"I do not find myself in the least apprehensive that I have done any violence to my oaths" Sam, just continue saying that to yourself and you'll be OK.
American presidents have had their presidential yachts and I'm sure that gold sails mentioned by StanB would interest our current White House resident.
"and then, there being no coach to be got, by water to White Hall;" In those pre-telephone/pre-Über days, did they send the boy out to hunt up a coach? Perhaps a nearby location where the coaches awaited fares?
Not only kings being unpunctual. In 1945 the Pope gave audiences for soldiers and others in a huge reception chamber. The American writer Edmund Wilson and New Yorker correspondent Philip Hamburger attended one. "It was hot and crowded, and when Pius XII was five, ten, fifteen and then twenty minutes late, Wilson boomed out, 'Where is that goddamned pope?' This outburst, Hamburger says, 'brought to his side more Swiss Guards than had probably been seen in action since the Reformation, with their pikes extended toward him.' " --Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature by Lewis Dabney.
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About Tuesday 8 March 1663/64
jimmigee • Link
"I do not find myself in the least apprehensive that I have done any violence to my oaths"
Sam, just continue saying that to yourself and you'll be OK.
About Monday 22 February 1663/64
jimmigee • Link
"Such mad doings there are every day among them!" Sam, take a time machine to 2019 and you'll witness the same.
About Tuesday 7 April 1663
jimmigee • Link
Clove oil is still used as a relief from toothache. Yes, the "good old days" of medicine and dentristry were NOT.
About Friday 20 February 1662/63
jimmigee • Link
American presidents have had their presidential yachts and I'm sure that gold sails mentioned by StanB would interest our current White House resident.
About Thursday 12 February 1662/63
jimmigee • Link
Mercantilism: Currently a policy of the U.S. government, it seems.
About Friday 16 January 1662/63
jimmigee • Link
Terry F: "Coffee-houses | The internet in a cup"
Now one goes to Starbucks or similar and with a cuppa joe signs on to the internet.
About Monday 17 November 1662
jimmigee • Link
"and then, there being no coach to be got, by water to White Hall;" In those pre-telephone/pre-Über days, did they send the boy out to hunt up a coach? Perhaps a nearby location where the coaches awaited fares?
About Saturday 1 November 1662
jimmigee • Link
I recall when traveling through England (esp, SW) that many old country roads were not only narrow but considerably lower than the terrain.
About Wednesday 20 August 1662
jimmigee • Link
"Staying from my business" makes sense to me.
Citing Walt Kelly's Pogo in this discussion--unexpected and delightful.
About Friday 1 August 1662
jimmigee • Link
Interesting to read these in light of the current #MeToo phenomenon.
About Tuesday 22 July 1662
jimmigee • Link
"Now, where are my keys?"
(heard thru the centuries)
About Monday 30 June 1662
jimmigee • Link
"what a mind I had to her, but did not meddle"
Nearly every day this month I read about a famous person who now wishes that he had done the same!
About Wednesday 26 March 1662
jimmigee • Link
"Best brace" is a competitive event at many AKC dog shows.
About Wednesday 12 March 1661/62
jimmigee • Link
Recommend Charles Spencer's book, Killers of the King (2014), about the regicides and figures such as Downing.
About Monday 17 February 1661/62
jimmigee • Link
Re Sasha's Bible quote. . . so those religions that forbid drinking of wine, beer or stronger stuff must be guided by other scriptural quotes?
About Tuesday 10 December 1661
jimmigee • Link
Not only kings being unpunctual. In 1945 the Pope gave audiences for soldiers and others in a huge reception chamber. The American writer Edmund Wilson and New Yorker correspondent Philip Hamburger attended one. "It was hot and crowded, and when Pius XII was five, ten, fifteen and then twenty minutes late, Wilson boomed out, 'Where is that goddamned pope?' This outburst, Hamburger says, 'brought to his side more Swiss Guards than had probably been seen in action since the Reformation, with their pikes extended toward him.' " --Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature by Lewis Dabney.
About Wednesday 20 November 1661
jimmigee • Link
I also recommend Spencer's book.
About Thursday 31 October 1661
jimmigee • Link
I suggest using the Latham & Matthews editions for unexpurgated text.
About Friday 4 October 1661
jimmigee • Link
I recently heard cheese referred to as "dairy crack!"