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Samuel Pepys

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noun

  1. English diarist whose diary contained detailed descriptions of 17th century disasters in England (1633-1703)

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With humor and grace, this sheepherder, who collected books on Samuel Pepys, tells more about sheep dogs, sheep nature, and sheepherder life than any other writer I know.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
Frankest and shrewdest among men of brains who have given to the world their inmost thoughts, old Samuel Pepys, pauses in the midst of conferences with Kings and Princes to record that "I did send for a cup of tea (a China Drink) of which I had never drank before."
Francis H. Leggett & Co.Tea LeavesProject Gutenberg ebook #3452