"did give Jane a very serious lesson, against we take her to be our chamber-maid"
What is the gist of the "lesson" -- Did she learn who is Master? (surely she knew that before!) -- Did she learn the the conseqences of failing to exercise the duties of chamber-maid?
Is this like hazing? = a rite of passage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite… - a dressing down to be lifted up ~ promoted to a new social identity? Are these tears of joy, or tears to which (as Sam'l supposes) she is reduced? Or tears with which she is manipulating him?
Is Sam'l a sap for tears? and does she know it? (note that Bess isn't in the scene)
Ruben, a search failed to find the annotation, but I did find an illustration and description of their physical progerties http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu/…
A spiced drink of hot sweetened milk curdled with wine or ale.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English poshet, possot : perhaps Old French *posce (Latin posca, drink of vinegar and water, from potare, to drink; see potable + Latin esca, food, from edere, to eat; see edible) + Middle English hot, hot; see hot. http://www.bartleby.com/61/55/P04…
"a play I have read with great delight, but is a most dull thing acted, which I never understood before" = this is the first time I have experienced how the media differ in that direction, against all odds, given the play's cast? (Sam having no doubt seen a performance better than the play reads). He must read with a lively imagination!
A. Hamilton, the difference seems to be in (2). I took “reducing it to make way for the money” to suggest reducing "supplying them forthwith with victualls" ("it") with a money-stream.
Todd, perhaps it is to be read that the ready supplies of victuals provided the ships in Tangier were gradually replaced with the more fungible money for them to buy their own victuals; and as the number of ships was reduced, the money "is to go to the building of the Mole”
Goldsmith's Hall, Foster Lane Drawn by Tho. H. Shepherd. Engraved by W. Wallis. Jones & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, London, March 13, 1830 http://www.londonancestor.com/vie…
"over the Parke (where I first in my life, it being a great frost, did see people sliding with their skeates"
L&M note: "Evelyn on this day saw skaters performing before the King and Queen and the new canal in St James's Park. Iron and steel skates (together with the word itself) were introduced at this time from Holland."
John Evelyn's Diary, 1662, December 1: "Having seene the strange, and wonderfull dexterity of the sliders on the new Canall in St. James’s park, perform’d by divers Gent: & others with Scheets, after the manner of the Hollanders, with what pernicitie & swiftnesse they passe, how sudainly the<y> stop in full carriere upon the Ice, before their Majesties: I went home by Water but not without exceeding difficultie, the Thames being frozen, greate flakes of yce incompassing our boate:"
"In the 17th century, canal racing on wooden skates with iron blades was popular in the Netherlands. Also in that century, James, the younger son of the British monarch Charles I, came to the Netherlands in exile, he fell for the sport. When he went back to England, this 'new' sport was introduced to the British aristocracy." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_…
It seems Sam blamed not his "choice of relations" per se to be his arbitrators for Monday's failed attempt at a conclusion, but his choice of WHICH relations -- having now replaced two of them with another of them and one non-relation -- his cozens Roger Pepys and his brother, Dr. John, with cozen Turner and Mr. Calthrop. So, I misunderstood Sam's Monday declaration, or he reconsidered it since then -- or both!
Of course one of the serious social issues most avoided by the clerics in London during the recent months of 1662, at the pain of the threat of another ready show of force by Monck at the King's behest, is the perilous status of the church itself.
"I to the French church here in the city" in Threadneedle St.
L&M note: "Pepys was fond of practising his French by attending these services."
A modest project in experiential learning: the service is liturgical, ergo predictable, and there are few arcane subjects the straightforward homily will address.
In that respect he and I both know this can reaffirm a learner's confidence from personal experience; in my case it was "German" Catholic and Protestan churches in Germany and the Czech Republic.
In Pepys' case the clerics' job was to conform and avoid controversial issues. But my experience was in 1993, a time of great transition for both countries involved; and to the credit of the clergy homulies/sermons drew from the Lecttionaries (the appointed Scripture readings) lessons for how Christians should deal with the pressing social issues of the day.
In this respect his experience and mine couldn't be more different.
Pedro. on Wed 2 Feb 2005, 9:20 am | Link “mole of Argier”
The inner harbour was begun in 1518 by Khair-ad-Din Barbarossa (see History, below), who, to accommodate his pirate vessels, caused the island on which was Fort Penon to be connected with the mainland by a mole. The lighthouse which occupies the site of Fort Penon was built in 1544.
1a. To be the proper size and shape for: These shoes fit me. b. To cause to be the proper size and shape: The tailor fitted the trousers by shortening them. c. To measure for proper size: She fitted me for a new jacket. 2. To be appropriate to; suit: music that fits your mood. 3. To be in conformity or agreement with: observations that fit the theory nicely. 4. To make suitable; adapt: fitted the shelves for large books. See synonyms at adapt. 5. To make ready; prepare: Specialized training fitted her for the job. 6. To equip; outfit: fit out a ship. 7. To provide a place or time for: You can’t fit any more toys in the box. The doctor can fit you in today. 8. To insert or adjust so as to be properly in place: fit a handle on a door.
"the fitting of my house" - perhaps 8. or 6.?
"fitted myself for the Duke to-morrow" - surely 5.
Comments
First Reading
About Tuesday 2 December 1662
Terry F • Link
Mightn't it be a fact that "AUSTRALIA" is already a fictional name for the Antipodes at this time?
About Tuesday 2 December 1662
Terry F • Link
"did give Jane a very serious lesson, against we take her to be our chamber-maid"
What is the gist of the "lesson"
-- Did she learn who is Master? (surely she knew that before!)
-- Did she learn the the conseqences of failing to exercise the duties of chamber-maid?
Is this like hazing?
= a rite of passage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite… - a dressing down to be lifted up ~ promoted to a new social identity?
Are these tears of joy, or tears to which (as Sam'l supposes) she is reduced? Or tears with which she is manipulating him?
Is Sam'l a sap for tears? and does she know it?
(note that Bess isn't in the scene)
About Monday 1 December 1662
Terry F • Link
Prince Rupert’s Drops
Ruben, a search failed to find the annotation, but I did find an illustration and description of their physical progerties http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu/…
About Monday 1 December 1662
Terry F • Link
"the money, which upon their reduction is to go to the building of the Mole;"
It seems that the money for the mole is to come from the reduction of the forces, rather than from an excess in allocation.
About Posset
Terry F • Link
posset
A spiced drink of hot sweetened milk curdled with wine or ale.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English poshet, possot : perhaps Old French *posce (Latin posca, drink of vinegar and water, from potare, to drink; see potable + Latin esca, food, from edere, to eat; see edible) + Middle English hot, hot; see hot.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/55/P04…
About Monday 1 December 1662
Terry F • Link
"a play I have read with great delight, but is a most dull thing acted, which I never understood before"
= this is the first time I have experienced how the media differ in that direction, against all odds, given the play's cast? (Sam having no doubt seen a performance better than the play reads). He must read with a lively imagination!
About Monday 1 December 1662
Terry F • Link
A. Hamilton, the difference seems to be in (2). I took “reducing it to make way for the money” to suggest reducing "supplying them forthwith with victualls" ("it") with a money-stream.
About Monday 1 December 1662
Terry F • Link
Todd, perhaps it is to be read that the ready supplies of victuals provided the ships in Tangier were gradually replaced with the more fungible money for them to buy their own victuals; and as the number of ships was reduced, the money "is to go to the building of the Mole”
About St Paul's School
Terry F • Link
St. Paul's School
Drawn by Tho. H. Shepherd. Engraved by W.M. Deeble.
Published Sep. 29, 1827 http://www.londonancestor.com/vie…
About Goldsmith's Hall
Terry F • Link
Goldsmith's Hall, Foster Lane
Drawn by Tho. H. Shepherd. Engraved by W. Wallis.
Jones & Co. Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, London, March 13, 1830 http://www.londonancestor.com/vie…
About Clothworkers' Hall
Terry F • Link
Clothworker's Hall, Mincing Lane
Drawn by Tho. H. Shepherd.
Engraved by W. Wallis
http://www.londonancestor.com/vie…
About Monday 1 December 1662
Terry F • Link
"my pains in making a collection of all contracts about masts"
L&M note: "See [ Wednesday 12 November 1662 http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1… ] ...."
"over the Parke (where I first in my life, it being a great frost, did see people sliding with their skeates"
L&M note: "Evelyn on this day saw skaters performing before the King and Queen and the new canal in St James's Park. Iron and steel skates (together with the word itself) were introduced at this time from Holland."
John Evelyn's Diary, 1662, December 1: "Having seene the strange, and wonderfull dexterity of the sliders on the new Canall in St. James’s park, perform’d by divers Gent: & others with Scheets, after the manner of the Hollanders, with what pernicitie & swiftnesse they passe, how sudainly the<y> stop in full carriere upon the Ice, before their Majesties: I went home by Water but not without exceeding difficultie, the Thames being frozen, greate flakes of yce incompassing our boate:"
"In the 17th century, canal racing on wooden skates with iron blades was popular in the Netherlands. Also in that century, James, the younger son of the British monarch Charles I, came to the Netherlands in exile, he fell for the sport. When he went back to England, this 'new' sport was introduced to the British aristocracy." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_…
About Sunday 30 November 1662
Terry F • Link
"Sir J. Lawson’s having dispatched the business in the Straights, by making peace with Argier, Tunis, and Tripoli"
and more than ever incurring Sandwich's envy!
About Saturday 29 November 1662
Terry F • Link
It seems Sam blamed not his "choice of relations" per se to be his arbitrators for Monday's failed attempt at a conclusion, but his choice of WHICH relations -- having now replaced two of them with another of them and one non-relation -- his cozens Roger Pepys and his brother, Dr. John, with cozen Turner and Mr. Calthrop. So, I misunderstood Sam's Monday declaration, or he reconsidered it since then -- or both!
About Sunday 30 November 1662
Terry F • Link
Of course one of the serious social issues most avoided by the clerics in London during the recent months of 1662, at the pain of the threat of another ready show of force by Monck at the King's behest, is the perilous status of the church itself.
About Sunday 30 November 1662
Terry F • Link
"I to the French church here in the city" in Threadneedle St.
L&M note: "Pepys was fond of practising his French by attending these services."
A modest project in experiential learning: the service is liturgical, ergo predictable, and there are few arcane subjects the straightforward homily will address.
In that respect he and I both know this can reaffirm a learner's confidence from personal experience; in my case it was "German" Catholic and Protestan churches in Germany and the Czech Republic.
In Pepys' case the clerics' job was to conform and avoid controversial issues. But my experience was in 1993, a time of great transition for both countries involved; and to the credit of the clergy homulies/sermons drew from the Lecttionaries (the appointed Scripture readings) lessons for how Christians should deal with the pressing social issues of the day.
In this respect his experience and mine couldn't be more different.
About Algiers
Terry F • Link
“Mole” in the Glossary on this site
http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
About Algiers
Terry F • Link
The Mole of Argier was a main concern of the Diary, beginning 1 February 1661/62 http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
Pedro. on Wed 2 Feb 2005, 9:20 am | Link
“mole of Argier”
The inner harbour was begun in 1518 by Khair-ad-Din Barbarossa (see History, below), who, to accommodate his pirate vessels, caused the island on which was Fort Penon to be connected with the mainland by a mole. The lighthouse which occupies the site of Fort Penon was built in 1544.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algi…
http://14.1911encyclopedia.org/A/…
About Sunday 30 November 1662
Terry F • Link
"fit" -- again; in two senses
1a. To be the proper size and shape for: These shoes fit me. b. To cause to be the proper size and shape: The tailor fitted the trousers by shortening them. c. To measure for proper size: She fitted me for a new jacket. 2. To be appropriate to; suit: music that fits your mood. 3. To be in conformity or agreement with: observations that fit the theory nicely. 4. To make suitable; adapt: fitted the shelves for large books. See synonyms at adapt. 5. To make ready; prepare: Specialized training fitted her for the job. 6. To equip; outfit: fit out a ship. 7. To provide a place or time for: You can’t fit any more toys in the box. The doctor can fit you in today. 8. To insert or adjust so as to be properly in place: fit a handle on a door.
"the fitting of my house" - perhaps 8. or 6.?
"fitted myself for the Duke to-morrow" - surely 5.
About Saturday 29 November 1662
Terry F • Link
"A 'coiffure à la Marmotte' was in fashion"
Sjoerd, this is a fabulous clue to W. Gosnell's real aspiration, which is acting career.