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  • adjective Of or pertaining to Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, famed for his diary kept during the time of the Great Plague of London and Great Fire of London.

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Pepys +‎ -ian

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Examples

  • Thousands of such are included in manuscript collections like the "Pepysian," or printed in the publications of the Roxburghe Club and the Ballad Society.

    A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century 1886

  • The 1639 edition spells the name in the ordinary way, but it may be noted that the Pepysian copy of the broadside ballad (p. 144), begins --

    The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

  • _ -- Your correspondent, J.T. HAMMACK, is not quite correct in stating, No. 9., p. 141., that the modern maps present no trace of the locality of "_Dick Shoare_," mentioned in the Pepysian _Diary_.

    Notes and Queries, Number 14, February 2, 1850 Various

  • As the origin of the name of "Isle of Doggs," according to the Pepysian orthography, is said to be still underdetermined; may it not be connected with the modern term DOCKS?

    Notes and Queries, Number 14, February 2, 1850 Various

  • When away from home the good doctor had to write constantly to apprise Mercy that he was still "pure well;" and in these epistles he records with Pepysian minuteness every incident which was likely to be important at home; how Mr. Scawen had taken him to see the House of Commons, and how Lady Abney carried him out in her coach to Newington; how soon his wrist-bands got soiled in the smoke of

    The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various

  • And finally, I would like to thank the unknown author of the Pepysian Gospel

    The Gospels in Four Part Harmony J. Clontz

  • It is not among the Pepysian, Roxburghe, Wood, or Douce ballads, but perhaps some of your readers may be able to point it out in some public or private collection.

    Notes and Queries, Number 49, October 5, 1850 Various

  • Many of the section headings for this book come from The Pepysian Gospel

    The Gospels in Four Part Harmony J. Clontz

  • He was a droll, vain, erring, bibulous, warm-hearted creature, a good deal of a Pepys, in fact, with all the Pepysian vices and virtues.

    Mince Pie Christopher Morley 1923

  • Not much remains of the ancient buildings, the finest part of the college being the Pepysian library, containing the books of the famous diarist, and many black letter volumes.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

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