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A vivid Restoration diary of London life, court politics, plague, fire, theater, work, marriage, and daily observation.

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The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys’s diary is one of the richest eyewitness records of seventeenth-century England. This English edition follows his famous account of Restoration London, from court intrigue and naval administration to the Great Plague, the Great Fire, theater culture, domestic life, and the habits of a mind that noticed everything.

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The Diary of Samuel Pepys

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THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS M.A. F.R.S.

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS M.A. F.R.S.
  3. 03CLERK OF THE ACTS AND SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY
  4. 04MAGDALENE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE BY THE REV. MYNORS BRIGHT M.A. LATE FELLOW
  5. 05AND PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE
  6. 06WITH LORD BRAYBROOKE’S NOTES
  7. 07LONDON
  8. 08GEORGE BELL & SONS YORK ST. COVENT GARDEN
  9. 09CAMBRIDGE DEIGHTON BELL & CO.
  10. 10PREFACE
  11. 11“MERCURIUS POLITICUS REDIVIVUS;
  12. 12BY THOMAS RUGGE.
  13. 13H. B. W.
  14. 14BRAMPTON, OPPIDANS ROAD, LONDON, N.W.
  15. 15PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THE DIARY.
  16. 16PARTICULARS OF THE LIFE OF SAMUEL PEPYS.
  17. 17“MY FATHER’S WILL.
  18. 18“WM. PENN”
  19. 19“CLERKE OF THE ACTS.
  20. 20“SHAFTESBURY.”
  21. 21“J. JACKSON.
  22. 22book to be provided, and remain in the said library for that purpose
  23. 23“S. PEPYS.”
  24. 24book-plates. These were both engraved by Robert White, and taken from
  25. 25“‘NORTHBROOK.
  26. 26H. B. W.
  27. 27JANUARY 1659-1660
  28. 28book i.]
  29. 29FEBRUARY 1659-1660
  30. 30MARCH 1659-1660
  31. 31APRIL 1660
  32. 32MAY 1660
  33. 33“SIR,
  34. 34act i. sc. 2:
  35. 35JUNE 1660
  36. 36JULY 1660
  37. 37AUGUST 1660
  38. 38book of lute lessons which his father had left there for me, such as he
  39. 39Act of Rate for Pole-money, an for judicial proceedings. At Westminster
  40. 40SEPTEMBER 1660
  41. 41OCTOBER 1660
  42. 42Act for the Abbreviation of Michaelmas Term,” by which it was
  43. 43NOVEMBER 1660
  44. 44DECEMBER 1660
  45. 45JANUARY 1660-1661
  46. 46FEBRUARY 1660-61
  47. 47MARCH 1660-1661
  48. 48APRIL 1661
  49. 4922d. KING’S GOING FROM YE TOWER TO WHITE HALL.
  50. 50CORONACION DAY.
  51. 51MAY 1661
  52. 52JUNE 1661
  53. 53JULY 1661
  54. 54AUGUST 1661
  55. 55SEPTEMBER 1661
  56. 56OCTOBER 1661
  57. 57NOVEMBER 1661
  58. 58DECEMBER 1661
  59. 59JANUARY 1661-1662
  60. 60FEBRUARY 1661-1662
  61. 61MARCH 1661-1662
  62. 62book of observations upon the weekly bills of mortality, which appear to
  63. 63APRIL 1662
  64. 64MAY 1662
  65. 65JUNE 1662
  66. 66OBSERVATIONS.
  67. 67JULY 1662
  68. 68AUGUST 1662
  69. 69SEPTEMBER 1662
  70. 70OCTOBER 1662
  71. 71NOVEMBER 1662
  72. 72book of country dances against my wife’s woman Gosnell comes, who dances
  73. 73DECEMBER 1662
  74. 74JANUARY 1662-1663
  75. 75FEBRUARY 1662-1663
  76. 76MARCH 1662-1663
  77. 77APRIL 1663
  78. 78book Pepys refers to is Nedham’s translation, which was entitled,
  79. 79MAY 1663
  80. 80act with scenes the Humourous Lieutenant, but I have not time to see it,
  81. 81JUNE 1663
  82. 82JULY 1663
  83. 83book the Victualler’s contract, and then over the water and walked to
  84. 84chapter’ in the “Advancement of Learning.” The sentence, “Faber
  85. 85AUGUST 1663
  86. 86SEPTEMBER 1663
  87. 87OCTOBER 1663
  88. 88Book. There are several kinds of knees.]
  89. 89NOVEMBER 1663
  90. 90MY LORD,
  91. 91MY LORD,
  92. 92DECEMBER 1663
  93. 93JANUARY 1663-1664
  94. 94FEBRUARY 1663-1664
  95. 95MARCH 1663-1664
  96. 96APRIL 1664
  97. 97MAY 1664
  98. 98JUNE 1664
  99. 99JULY 1664
  100. 100AUGUST 1664
  101. 101SEPTEMBER 1664
  102. 102OCTOBER 1664
  103. 103book, put up in the church, but very ill painted, though it were a
  104. 104NOVEMBER 1664
  105. 105DECEMBER 1664
  106. 106JANUARY 1664-1665
  107. 107book of the Microscope,
  108. 108FEBRUARY 1664-1665
  109. 109MARCH 1664-1665
  110. 110APRIL 1665
  111. 111MAY 1665
  112. 112book of the Court of King James, printed a great while ago, and worth
  113. 113JUNE 1665
  114. 114VICTORY OVER THE DUTCH, JUNE 3RD, 1665.
  115. 115JULY 1665
  116. 116book upon the Bills of Mortality, new printed and enlarged. Thence to
  117. 117AUGUST 1665
  118. 118SEPTEMBER 1665
  119. 119OCTOBER 1665
  120. 120book in order to the stage; but, above all, her counterfeiting of
  121. 121NOVEMBER 1665
  122. 122DECEMBER 1665
  123. 123JANUARY 1665-1666
  124. 124FEBRUARY 1665-1666
  125. 125MARCH 1665-1666
  126. 126APRIL 1666
  127. 127Act in order to my lending Sir W. Warren L2000 upon an order of his upon
  128. 128MAY 1666
  129. 129JUNE 1666
  130. 130THE FIGHT.
  131. 131JULY 1666
  132. 132AUGUST 1666
  133. 133SEPTEMBER 1666
  134. 134book that Sir G. Carteret intends to deliver to the Parliament of his
  135. 135OCTOBER 1666
  136. 136NOVEMBER 1666
  137. 137DECEMBER 1666
  138. 138JANUARY 1666-1667
  139. 139FEBRUARY 1666-1667
  140. 140MARCH 1666-1667
  141. 141act; they having liberty to act for their own profit on Wednesdays and
  142. 142APRIL 1667
  143. 143MAY 1667
  144. 144Act, which, if it do, I shall think a good service done. Thence by coach
  145. 145JUNE 1667
  146. 146JULY 1667
  147. 147book into my abstract book, which I have by reason of the war omitted
  148. 148AUGUST 1667
  149. 149book, and have bespoke one in quires. So home, and I to the office a
  150. 150SEPTEMBER 1667
  151. 151Act might be put into the hands of the East India Company, or City of
  152. 152OCTOBER 1667
  153. 153NOVEMBER 1667
  154. 154book of contracts, which he will do very neatly. Then home to read, sup,
  155. 155DECEMBER 1667
  156. 156JANUARY 1667-1668
  157. 157act to-day; and so I was at a loss for them, and therefore to the other
  158. 158FEBRUARY 1667-1668
  159. 159Act do, or as some say can, give them, to force a man to swear against
  160. 160book, “L’escholle des filles;” which I have bought in plain binding,
  161. 161book, and shall not need a fiddle, because I have never a one of your
  162. 162Act in the University of Oxford. Mr. Christopher Wordsworth gives,
  163. 163MARCH 1667-1668
  164. 164APRIL 1668
  165. 165Book of Formes, newly reprinted, and sent my brother my old one. So
  166. 166MAY 1668
  167. 167JUNE 1668
  168. 168JULY 1668
  169. 169AUGUST 1668
  170. 170SEPTEMBER 1668
  171. 171book the Bishops will not let be printed again, and so home to dinner,
  172. 172OCTOBER 1668
  173. 173NOVEMBER 1668
  174. 174DECEMBER 1668
  175. 175JANUARY 1668-1669
  176. 176Book of Formes, to-night and to-morrow; and so fell to read and sup,
  177. 177FEBRUARY 1668-1669
  178. 178book, and not fit for every body to read. So to supper and to bed.
  179. 179MARCH 1668-1669
  180. 180APRIL 1669
  181. 181MAY 1669
  182. 182Act whether it were good or no, which is indeed a foolish saying, and we
  183. 183END OF THE DIARY.

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