Tag Archives: Samuel Pepys

pepys: royal ambivalence

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Dave

Samuel Pepys’s diary: the long and the short and curlies of Restoration England in all its glories of sex, scandal,fires, plagues, naval disasters and marital discords. His diary spared no one, least of all, himself…. The general informality of government … Continue reading →

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A world of bygones

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Dave

The world of Samuel Pepys. There is nothing quite like his account of Restoration England. Sex, Sundays, and Scandals; fires,plagues, and office politics; naval disasters and marital discords- his diary told all and spared no one, including himself… To the … Continue reading →

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the era of ages

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Dave

The world of Samuel Pepys. There is nothing quite like his account of Restoration England. Sex. Sundays, and scandals; fires, plagues, and office politics; naval disasters and marital discords- his diary told all and spared no one, including himself… The … Continue reading →

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the well masked person: avoiding nature’s product

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Dave

Face to face. Not satisfied with nature’s product? Unsympathetic to your reflection in the mirror? Looking for more than artistry or resemblance? How about a mask? A holy picture of your inner self, to better align that precise, albeit mistaken … Continue reading →

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shelter of a “false face”

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Dave

In our own puerile way we sometimes take sanctuary behind impenetrable eyeglasses. For years, old and young have been wearing dark spectacles at all waking hours and in the gloomiest of places. And there are always men who rediscover another … Continue reading →

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make yourself a face

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Dave

“God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” So said Hamlet- and not a bad idea at that, If you want to look winsome, or gruesome, but in any case awesome, here are a few pointers… “The … Continue reading →

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dual diction

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Dave

The massive, gossipy Journal of the Goncourt brothers is one of the longest, most absorbing, and perhaps the most enlightening diary in European literature. It is the brilliantly observed, vividly recorded details that make the essential merit of the Goncourt … Continue reading →

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according to hoyle: dicing on the card sharpers

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Dave

In Las Vegas, the hotel windows are always locked to prevent jumping. Samuel Pepy’s was one of the first to articulate the phenomenon, calling it “deep gaming”, a kind of instinct deep rooted based on the idea, counter to Einstein, … Continue reading →

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subtle slavery: transmsission of property and commodity

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Dave

Sir Robert Walpole, England’s eighteenth-century prime minister, lived in great splendor, In 1733, his household consumed over a thousand bottles of white Lisbon wine, merely one variety among the scores in the cellar. Every week oysters came in by the … Continue reading →

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SELF RESTRAINT TO SELF INDULGENCE

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Dave

”If Horace Walpole was right—that the world is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel—the English were the most thoughtful people in the world. They were polite and considerate, not pushy or boastful; the … Continue reading →