✹ About Sunday 1 May 1664 Bridget Carrie Davis on 2 May 2017 • Link "...playing as it were leisurely upon the water to Deptford."What does that mean, to play leisurely upon the water?
✹ About Thursday 28 April 1664 Bridget Carrie Davis on 29 Apr 2017 • Link I was wondering why Sam sounded so sad on what would seem a normal working day. Now I agree with Alexander Hamilton.
✹ About Wednesday 20 April 1664 Bridget Carrie Davis on 21 Apr 2017 • Link ...my uncle coming in an hour after them almost foxed. What does Sam mean by foxed?
✹ About Sunday 17 April 1664 Bridget Carrie Davis on 19 Apr 2017 • Link It surprises me that Elizabeth is so calm about being restricted from church for over two months due to Sam's jealousy. I realize that, by law, she must obey him, but is this level of control common in this era?
✹ About Thursday 14 April 1664 Bridget Carrie Davis on 15 Apr 2017 • Link Bradford on 15 Apr 2007 • Link • Flag "I shall prevail, I hope, for the King's profit": The last phrase is not to be taken literally, being a pious periphrasis meaning "for my greater glory." ________Wow! I did not know this! Was "... for the King's profit." a regularly used idiom in that time?
✹ About Wednesday 13 April 1664 Bridget Carrie Davis on 14 Apr 2017 • Link I hope Sam's father gets better now that Tom's affairs are in order. This is my first time meeting John Jr.
✹ About Friday 8 April 1664 Bridget Carrie Davis on 9 Apr 2017 • Link Hmmm, I had just assumed that the lanterns were for the poop deck.
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About Sunday 1 May 1664
Bridget Carrie Davis • Link
"...playing as it were leisurely upon the water to Deptford."
What does that mean, to play leisurely upon the water?
About Thursday 28 April 1664
Bridget Carrie Davis • Link
I was wondering why Sam sounded so sad on what would seem a normal working day. Now I agree with Alexander Hamilton.
About Wednesday 20 April 1664
Bridget Carrie Davis • Link
...my uncle coming in an hour after them almost foxed.
What does Sam mean by foxed?
About Sunday 17 April 1664
Bridget Carrie Davis • Link
It surprises me that Elizabeth is so calm about being restricted from church for over two months due to Sam's jealousy. I realize that, by law, she must obey him, but is this level of control common in this era?
About Thursday 14 April 1664
Bridget Carrie Davis • Link
Bradford on 15 Apr 2007 • Link • Flag
"I shall prevail, I hope, for the King's profit":
The last phrase is not to be taken literally, being a pious periphrasis meaning "for my greater glory."
________
Wow! I did not know this! Was "... for the King's profit." a regularly used idiom in that time?
About Wednesday 13 April 1664
Bridget Carrie Davis • Link
I hope Sam's father gets better now that Tom's affairs are in order. This is my first time meeting John Jr.
About Friday 8 April 1664
Bridget Carrie Davis • Link
Hmmm, I had just assumed that the lanterns were for the poop deck.