Anna’s Reviews > The Diary of Samuel Pepys > Status Update
Anna
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The Great Plague is well underway. 12th August 1665: 'The people die so, that now it seems they are fain to carry the dead to be buried by daylight, the nights not sufficing to do it in. And my Lord Mayor commands people to be within at 9 at night, all (as they say) that the sick may have liberty to go abroad for ayre.'
— Sep 03, 2025 04:17PM
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Anna
is on page 626 of 1096
'The King was mightily pleased by this news and so took me by the hand and talked a little of it...' Pepys has come a long way.
— Sep 09, 2025 01:11PM
Anna
is on page 344 of 1096
I do enjoy Pepys' bitchy comments. My favourite insult so far is 'bragging Bufflehead'.
— Sep 01, 2025 01:02PM
Anna
is on page 226 of 1096
'...then to the King's Theatre, where we saw Midsummers Nights Dreame, which I have never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that I ever saw in my life.' Pepys is a harsh theatre critic!
— Aug 27, 2025 01:48PM
Anna
is on page 182 of 1096
'...thence to the Opera and there saw Romeo and Julett, the first time it was ever acted. But it is the play of itself the worst that ever I heard in my life, and the worst acted that that ever I saw these people do...'
— Aug 27, 2025 11:23AM
