Amazing to think that Don Quixote has already entered the European (or was it only the British) imagination as modelling for the ridiculous. Even more amazing that it remains so today!
"as they come into my mind now, I shall set down without order"
So in the never ending discussion on the reasons Pepy's keeps his diary; himself or public. Does this phrase indicate a record setting event for others to read?
Maybe compass is range but I feel more likely to do with pitch. Brass instruments of the time could only play one harmonic series (key) at any one time. To change keys required changing crooks. Not so with string instruments. Hence compass. Brass will always have a limited range compared to strings. Then as now.
A wink is good as a nod to a blind bat. The domestic bliss is more like the quiet before a storm.
After fantasizing about 17 yo Deb Willet for 2 days Pepys is sated from anticipation. Deb is the staked goat and two different predators are stalking two different sorts of meals.
Paul C brings up a good point. Writing in plain English may induce circumspection rather than candour. Perhaps shorthand allowed Pepys a little more freedom? A bit like Beckett writing in French.
Speaking of candour, I was always wondering whether Pepys pidgin Latin/French/Spanish liaison tidbits were written in full or, shorthand?
"I was loveable, Jocie was loveable, the Senator was loveable, the days were loveable, the nights were loveable, and everybody was loveable - except, of course, my mother."
"all that pains should have been taken upon so bad an instrument."
So says the flageolet player...
Is this the same Nell that Sam dallied with in his home just weeks ago? And she's a gossip? Sounds very risky. A parting shot as she scoots out the door to ruin both boss' day?
So much for SP's correcting his nature! His are not thought 'crimes' but rather the opposite and an illustration of what was wrong with the friar's formulation Moore was writing about. Pepy's thought was to correct his nature -- not worth much more than that it seems. Failure being the norm.
Comments
About Sunday 1 December 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
With such nice gilding -- cuckold in Scotland. I suppose the detail makes it easier to believe.
About Friday 29 November 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
Amazing to think that Don Quixote has already entered the European (or was it only the British) imagination as modelling for the ridiculous. Even more amazing that it remains so today!
About Thursday 21 November 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
Spiders do fly on gossammer wings.
About Tuesday 5 November 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
Yes SDS the preferred way to not hear from anybody again is to have them owe you money. Works mostly, I can attest. The reverse? Never.
About Monday 28 October 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
"as they come into my mind now, I shall set down without order"
So in the never ending discussion on the reasons Pepy's keeps his diary; himself or public. Does this phrase indicate a record setting event for others to read?
About Thursday 24 October 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
Maybe compass is range but I feel more likely to do with pitch. Brass instruments of the time could only play one harmonic series (key) at any one time. To change keys required changing crooks. Not so with string instruments. Hence compass. Brass will always have a limited range compared to strings. Then as now.
About Wednesday 23 October 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
Mighty merry for 15 minutes! Me, hilarious.
About Thursday 17 October 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
chops!
Origin
Late Middle English variant of chap.
About Sunday 29 September 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
A wink is good as a nod to a blind bat. The domestic bliss is more like the quiet before a storm.
After fantasizing about 17 yo Deb Willet for 2 days Pepys is sated from anticipation. Deb is the staked goat and two different predators are stalking two different sorts of meals.
About Friday 27 September 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
Liz's game? Suspicions needing confirmation IMHO. Look out Deb, both of them are using you.
About Friday 13 September 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
Does Mrs. Lowther’s bloodied nose have a play in this affair? Pepys is made uncomfortable:
“which made me I could not look upon her with any pleasure”
That the coachman cursed implies brotherly collusion with the boss. ie habitual.
As for the cauldrons- how much money we talking? Didn’t sound like much to me.
And why the:
“for I believe we shall be glad to sell them for less“
Sam happy with less?
About Monday 2 September 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
"...and there I was witness of a horrid rateing."
Hooray for the King's help and their linen recompense!
About Tuesday 27 August 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
So said Churchill who looks like a toad but drank like a fish.
About Tuesday 27 August 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
Paul C brings up a good point. Writing in plain English may induce circumspection rather than candour. Perhaps shorthand allowed Pepys a little more freedom? A bit like Beckett writing in French.
Speaking of candour, I was always wondering whether Pepys pidgin Latin/French/Spanish liaison tidbits were written in full or, shorthand?
About Monday 26 August 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
Debt/sex along side desperation can only lead to Britannia ruling the waves?
The fear, the remorse! So exciting!
About Wednesday 7 August 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
Noble? All this time I thought we were lovable!
"I was loveable, Jocie was loveable, the Senator was loveable, the days were loveable, the nights were loveable, and everybody was loveable - except, of course, my mother."
Raymond Shaw
Manchurian Candidate
About Monday 5 August 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
"all that pains should have been taken upon so bad an instrument."
So says the flageolet player...
Is this the same Nell that Sam dallied with in his home just weeks ago? And she's a gossip? Sounds very risky. A parting shot as she scoots out the door to ruin both boss' day?
About Tuesday 30 July 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
More unreliable and most confusing gossip! Thanks SP. TF most cool about Cooling.
About Monday 29 July 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
Yes, gossip high and low. Am I mistaken in the impression that the gossip Pepy's relays is (most days) largely erroneous?
About Saturday 20 July 1667
Gerald Berg • Link
So much for SP's correcting his nature! His are not thought 'crimes' but rather the opposite and an illustration of what was wrong with the friar's formulation Moore was writing about. Pepy's thought was to correct his nature -- not worth much more than that it seems. Failure being the norm.