aside in a 1979 academic paper entitled Sir Charles Sedley and the Ballers’ Oath (in a periodical called The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats. No, really):
JarrydBartle: The bill abolishes the common law offence of "outraging public decency " - the first documented prosecution of which was Sedley's Case (1675) following English noble Sir Charles Sedley pissing on a crowd of hecklers.
edithmayhall: Hive mind! I'm desperate to find a way to view a TV comedy of 1974 called BELLAMIRA which is actually a Restoration version by Sir Charles Sedley of Terence's EUNUCHUS. Starred Helen Mirren. Does anyone have access to a recording?
CapelLofft: A Tory MP in the late 17th century, Sir Charles Sedley, was rebuked for his absence from a debate. He replied, 'I know how the matter will go, & an honest man signifies no more in that house to rectify it, than a Drop of Essence to perfume a pail full of stale piss'
phoenix_intj: "No drowning man can know which drop
Of water his last breath did stop"
Sir Charles Sedley, To cloris
samuelpepys: Abroad with my wife to the King’s playhouse, and there saw “The Island Princesse,” which I like mighty well, as an excellent play: and here we find Kinaston to be well enough to act again, which he do very well, after his beating by Sir Charles Sedley’s appointment.
samuelpepys: To the King’s playhouse, where “The Heyresse,” not-withstanding Kinaston’s being beaten, is acted; and they say the King is very angry with Sir Charles Sedley for his being beaten, but he do deny it.
Horse_3books: Lord Byron asked Mr. Chaworth whether it was to him or to Sir Charles Sedley, that he was to have recourse on the disputed subject.
lacallada_: And Age deluded, when it comes, will find
My Love removed, and to thy Soul assign’d.
-Sir Charles Sedley
SocialHistoryOx: Sir Charles Sedley is obviously mostly known for *that* incident in London in 1663 with the glass of wine, but I also like his later justification for supporting the Glorious Revolution.
darshana_sarma: No drowning man can know which drop of water his last breath did stop.
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palaceprincess: Royal mistress Catherine Sedley's father, the poet Sir Charles Sedley, was renowned for enjoying the lascivious social life of Restoration England, while her mother went insane, insisting that she was the Queen, and was eventually put away in a hospital.
lukemckernan: ""To the King’s house, to “The Mayd’s Tragedy;” but vexed all the while with two talking ladies and Sir Charles Sedley..." - Samuel Pepys learns more from the audience than he does from the play
marccold: women talking AND Sir Charles Sedley?! truly Sam was the most unfortunate of men
samuelpepys: To the King’s house, to “The Mayd’s Tragedy;” but vexed all the while with two talking ladies and Sir Charles Sedley; yet pleased to hear their discourse, he being a stranger.
clyo4: Sir Charles Sedley's The Mulberry Garden (1668
VicusUtrecht: When Sir Charles Sedley, in 1663, got drunk in a public tavern, climbed upstairs, took off all his clothes, and uri...
GarkuwaKB: Alla that in woman is adored In thy fair self I find- Sir Charles Sedley
MichaelPlaxton: Sir Charles Sedley: Poet, Member of Parliament, Legend.
MichaelPlaxton: On Monday, we discuss the sources of criminal law. And examine the events of one wild night with Sir Charles Sedley.
pepystoken: Living it large with Charles Sedley - Issuer of An Enigmatic 17th Century Token From Honeychild Manor, Kent
backalleynh: Todd Fernald brightens up the stage with his vibrant portrayal of Sir Charles Sedley in Compleat Female Stage...
backalleynh: Todd Fernald will portray Sir Charles Sedley in Compleat Female Stage Beauty Todd is thrilled to once again be...
6Bacon_Bot: Sir Charles Sedley, writer and politician, was born in 1639 and died in 1701:
6Bacon_Bot: Sir Charles Sedley, writer and politician, was born in 1639 and died in 1701:
