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Quotations from Diary of Samuel Pepys

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8. Chapter 8

20s. in money, and what wine she needed, for the burying him A mad merry slut she is A real and not a complimentary acknowledgment A good handsome wench I kissed, the first that...

3. Chapter 3

And so to sleep till the morning, but was bit cruelly And there, did what I would with her Content as to be at our own home, after being abroad awhile Found guilty, and likely w...

6. Chapter 6

20s. in money, and what wine she needed, for the burying him A gainful trade, but yet make me great trouble Act of Council passed, to put out all Papists in office Advantage a m...

2. Chapter 2

And so by coach, though hard to get it, being rainy, home But she loves not that I should speak of Mrs. Pierce God! what an age is this, and what a world is this In men's clothe...

1. Chapter 1

Readers acquainted with the Diary of Samuel Pepys in its various editions may wish to see if their favorite passages are listed in this selection. The etext editor will be glad...

4. Chapter 4

Castlemayne is sicke again, people think, slipping her filly Desired me that I would baste his coate Did put evil thoughts in me, but proceeded no further France, which is accou...

5. Chapter 5

A cat will be a cat still About the nature of sounds About my new closet, for my mind is full of nothing but that After a harsh word or two my wife and I good friends All the in...

7. Chapter 7

Dine with them, at my cozen Roger's mistress's Dutchmen come out of the mouth and tail of a Hamburgh sow Fain to keep a woman on purpose at 20s. a week Find it a base copy of a...