"This day by her high discourse I found Mrs. Blackburne to be a very high dame and a costly one." https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/… This means Mrs. Blackburne/Blackbourne was well-bred -- possibly a bit of a snob, as we might say -- and expected to continue to live in the manner to which she was accustomed from childhood, I wish we knew her name!
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First Reading
Phil • Link
Wife of Robert Blackborne http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo… and aunt of Will Hewer http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo… .
Third Reading
San Diego Sarah • Link
"This day by her high discourse I found Mrs. Blackburne to be a very high dame and a costly one."
https://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/…
This means Mrs. Blackburne/Blackbourne was well-bred -- possibly a bit of a snob, as we might say -- and expected to continue to live in the manner to which she was accustomed from childhood,
I wish we knew her name!