Pepysian
- a word derived from Pepys.
Example Sentences
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Marian's letters to papa were a Sunday ritual, and in them she re-created the Washington merry-go-round of her day with Pepysian verve and caustic charm.
From Time Magazine Archive
That the Pepysian collection is at once choice and valuable cannot be disputed; but that access to the same is prompt and facile, is not quite so indisputable.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
According to a manuscript, in the Pepysian Collection, the Henry Grace à Dieu was armed with twenty-one guns and a multitude of smaller pieces.
From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by Holmes, George C. V.
I suppose the other copies to which Mr Chappell refers are like the Pepysian, which begins as he says, ‘Strike up, ye lusty Gallants.’
From Two Suffolk Friends by Groome, Francis Hindes
I went down myself to Magdalene, and saw the copy in the Pepysian Library there.
From Two Suffolk Friends by Groome, Francis Hindes
