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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

Far from confirming this impression, the unexpurgated diary shows Greville as extremely scrupulous�too scrupulous�in omitting just this kind of Pepysian gossip.

From Time Magazine Archive

I may add, in conclusion, that several beautiful drawings of the Tradescant monument in Lambeth churchyard are preserved in the Pepysian library.

From Notes and Queries, Number 79, May 3, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

Some parts of the original building are preserved, but the most notable portion of the college is the Pepysian library, dating c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various

These were in the main recovered by recitation, although there is a broadside copy of the ballad in the Pepysian collection at Cambridge.

From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee