I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not, for my content-sake, give it.

Samuel Pepys

Read The Diary of Samuel Pepys at Project Gutenberg

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Topic

Conflict in marriage

Author

Samuel Pepys

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1668 1660s 17th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Pepys, Samuel. Diary entry. 17 June 1668.

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Topic
Nature of love Love
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Author

John Dryden
Source
Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1669 1660s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Dryden, John. Tyrannick Love, or The Royal Martyr. Performed by Nell Gwyn and Margaret Hughes and Michael Mohun and Charles Hart and Rebecca Marshall and William Cartwright. King's Company, 1669, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Tyrannick Love." The Works of John Dryden, edited by Maximillian E. Nozak and George R. Guffey. Vol. 10, University of California, 1970.