#SamuelPepys was born #OnThisDay 1633.
When his diary was first published it was an instant hit, but rumours soon spread about what had been cut and why.
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"Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody."
~ Samuel Pepys, born today, 1633.
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Iimmerhin, bin schon im Dezember 1660.
Ob ich es noch bis zum grossen Brand und zur Pest schaffe [Ich meine, DAS ist, was wir alle lesen wollen, oder, liebe Mit-Anglisten]
" ... and looked over my Lord's lodgings; and Whitehall garden and the Bowling-ally, where lords and ladies are now at bowles ..."
You are at the centre, Sam. High up in the King's administration, at home in Whitehall, now looking at the private amusements of the upper class.
These vignettes have so much cinematic poetry in them.