Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1668 N S Complete potx

Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1668 N.S. Complete potx

... and at noon home to dinner. No strangers there; and allthe afternoon and evening very late doing serious business of my Tangier accounts, and examining my EastIndia accounts, with Mr. Poynter, ... year&apos ;s Accounts; of preparing answers to the Commissioners of Accounts; of drawing up severalimportant letters to the Duke of York and the Commissioners of the Treasury; the marrying of my sister; ... rests that the words are set, there is no sense nor understanding in them though they beEnglish, which makes me weary of singing in that manner, it being but a worse sort of instrumental musick.We...

Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1661 N.S. Complete potx

... against to-morrow.[The observation of St. Valentine&apos ;s day is very ancient in this country. Shakespeare makes Ophelia sing"To-morrow is Saint Valentine&apos ;s day, All in the morning ... again, where Sir W. Pen and I sat all alone, answering of petitionsand nothing else, and so to Sir W. Batten&apos ;s, where comes Mr. Jessop (one whom I could not formerly havelooked upon, and now ... respects, both to myself andfriends.24th (Sunday). Mr. Mills made as excellent a sermon in the morning against drunkenness as ever I heard inmy life. I dined at home; another good one of his in...

Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1662 N.S. Complete potx

... thinking upon business. I didby night set many things in order, which pleased me well, and puts me upon a resolution of keeping withindoors and minding my business and the business of the office, ... the morning, and at noon to my Lord Crew&apos ;s, whereone Mr. Tempter (an ingenious man and a person of honour he seems to be) dined; and, discoursing of thenature of serpents, he told us some ... provisions,and about ten a clock I sent Sir Richard Stayner, with 120 men, besides officers, to the assistance of theGovernor, into Tangier." Lord Sandwich&apos ;s Journal, in Kennet's...

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1660 N.S. Complete pdf

... great number of depositions and information as to hisdishonest proceedings in New England, Long Island, Barbadoes, France, Holland, and England, and thesepapers are preserved among the Rawlinson ... been of his introducing, and most of theofficers serving therein since the Restoration, of his bringing- up. He was a most studious promoter andstrenuous asserter of order and discipline. Sobriety, ... entertain some of the most distinguished members of the society on Saturday evenings at his house in York Buildings. Evelynexpressed the strongest regret when it was necessary to discontinue these...

Diary of Samuel Pepys, April 1668 potx

... many rubs by reason of want of money, and people&apos ;s not believing us in cases where we hadmoney unless (which in several cases, as in hiring of vessels, cannot be) they be paid beforehand, ... Crew&apos ;s bedside, and then to Westminster, where I hear Pen is, and sent for by messenger last night.Thence to Commissioners of Accounts and there examined, and so back to Westminster Hall, ... Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.*In ProgressWe have filed in about...

Diary, 1669 N.S. Complete potx

... Sandy Foundation Shaken; or those . . . doctrines of one God subsisting in three distinct andseparate persons; the impossibility of God&apos ;s pardoning sinners without a plenary satisfaction, the ... and ends of Sir W. Coventry in it, and considerations in general of the consequences of great men&apos ;s actions, and the uncertainty of their estates, and other very serious considerations. From ... and his sisters and supped and talked with us, and so spent the evening, myselfbeing somewhat out of order because of my eyes, which have never been well since last Sunday&apos ;s reading atSir...

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Aug/Sep 1660 docx

... sort of drolling workmen on all occasions Show many the strangest emotions to shift off his drink Upon theleads gazing upon DianaEnd of this Project Gutenberg Etext of The Diary of Samuel Pepys, ... drinking a glass of wine anddiscoursing, and I find him to be a very sociable man, and an able man, and very cunning.9th (Sunday). In the morning with Sir W. Pen to church, and a very good sermon ... people in: Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut,Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts,Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New...

Tài liệu Diary, 1664 N.S. Complete docx

... way of raising money for this business, and then that of lotterys,[Among the State Papers is a "Statement of Articles in the Covenant proposed by the Commissioners for theRoyal Fishing ... people of all sorts against hisgoing to sea. At the office did much business, among other an end of that that has troubled me long, thebusiness of the bewpers and flags. At noon to the 'Change, ... discourse of Dr. Whistler&apos ;s& apos; upon my questionconcerning the keeping of masts, he arguing against keeping them dry, by showing the nature of corruption inbodies and the several ways...

Tài liệu Diary, 1665 N.S. Complete docx

... Evelyn&apos ;s to discourse of our confounded business of prisoners, and sick and woundedseamen, wherein he and we are so much put out of order.[Each of the Commissioners for the Sick and Wounded was ... learn by what we see in this business. But that which pleases me best is that Cocke tells me that henow understands that Fisher was set on in this business by the design of some of the Duke of ... questions about my newes of Allen&apos ;s loss in the Streights, but I saidnothing as to the business, nor am not much sorry for it, unless the King had spoke to me as he did to them,and then...

Tài liệu Diary, 1666 N.S. Complete doc

... never so much againstreason, as in the business of recalling tickets, which will be done notwithstanding all the arguments against it.So back again to my office, and there to business and so to ... reasons, my estatelying in money, I am afeard of any sudden miscarriage. So to bed mightily contented in dispatching so muchbusiness, and find my house in the best condition that ever I knew ... meeting, but nobody being there but myself and Sir J. Minnes, who is worse thannothing, I did not answer any body, but kept to my business in the office till night, and then Sir W. Batten andSir...

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