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Samuel Pepys [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… 2). In 1660, much of his time was spent in alehouses and taverns, meeting fellow clerks and local City officeholders. Drinking and gaming were fun ways to pass the time, but Pepys was also collecting news to send to his patron Mountagu, … his position if he indulged in them too much, such as repeated trips to the theatre with his wife or friends; wine-drinking; and making sexual advances to women and girls. Pepys’s concern about these types of social pursuit was less … Historians have noted that, over the course of his diary, Pepys took to socializing less in drinking houses and preferred to entertain at home, a practice he saw as more likely to win him esteem. 3 Following much …
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Gifts and Gift-giving [ Politics & Society / Furniture & Interior decoration / Social interaction ]
… Tent, & Parmosant Cheeses’. 5 Pepys was also given ‘Chests of Florence Wine and Boxes of Orange Flower Water’ 6 and drinking vessels. He accepted two flaggons and recorded that they made ‘a fine sight and better than ever I did hope to …
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