Gerald Berg has posted 413 annotations/comments since 4 March 2013.
19 Mar 2021, 5:13 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Right.
"he doubts they will not do it"
I think this is what threw me off the sense. It still does!
18 Mar 2021, 4:31 p.m. - Gerald Berg
"they will not do it so as to be seasonable for the King:"
Seasonable? I thought I knew what it meant but maybe not.
16 Mar 2021, 6:16 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Brings a couple of idle questions to mind.
Does Pepys name drop while hazer conning?
Also, is the hazer con all in shorthand or spelt out? If spelt out I could concur with L.H. about the added titillation WR to a foreign language (A Fish Called Wanda comes to mind - albeit Russian). But if the racy bits are in short hand, interpretation (for us) would be extra difficult I would think.
15 Mar 2021, 3:03 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Extraordinary story Sarah!
14 Mar 2021, 4:19 p.m. - Gerald Berg
"not over well, her breast being broke out with heat, which troubles her, "
This doesn't sound good...
12 Mar 2021, 7:05 p.m. - Gerald Berg
I have not seen an 180 degree turn on an entry interpretation in the annotations until today! Happy weeding Kew.
2 Mar 2021, 3:01 p.m. - Gerald Berg
"especially the hectors and bravadoes of the House..."
It this a description or a turn of phrase?
23 Feb 2021, 5:46 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Musurgia: Ah, for the times when the devil was in the tritone and equal temperament hadn't compromised our ear with immoral sounds!
22 Feb 2021, 4:42 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Thanks Glyn. I was envisaging pigs.
18 Feb 2021, 4:06 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Pimp/procurer/spy-- which intelligence was really valued by Chuck?-- "Lord Arlington’s, in giving him 10,000l. and a barony for it."
11 Feb 2021, 6:37 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Class. If I understand correctly -- as a Lord you are a procurer but as a plebeian you would be a pimp. Or is it that anyone working on behalf of a King is automatically a procurer? Is this us allowing language to work against us or our prejudices bolstering societal constraints?
10 Feb 2021, 10:45 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Always wondered why I my books embarrass me.
1 Feb 2021, 5:58 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Thanks Terry, but I think I'll skip that particular hymn.
20 Jan 2021, 7:28 p.m. - Gerald Berg
I see in the portrait of Buckingham by Lely that he doesn't look anything like Chas. girlfriends!
14 Jan 2021, 4:55 p.m. - Gerald Berg
I always thought a murder/spy mystery set in that state of the art rope yard a great idea. Colour is now being added. Walk on parts galore.
14 Jan 2021, 4:47 p.m. - Gerald Berg
And to Batman! Hilarious, Stephane.
13 Jan 2021, 5:25 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Pepys uses 'foul' for weather also.
13 Jan 2021, 5:23 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Hopefully there is some wisdom somewhere in that particular Psalm other than a scamming of parishioners with monied piety?
13 Jan 2021, 4:55 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Of course, we shouldn't forget that Chas. seemed to have had a 'type' of woman in mind so, not entirely Lely's fault.
12 Jan 2021, 6:08 p.m. - Gerald Berg
Just the same painter-- mediocre Peter Lely. Chuck's fav.
Right. "he doubts they will not do it" I think this is what threw me off the sense. It still does!
"they will not do it so as to be seasonable for the King:" Seasonable? I thought I knew what it meant but maybe not.
Brings a couple of idle questions to mind. Does Pepys name drop while hazer conning? Also, is the hazer con all in shorthand or spelt out? If spelt out I could concur with L.H. about the added titillation WR to a foreign language (A Fish Called Wanda comes to mind - albeit Russian). But if the racy bits are in short hand, interpretation (for us) would be extra difficult I would think.
Extraordinary story Sarah!
"not over well, her breast being broke out with heat, which troubles her, " This doesn't sound good...
I have not seen an 180 degree turn on an entry interpretation in the annotations until today! Happy weeding Kew.
"especially the hectors and bravadoes of the House..." It this a description or a turn of phrase?
Musurgia: Ah, for the times when the devil was in the tritone and equal temperament hadn't compromised our ear with immoral sounds!
Thanks Glyn. I was envisaging pigs.
Pimp/procurer/spy-- which intelligence was really valued by Chuck?-- "Lord Arlington’s, in giving him 10,000l. and a barony for it."
Class. If I understand correctly -- as a Lord you are a procurer but as a plebeian you would be a pimp. Or is it that anyone working on behalf of a King is automatically a procurer? Is this us allowing language to work against us or our prejudices bolstering societal constraints?
Always wondered why I my books embarrass me.
Thanks Terry, but I think I'll skip that particular hymn.
I see in the portrait of Buckingham by Lely that he doesn't look anything like Chas. girlfriends!
I always thought a murder/spy mystery set in that state of the art rope yard a great idea. Colour is now being added. Walk on parts galore.
And to Batman! Hilarious, Stephane.
Pepys uses 'foul' for weather also.
Hopefully there is some wisdom somewhere in that particular Psalm other than a scamming of parishioners with monied piety?
Of course, we shouldn't forget that Chas. seemed to have had a 'type' of woman in mind so, not entirely Lely's fault.
Just the same painter-- mediocre Peter Lely. Chuck's fav.