Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 23: July/August 1663

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The diary records day-by-day observations of official duties, social engagements, and domestic concerns over two summer months. The diarist blends descriptions of governmental business and parliamentary events with vivid accounts of London social life, legal scandals, maritime matters, and quarrels at home. Entries note weather, meetings, entertainment, and personal anxieties, balancing public reportage with intimate detail to convey the routines, intrigues, and moral judgments that shape city and court life.

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     And so to bed and there entertained her with great content
     Apprehend about one hundred Quakers
     Being cleansed of lice this day by my wife
     Conceited, but that's no matter to me
     Fear it may do him no good, but me hurt
     Fearful that I might not go far enough with my hat off
     He having made good promises, though I fear his performance
     My wife has got too great head to be brought down soon
     So much is it against my nature to owe anything to any body
     Sporting in my fancy with the Queen
     Things being dear and little attendance to be had we went away
     Towzing her and doing what I would, but the last thing of all. . . .