marriage, that blessed arrangement, that dream within a dream

Aug 26, 2015 20:35

From Pepys' diary:

I went away […] to my Lord’s lodgings, where my brother Tom and Dr. Thomas Pepys were to speak with me. So I walked with them in the garden, and was very angry with them both for their going out of town without my knowledge; but they told me the business, which was to see a gentlewoman for a wife for Tom, of Mr. Cooke’s ( Read more... )

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eglantine_br August 27 2015, 02:50:48 UTC
I heard that title in the voice. Made my night.

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tempestsarekind August 27 2015, 03:54:08 UTC
Glad to be of help. :)

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