The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part F.

CHAPTER LXIII.

CHARLES II.

{1660.} CHARLES II., when he ascended the throne of his ancestors, was thirty years of age. He possessed a vigorous constitution, a fine shape, a manly figure, a graceful air; and though his features were harsh, yet was his countenance in the main lively and engaging. He was in that period of life when there remains enough of youth to render the pers...