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Definition of Samuel Pepys
1. Noun. English diarist whose diary contained detailed descriptions of 17th century disasters in England (1633-1703).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Samuel Pepys
Literary usage of Samuel Pepys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Pleasant discourse with friend Samuel Pepys or chance acquaintance upon topics
grave or gay, trivial or weighty, is as sure to be recorded as important ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1894)
"FEW men are better known than Samuel Pepys. For eight years of his life he has
recorded with unblushing frankness all he did and all he thought. ..."
3. English Lands, Letters and Kings by Donald Grant Mitchell (1890)
"enamelled snuff-box, with dirty pictures within the lid. Samuel Pepys. I had
occasion just now to speak of the Pepys Diary, ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Pleasant discourse with friend Samuel Pepys or chance acquaintance upon topics
grave or gay, trivial or weighty, is as sure to be recorded as important ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1894)
"FEW men are better known than Samuel Pepys. For eight years of his life he has
recorded with unblushing frankness all he did and all he thought. ..."
6. English Lands, Letters and Kings by Donald Grant Mitchell (1890)
"enamelled snuff-box, with dirty pictures within the lid. Samuel Pepys. I had
occasion just now to speak of the Pepys Diary, ..."
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