Poorpeoplestaying intheir houses aslong astill thevery fire touched them, and then running into boats or clambering from one pair of stair by the waterside to another. And among other things, the poor pigeons I perceive were loath to leave their houses, but hovered about the windows and balconies till they were some of them burned, their wings, and fell down.
But it is pretty to see what money will do. - Samuel Pepys
But it is pretty to see what money will do.
- Samuel Pepys
The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and, out of my observation … - Samuel Pepys
The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and, out of my observation …
As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! - Samuel Pepys
As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
I went out to Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could… - Samuel Pepys
I went out to Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could…
Strange to say what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition. - Samuel Pepys
Strange to say what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition.
Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody. - Samuel Pepys
Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.
But Lord! To see the absurd nature of Englishmen that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at everything that looks strange. - Samuel Pepys
But Lord! To see the absurd nature of Englishmen that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at everything that looks strange.
I know not how to abstain from reading. - Samuel Pepys
I know not how to abstain from reading.
Thanks be to God, since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less … - Samuel Pepys
Thanks be to God, since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less …
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