Samuel Pepys
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Jun 28, 2024 · Samuel Pepys - Diarist, Restoration, Navy: The diary by which Pepys is chiefly known was kept between his 27th and 36th years. Written in Thomas Shelton’s system of shorthand, or tachygraphy, with the names in longhand, it extends to 1,250,000 words, filling six quarto volumes in the Pepys Library.
Jun 13, 2024 · Although only nine years of a seventy year life, the diary witnesses significant moments in British history, it sees Pepys rising influence as a public figure (Click here to read about the public Pepys), and it details his private life as he does so(Click here to read about the private Pepys).
Jun 11, 2024 · Twenty-six-year old Pepys, a clerk in the office of the Exchequer, had begun the diary in 1660; in his first entry he described his station as “very handsome, and esteemed rich, but indeed very poor.”
Jun 11, 2024 · How moving Samuel Pepys’ diary off the bedside table changed history on the internet.
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5 days ago · 00:55:53 - The Drummer of Tedworth was the first recorded poltergeist report in British history. The 17th century account tells the story of a magistrate, a dr…
Jun 28, 2024 · The Restoration, the Great Plague and the Fire of London are the backdrop, but for me it's Pepys' vivid and frank descriptions of his personal life that enchant – romantic entanglements,...
4 days ago · 100 years ago. Can any of your readers explain the principle of the scotoscope which Pepys defines in his diary (Aug. 13, 1664) as an instrument enabling objects to be viewed “in a dark room ...
