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Marriage
To church in the morning, and there saw a wedding in the church, which I have not seen many a day; and the young people so merry one with another, and strange to see what delight we married people have to these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and woman gazing and smiling at them. -
Diary, December 25, 1665.
Original Sin Up and with my wife to church, where Mr. Mills made an unnecessary sermon on Original Sin, neither understood by himself, nor the people. -
Diary, February 10, 1667
A Midsummer Night's Dream
This day my oaths of drinking wine and going to plays are out, and so I do resolve to take a liberty to-day, and then to fall to them again. To the King's Theatre, where we saw "Midsummer's Night's Dream," which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life. I saw, I confess, some good dancing and some handsome women, which was all my pleasure. -
Diary, September 29, 1662. (emphasis
added)
To the Duke's house, and there saw Mackbeth most excellently acted, and a most excellent play for variety. -
Diary, December 28, 1666
... thence to the Duke's house and saw Macbeth; which though I saw it lately, yet appears a most excellent play in all respects, but especially in divertisement, though it be a deep tragedy; which is a strange perfection in a tragedy, it being most proper here and suitable. -
Diary, January 7, 1667
The whole story of this Lady is a romance, and all she doth is romantic. Her footmen in velvet coats, and herself in an antique dress, as they say; and was the other day at her own play, The Humourous Lovers; the most ridiculous thing that ever was wrote, but yet she and her Lord mightily pleased with it, and she at the end made her respect to the players from her box and did give them thanks. -
Diary, April 11, 1667
- Diary,
January 3, 1668.
Living
in
the Moment - Diary,
March 10, 1666
The
Plague - Diary, June 17, 1665
Abstaining from the Drink But thanks be to God, since my leaving drinking of wine, I do find myself much better and to mind my business better and to spend less money, and less time lost in idle company. - Diary,
26 January 1662
On Pleasure, Music, and Women I do still see that my nature is not to be quite conquered, but will esteem pleasure above all things, though yet in the middle of it, it has reluctances after my business, which is neglected by my following my pleasure. However musique and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is. - Diary, March 9, 1665
On Feasting ....and strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody. - Diary, November 9, 1665
On Wigs And it is a wonder what will be the fashion after the plague is done as to periwigs, for nobody will dare to buy any haire for fear of the infection - that it had been cut off the heads of people dead of the plague. - Diary, September 3, 1665
The End of the World Great talk among people how some of the Fanatiques do say that the end of the world is at hand, and that next Tuesday is to be the day. Against which, whenever it shall be, good God fit us all! - Diary, November 25, 1662
On Marrying the Wench ....my Lord told me that among his father's many old sayings that he had wrote in a book of his, this is one— that he that do get a wench with child and marry her afterwards is as if a man should ---- in his hat and then clap it on his head. - Diary,
October 7, 1660
On Money But it is pretty to see what money will do. - Diary, March 21, 1666.
After that to a bookseller's and bought for the love of the binding three books. - Diary,
May 15, 1660.
- Diary, July 8, 1660.
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