The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn
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| Author | : Margaret Willes |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 351 |
| Release | : 2017-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780300221398 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0300221398 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn by : Margaret Willes
Book excerpt: Introduction: curiouser and curiouser -- 'The world do not grow old at all' -- Two worlds -- The decade of the diaries -- Prodigious revolutions -- 'Even private families are ... the best of governments' -- Private lives -- 'I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure' -- Take nobody's word for it -- Pleasure above all things -- Hortulan affairs -- Exotic extravagances -- The affection which we have to books -- Epilogue: and so to bed -- Appendix: the true domestick intelligence
