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I to dinner with Mr. Waight to his father-in-law's in Greenwich---one of the most silly, harmless, prating old men that ever I heard in my life. -- … pepys/165

And after dinner I put on my new silk Camelott Sute, the best that ever I wore in my life, the suit costing me above 24l. That done, we walked to Cornehill, … pepys/150

Among other things they [the old men of Trinity house] observed that there are but two seamen in the Parliament house, _viz._, Sir W. Batten and Sir W. … pepys/110

But even if change is inevitable, that portion of change that is the result of human thought and decision is susceptible to moral evaluation. Change is … dalrymple/11