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* HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: Pepys conceals many of his more indiscreet entries behind a deliberate word salad of Latin, French, and Spanish.
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* HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier: Pepys conceals many of his more indiscreet entries behind a deliberate word salad of Latin, French, and Spanish. The effectiveness is debatable; it quickly becomes obvious what's going on when Pepys meets a woman and proceeds to code the next few phrases.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Pepys with his neighbor and colleague Sir William Pen (father of the namesake for Pennsylvania), whose "falsenesse and impertinencies... would make a man mad to think of", and who at least once had his chamberpot emptied on Pepys' roof. Pepys at one point endeavors to establish an amicable relationship (mainly for professional reasons, as Pen was in a position to further Pepys' interests), which holds for a while but ultimately falls through.
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* SpeakIllOfTheDead: "Newes this day from Brampton, of Mr. Ensum, my sister’s sweetheart, being dead: a clowne."
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* PlaguedByNightmares: Following the Great Fire Samuel notes numerous occasions where his sleep is disturbed by dreams of fire and falling buildings.
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* DomesticAbuse: Occasionally, in one of the uglier instances of ValuesDissonance. At one point Catherine Pepys receives a black eye and Samuel has to connive to keep her out of sight for s few days. For her part Catherine isn't above "biting and scratching"; at one point she even menaces him with red-hot pincers, accusing him of being unfaithful (ironically he certainly was, just not in that particular instance).
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* DirtyBusiness: At one point Pepys is asked to help ship out freshly "pressed", i.e. forcefully recruited, men. He's deeply troubled by the practice, calling it technically unlawful and even "a tyranny", and sorrowfully notes the grief it's causing and will cause the mens' loved ones. But they're out of money to pay sailors, their war with the Dutch is going badly and ships need manning, so it's deemed necessary.
* DomesticAbuse: Occasionally, in one of the uglier instances of ValuesDissonance. At one point Catherine Pepys receives a black eye and Samuel has to connive to keep her out of sight fors a few days. For her part Catherine isn't above "biting and scratching"; at one point she even menaces him with red-hot pincers, accusing him of being unfaithful (ironically he certainly was, just not in that particular instance).
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** He attends a Catholic mass out of curiosity at one point and notes thoughtfully that it's really not all that different from a Church of England service (and finds the music pleasant).
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** He mentions meeting with a "German Princess" currently under trial for faking her identity and bigamy, whose innocence and good character he defends. This woman was Mary Moders/Carleton, who was indeed eventually convicted (after an initial acquittal) as a serial fraudster, exiled to Jamaica, and ultimately hanged upon sneaking back.
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* DomesticAbuse: Occasionally, in one of the uglier instances of ValuesDissonance. At one point Catherine Pepys receives a black eye and Samuel has to connive to keep her out of sight for s few days. For her part Catherine isn't above "biting and scratching"; at one point she even menaces him with red-hot pincers, accusing him of being unfaithful (ironically he certainly was, just not in that particular instance).
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* BileFascination: At one point during the Great Plague Pepys goes for a walk, noting with some guilt that he's curious "whether I could see any dead corps going to the grave".
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* ApocalypticLog: The diary slips into this when the Great Fire of London breaks out in September of 1666. Pepys is indeed the first to brief the king and court on the severity of the danger, and chronicles the mass-evacuations, the attempts to control the blaze, and the anxiety over the possibility it was started deliberately by foreign agents.
** His entries during the Great Plague shortly beforehand could also count, albeit less dramatically. Ironically the period marks a high point in Pepys' life and career, a contradiction that he himself remarks upon.
** His entries during the Great Plague shortly beforehand could also count, albeit less dramatically. Ironically the period marks a high point in Pepys' life and career, a contradiction that he himself remarks upon.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: In an often-censored passage of the diary, Pepys records reading an early erotic novel called ''L'Escole des Filles'' (The School of Venus) and masturbating to it; he promptly burned the book after reading it.
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Samuel Pepys (pronounced 'peeps') (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was a 17th Century English civil servant who is famous for keeping a remarkably frank daily diary between 1 January 1660 and 31 May 1669 (this was perhaps not as dangerous as it sounds, as the diary was written in a form of shorthand most people could not read, and it wasn't translated into plain English until over a century after his death). The diary is an exhaustive record of everything he thought noteworthy, from important historical events like the Great Fire of London to the plays he watched, the meals he ate, and the other people's wives he slept with.
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Samuel Pepys (pronounced 'peeps') (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was a 17th Century English civil servant who is famous for keeping a remarkably frank daily diary between 1 January 1660 and 31 May 1669 (this was perhaps not as dangerous as it sounds, as the diary was written in a form of shorthand most people could not read, and it wasn't translated into plain English until over a century after his death). The diary is an exhaustive record of everything he thought noteworthy, from important historical events like the Great Fire of London to the plays he watched, the meals he ate, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the other people's wives he slept with.
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* PottyFailure:
** October 20, 1660: Pepys discovers that the cistern of his neighbor's outhouse is full when he goes down to his own cellar, steps in "a great heap of turds", and finds it leaking through the wall.
** October 20, 1660: Pepys discovers that the cistern of his neighbor's outhouse is full when he goes down to his own cellar, steps in "a great heap of turds", and finds it leaking through the wall.
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** October 20, 1660: Pepys discovers that the cistern of his neighbor's outhouse is full when he goes down to his own cellar, steps in "a great heap of turds", and finds it leaking through the wall.PottyEmergency:
** October 20, 1660: Pepys discovers that the cistern of his neighbor's outhouse is full when he goes down to his own cellar, steps in "a great heap of turds", and finds it leaking through the wall.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: In an often-censored passage of the diary, Pepys records reading an early erotic novel called ''L'Escole des Filles'' (The School of Venus) and masturbating to it; he promptly burned the book after reading it.
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* HypeBacklash: Invoked. Pepys writes that he saw ''Theatre/HenryIV'', "but my expectation being too great, it did not please me, as otherwise I believe it would."
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Samuel Pepys (pronounced 'peeps') (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was a 17th Century English civil servant who is famous for keeping a remarkably frank daily {{diary}} between 1 January 1660 and 31 May 1669 (this was perhaps not as dangerous as it sounds, as the diary was written in a form of shorthand most people could not read, and it wasn't translated into plain English until over a century after his death). The diary is an exhaustive record of everything he thought noteworthy, from important historical events like the Great Fire of London to the plays he watched, the meals he ate, and the other people's wives he slept with.
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Samuel Pepys (pronounced 'peeps') (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was a 17th Century English civil servant who is famous for keeping a remarkably frank daily {{diary}} diary between 1 January 1660 and 31 May 1669 (this was perhaps not as dangerous as it sounds, as the diary was written in a form of shorthand most people could not read, and it wasn't translated into plain English until over a century after his death). The diary is an exhaustive record of everything he thought noteworthy, from important historical events like the Great Fire of London to the plays he watched, the meals he ate, and the other people's wives he slept with.
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* RiddleForTheAges: If Pepys later retrieved the expensive Parmesan cheese he buried during the Great Fire, he never mentioned doing so.
