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THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS. VOL. VI: 1665,
Broach a barrel of oysters, call for sack-be merry, mighty merry! To read Samuel Pepys again in this new edition is a celebration.
March 17, 1666, Pepys commissioned his portrait from the painter John Hayls in Westminster: "I sit to have it full of shadows, and do almost break my neck looking over my shoulder to make the posture for him to work by." The portrait survives. The deep-cut frown line marks...
On June 7, 1665, "Much against my Will, I did in Drury-lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross upon the doors, and 'Lord have mercy upon us' writ there"-for it was the year of the Great Plague, when between a quarter and...
HAROLD NICOLSON: THE LATER YEARS, 1945-1962, VOL. Ill OF DIARIES AND LETTERS, edited by Nigel Nicolson. This third and final installment of Author-Politician Nicolson's sprightly and candid reminiscences clinches his position as the brightest British diarist since Pepys.