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@samuelpepys
Sorry old chap, I don't understand your banter.
("turned up his tail"?)#Pepys #English #language #diary #1600s #history #Tachygraphy #ShortHand
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《 .... reading Bacon’s “Faber fortunae,” which the oftener I read the more I admire. 》
What a lovely sentence construction ("the oftener I read it"). And a fine sentiment it is, too.
Naturally, we check out Francis Bacon (Of Fortune): "If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible."
Oh yes, I can see how this speaks to our Samuel.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56463/56463-h/56463-h.htm#Page_228
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《 .... reading Bacon’s “Faber fortunae,” which the oftener I read the more I admire. 》
What a lovely sentence construction ("the oftener I read it"). And a fine sentiment it is, too.
Naturally, we check out Francis Bacon (Of Fortune): "If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible."
Oh yes, I can see how this speaks to our Samuel.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56463/56463-h/56463-h.htm#Page_228
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《 .... reading Bacon’s “Faber fortunae,” which the oftener I read the more I admire. 》
What a lovely sentence construction ("the oftener I read it"). And a fine sentiment it is, too.
Naturally, we check out Francis Bacon (Of Fortune): "If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible."
Oh yes, I can see how this speaks to our Samuel.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56463/56463-h/56463-h.htm#Page_228
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《 .... reading Bacon’s “Faber fortunae,” which the oftener I read the more I admire. 》
What a lovely sentence construction ("the oftener I read it"). And a fine sentiment it is, too.
Naturally, we check out Francis Bacon (Of Fortune): "If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible."
Oh yes, I can see how this speaks to our Samuel.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56463/56463-h/56463-h.htm#Page_228
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《 .... reading Bacon’s “Faber fortunae,” which the oftener I read the more I admire. 》
What a lovely sentence construction ("the oftener I read it"). And a fine sentiment it is, too.
Naturally, we check out Francis Bacon (Of Fortune): "If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible."
Oh yes, I can see how this speaks to our Samuel.
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/56463/56463-h/56463-h.htm#Page_228
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"... there I heard the famous Mr. Stefkins play admirably well, and yet I found it as it is always, I over expected."
Yup. I have the same weakness, Sam. Over-expecting is anti-Tao. We must learn to non-expect.
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"... there I heard the famous Mr. Stefkins play admirably well, and yet I found it as it is always, I over expected."
Yup. I have the same weakness, Sam. Over-expecting is anti-Tao. We must learn to non-expect.
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"... there I heard the famous Mr. Stefkins play admirably well, and yet I found it as it is always, I over expected."
Yup. I have the same weakness, Sam. Over-expecting is anti-Tao. We must learn to non-expect.
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"... there I heard the famous Mr. Stefkins play admirably well, and yet I found it as it is always, I over expected."
Yup. I have the same weakness, Sam. Over-expecting is anti-Tao. We must learn to non-expect.
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"... there I heard the famous Mr. Stefkins play admirably well, and yet I found it as it is always, I over expected."
Yup. I have the same weakness, Sam. Over-expecting is anti-Tao. We must learn to non-expect.
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"To supper, and then to a little viall and to bed, sporting in my fancy with the Queen."
What makes Sam Sam is the fact that he makes sure to find space for his evening music making, in between the much more physical activities of dinner (before playing the viola) and "sporting in his fancy" with the Queen (after playing the viola).
I shall remain silent on today's object of Sam's "sporting in his fancy".
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"To supper, and then to a little viall and to bed, sporting in my fancy with the Queen."
What makes Sam Sam is the fact that he makes sure to find space for his evening music making, in between the much more physical activities of dinner (before playing the viola) and "sporting in his fancy" with the Queen (after playing the viola).
I shall remain silent on today's object of Sam's "sporting in his fancy".
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"To supper, and then to a little viall and to bed, sporting in my fancy with the Queen."
What makes Sam Sam is the fact that he makes sure to find space for his evening music making, in between the much more physical activities of dinner (before playing the viola) and "sporting in his fancy" with the Queen (after playing the viola).
I shall remain silent on today's object of Sam's "sporting in his fancy".
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"To supper, and then to a little viall and to bed, sporting in my fancy with the Queen."
What makes Sam Sam is the fact that he makes sure to find space for his evening music making, in between the much more physical activities of dinner (before playing the viola) and "sporting in his fancy" with the Queen (after playing the viola).
I shall remain silent on today's object of Sam's "sporting in his fancy".
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"To supper, and then to a little viall and to bed, sporting in my fancy with the Queen."
What makes Sam Sam is the fact that he makes sure to find space for his evening music making, in between the much more physical activities of dinner (before playing the viola) and "sporting in his fancy" with the Queen (after playing the viola).
I shall remain silent on today's object of Sam's "sporting in his fancy".
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"Up and all the morning at the office, among other things with Cooper the Purveyor, whose dullness in his proceeding in his work I was vexed at."
Nothing has changed since, Sam. There is an uncounted number of Cooper the Purveyors, in every place of work.
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"Up and all the morning at the office, among other things with Cooper the Purveyor, whose dullness in his proceeding in his work I was vexed at."
Nothing has changed since, Sam. There is an uncounted number of Cooper the Purveyors, in every place of work.
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"Up and all the morning at the office, among other things with Cooper the Purveyor, whose dullness in his proceeding in his work I was vexed at."
Nothing has changed since, Sam. There is an uncounted number of Cooper the Purveyors, in every place of work.
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"Up and all the morning at the office, among other things with Cooper the Purveyor, whose dullness in his proceeding in his work I was vexed at."
Nothing has changed since, Sam. There is an uncounted number of Cooper the Purveyors, in every place of work.
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"Up and all the morning at the office, among other things with Cooper the Purveyor, whose dullness in his proceeding in his work I was vexed at."
Nothing has changed since, Sam. There is an uncounted number of Cooper the Purveyors, in every place of work.
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CW: Samuel Pepys worried about miscarriage
Golly, Sam, what a plot. This guy Tom Wilson comes into your (borrowed) bedroom at night, he does all sorts of bizarre things. You take it with admirable calm. He comes back the next day to apologise again. You reassure him that all is well, and then you tell him that he should be glad that ... you aren't a pregnant woman who would have had a miscarriage when accosted this way. What?
Perhaps Sam and Elisabeth had a miscarriage, unreported in the diary?
Or is this about Queen Catherine, married to Charles since May last year, thus far childless. Charles II currently has lost interest in his mistress Barbara Palmer (Lady Castlemaine), who has borne one son to him and is pregnant again. Now the queen is back in favour. This is big news, Pepys had reflected on it just this Friday. Is Sam worried about the loss of a royal successor? (He could not know that Catherine was to have multiple miscarriages and would remain childless.)
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CW: Samuel Pepys worried about miscarriage
Golly, Sam, what a plot. This guy Tom Wilson comes into your (borrowed) bedroom at night, he does all sorts of bizarre things. You take it with admirable calm. He comes back the next day to apologise again. You reassure him that all is well, and then you tell him that he should be glad that ... you aren't a pregnant woman who would have had a miscarriage when accosted this way. What?
Perhaps Sam and Elisabeth had a miscarriage, unreported in the diary?
Or is this about Queen Catherine, married to Charles since May last year, thus far childless. Charles II currently has lost interest in his mistress Barbara Palmer (Lady Castlemaine), who has borne one son to him and is pregnant again. Now the queen is back in favour. This is big news, Pepys had reflected on it just this Friday. Is Sam worried about the loss of a royal successor? (He could not know that Catherine was to have multiple miscarriages and would remain childless.)
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CW: Samuel Pepys worried about miscarriage
Golly, Sam, what a plot. This guy Tom Wilson comes into your (borrowed) bedroom at night, he does all sorts of bizarre things. You take it with admirable calm. He comes back the next day to apologise again. You reassure him that all is well, and then you tell him that he should be glad that ... you aren't a pregnant woman who would have had a miscarriage when accosted this way. What?
Perhaps Sam and Elisabeth had a miscarriage, unreported in the diary?
Or is this about Queen Catherine, married to Charles since May last year, thus far childless. Charles II currently has lost interest in his mistress Barbara Palmer (Lady Castlemaine), who has borne one son to him and is pregnant again. Now the queen is back in favour. This is big news, Pepys had reflected on it just this Friday. Is Sam worried about the loss of a royal successor? (He could not know that Catherine was to have multiple miscarriages and would remain childless.)
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CW: Samuel Pepys worried about miscarriage
Golly, Sam, what a plot. This guy Tom Wilson comes into your (borrowed) bedroom at night, he does all sorts of bizarre things. You take it with admirable calm. He comes back the next day to apologise again. You reassure him that all is well, and then you tell him that he should be glad that ... you aren't a pregnant woman who would have had a miscarriage when accosted this way. What?
Perhaps Sam and Elisabeth had a miscarriage, unreported in the diary?
Or is this about Queen Catherine, married to Charles since May last year, thus far childless. Charles II currently has lost interest in his mistress Barbara Palmer (Lady Castlemaine), who has borne one son to him and is pregnant again. Now the queen is back in favour. This is big news, Pepys had reflected on it just this Friday. Is Sam worried about the loss of a royal successor? (He could not know that Catherine was to have multiple miscarriages and would remain childless.)
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CW: Samuel Pepys worried about miscarriage
Golly, Sam, what a plot. This guy Tom Wilson comes into your (borrowed) bedroom at night, he does all sorts of bizarre things. You take it with admirable calm. He comes back the next day to apologise again. You reassure him that all is well, and then you tell him that he should be glad that ... you aren't a pregnant woman who would have had a miscarriage when accosted this way. What?
Perhaps Sam and Elisabeth had a miscarriage, unreported in the diary?
Or is this about Queen Catherine, married to Charles since May last year, thus far childless. Charles II currently has lost interest in his mistress Barbara Palmer (Lady Castlemaine), who has borne one son to him and is pregnant again. Now the queen is back in favour. This is big news, Pepys had reflected on it just this Friday. Is Sam worried about the loss of a royal successor? (He could not know that Catherine was to have multiple miscarriages and would remain childless.)
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"Bridall respect" is a lovely word to describe what made your own marriage more than a marriage of convenience. I am so glad you remember it here, Sam. It always cheers me up when you make an effort to draw on that energy and give a positive twist to your relationship with Elisabeth. The two of you are quite good at keeping your "bridall respect" alive. Hat tip to you both.
(And I like the spelling, too.)
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"Bridall respect" is a lovely word to describe what made your own marriage more than a marriage of convenience. I am so glad you remember it here, Sam. It always cheers me up when you make an effort to draw on that energy and give a positive twist to your relationship with Elisabeth. The two of you are quite good at keeping your "bridall respect" alive. Hat tip to you both.
(And I like the spelling, too.)
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"Bridall respect" is a lovely word to describe what made your own marriage more than a marriage of convenience. I am so glad you remember it here, Sam. It always cheers me up when you make an effort to draw on that energy and give a positive twist to your relationship with Elisabeth. The two of you are quite good at keeping your "bridall respect" alive. Hat tip to you both.
(And I like the spelling, too.)
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"Bridall respect" is a lovely word to describe what made your own marriage more than a marriage of convenience. I am so glad you remember it here, Sam. It always cheers me up when you make an effort to draw on that energy and give a positive twist to your relationship with Elisabeth. The two of you are quite good at keeping your "bridall respect" alive. Hat tip to you both.
(And I like the spelling, too.)
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"Bridall respect" is a lovely word to describe what made your own marriage more than a marriage of convenience. I am so glad you remember it here, Sam. It always cheers me up when you make an effort to draw on that energy and give a positive twist to your relationship with Elisabeth. The two of you are quite good at keeping your "bridall respect" alive. Hat tip to you both.
(And I like the spelling, too.)
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" ... it being such as these that lost the old King all he had, and were beat by the most ordinary fellows that could be."
Restoration does not undo the revolution to which it is the response. Things will never be the same again. No more undoubted Monarch. Revolutions are not undone and not forgotten.
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" ... it being such as these that lost the old King all he had, and were beat by the most ordinary fellows that could be."
Restoration does not undo the revolution to which it is the response. Things will never be the same again. No more undoubted Monarch. Revolutions are not undone and not forgotten.
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" ... it being such as these that lost the old King all he had, and were beat by the most ordinary fellows that could be."
Restoration does not undo the revolution to which it is the response. Things will never be the same again. No more undoubted Monarch. Revolutions are not undone and not forgotten.
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" ... it being such as these that lost the old King all he had, and were beat by the most ordinary fellows that could be."
Restoration does not undo the revolution to which it is the response. Things will never be the same again. No more undoubted Monarch. Revolutions are not undone and not forgotten.
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" ... it being such as these that lost the old King all he had, and were beat by the most ordinary fellows that could be."
Restoration does not undo the revolution to which it is the response. Things will never be the same again. No more undoubted Monarch. Revolutions are not undone and not forgotten.
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"With Creed to hire a coach to carry us to Hide Park, ... ; but they demand so high, that I, spying Mr. Cutler the merchant, did take notice of him, I asked and went along with him."
Presumably the same Creed with whom you don't want to be friends since he is an office schemer, but from whom you are eager to learn how to do the scheming?
Well, today you showed him, didn't you. Taking a free cab ride with another colleague and letting him pay his own fare unshared. It seems that Creed can learn a thing or two from you! Knowing the type, he probably admires you for the trick you played on him.
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"With Creed to hire a coach to carry us to Hide Park, ... ; but they demand so high, that I, spying Mr. Cutler the merchant, did take notice of him, I asked and went along with him."
Presumably the same Creed with whom you don't want to be friends since he is an office schemer, but from whom you are eager to learn how to do the scheming?
Well, today you showed him, didn't you. Taking a free cab ride with another colleague and letting him pay his own fare unshared. It seems that Creed can learn a thing or two from you! Knowing the type, he probably admires you for the trick you played on him.
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"With Creed to hire a coach to carry us to Hide Park, ... ; but they demand so high, that I, spying Mr. Cutler the merchant, did take notice of him, I asked and went along with him."
Presumably the same Creed with whom you don't want to be friends since he is an office schemer, but from whom you are eager to learn how to do the scheming?
Well, today you showed him, didn't you. Taking a free cab ride with another colleague and letting him pay his own fare unshared. It seems that Creed can learn a thing or two from you! Knowing the type, he probably admires you for the trick you played on him.
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"With Creed to hire a coach to carry us to Hide Park, ... ; but they demand so high, that I, spying Mr. Cutler the merchant, did take notice of him, I asked and went along with him."
Presumably the same Creed with whom you don't want to be friends since he is an office schemer, but from whom you are eager to learn how to do the scheming?
Well, today you showed him, didn't you. Taking a free cab ride with another colleague and letting him pay his own fare unshared. It seems that Creed can learn a thing or two from you! Knowing the type, he probably admires you for the trick you played on him.
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"With Creed to hire a coach to carry us to Hide Park, ... ; but they demand so high, that I, spying Mr. Cutler the merchant, did take notice of him, I asked and went along with him."
Presumably the same Creed with whom you don't want to be friends since he is an office schemer, but from whom you are eager to learn how to do the scheming?
Well, today you showed him, didn't you. Taking a free cab ride with another colleague and letting him pay his own fare unshared. It seems that Creed can learn a thing or two from you! Knowing the type, he probably admires you for the trick you played on him.
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To the Fedi, and there met with several people, among others CoxTheCaptain @purple.cafe, and bantered along with him and some other shitposters. Good discourse.
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To the Fedi, and there met with several people, among others CoxTheCaptain @purple.cafe, and bantered along with him and some other shitposters. Good discourse.
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To the Fedi, and there met with several people, among others CoxTheCaptain @purple.cafe, and bantered along with him and some other shitposters. Good discourse.
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To the Fedi, and there met with several people, among others CoxTheCaptain @purple.cafe, and bantered along with him and some other shitposters. Good discourse.
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To the Fedi, and there met with several people, among others CoxTheCaptain @purple.cafe, and bantered along with him and some other shitposters. Good discourse.
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"... a fellow of those designs and tricks, that there is no degree of true friendship to be made with him, and therefore I must cast him off, ..."
"... though he be a very understanding man, and one that much may be learned of as to cunning and judging of other men."
Ah, Creed again.
Samuel had resolved to be careful with him earlier, on 10 January and more recently on 22 June. At the time, I had thought that Pepys's wish to keep contact with Creed and learn from him was on matters of business, perhaps related to ship-building, or accounts.
But now it seems that what Samuel wants to learn from Creed is precisely those things that make him suspicious of the man: "cunning and judging of other men". Interesting.
Careful, Sam. Slippery slope.
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"... a fellow of those designs and tricks, that there is no degree of true friendship to be made with him, and therefore I must cast him off, ..."
"... though he be a very understanding man, and one that much may be learned of as to cunning and judging of other men."
Ah, Creed again.
Samuel had resolved to be careful with him earlier, on 10 January and more recently on 22 June. At the time, I had thought that Pepys's wish to keep contact with Creed and learn from him was on matters of business, perhaps related to ship-building, or accounts.
But now it seems that what Samuel wants to learn from Creed is precisely those things that make him suspicious of the man: "cunning and judging of other men". Interesting.
Careful, Sam. Slippery slope.
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"... a fellow of those designs and tricks, that there is no degree of true friendship to be made with him, and therefore I must cast him off, ..."
"... though he be a very understanding man, and one that much may be learned of as to cunning and judging of other men."
Ah, Creed again.
Samuel had resolved to be careful with him earlier, on 10 January and more recently on 22 June. At the time, I had thought that Pepys's wish to keep contact with Creed and learn from him was on matters of business, perhaps related to ship-building, or accounts.
But now it seems that what Samuel wants to learn from Creed is precisely those things that make him suspicious of the man: "cunning and judging of other men". Interesting.
Careful, Sam. Slippery slope.
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"... a fellow of those designs and tricks, that there is no degree of true friendship to be made with him, and therefore I must cast him off, ..."
"... though he be a very understanding man, and one that much may be learned of as to cunning and judging of other men."
Ah, Creed again.
Samuel had resolved to be careful with him earlier, on 10 January and more recently on 22 June. At the time, I had thought that Pepys's wish to keep contact with Creed and learn from him was on matters of business, perhaps related to ship-building, or accounts.
But now it seems that what Samuel wants to learn from Creed is precisely those things that make him suspicious of the man: "cunning and judging of other men". Interesting.
Careful, Sam. Slippery slope.