The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn

The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 351
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ISBN-10 : 9780300221398
ISBN-13 : 0300221398
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Book Synopsis The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn by : Margaret Willes

Download or read book The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn written by Margaret Willes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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


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