...with considerable regret that we find him saying :— ' And thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever be able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my journal,...I being not able to do it any longer, having done so now so long, as to undo my eyes almost every time that I take my pen in hand, and, therefore, whatever...

...combining medium, is very amusing. Ibid. p. 347. 1669. And thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever be able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my journal,...being not able to do it any longer, having done now BO long as to undo my eyes almost every time that I take a pen in my hand; and therefore, whatever...

...drinking-house by the Park ; and there merry, and so home late. And thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever be able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my Journal,...I take a pen in my hand ; and, therefore, whatever eomes of it, I must forbear : and, ' See 8th February; 1662-3. 182 DIARY OP SAMUEL PEPYS. [31st May,...

...thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever be able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my journall, I being not able to do it any longer, having done...therefore, whatever comes of it, I must forbear. . . . And so I betake myself to that course, which is almost as much as to see myself go into my grave ; for...

...drinking-house by the Park, and there merry, and so home late. And thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever ta able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my journal,...long as to undo my eyes almost every time that I take my pen in hand ; and therefore whatever comes of it I must forbear, and therefore resolve from this...

...drinking-house by the Park, and there merry, and so home late. And thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever be able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my Journal,...long as to undo my eyes almost every time that I take my pen in hand ; and therefore whatever comes of it I must forbear; and therefore resolve from this...

...drinking-house by the Park, and there merry, and so home late. And thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever be able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my Journal,...long as to undo my eyes almost every time that I take my pen in hand ; and therefore whatever comes of it I must forbear ; and therefore resolve from this...

...of devices for conveying messages secretly, some of them bearing a close resemblance to Shorthand. to do it any longer, having done now so long as to...therefore, whatever comes of it, I must forbear, and resolve from this time forward to have it kept by my people in longhand, and must be contented to set...

...was obliged, from defective vision, to discontinue his daily task. In his last entry he says : — "Thus ends all that I doubt I shall be ever able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my journal ; and, therefore, whatever comes of it I must forbear, and therefore resolve, from this time forward,...

...May, 1669, he wrote the last words in his Diary : — "And thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever be able to do with my own eyes in the keeping of my Journal,...being not able to do it any longer, having done now as long as to undo my eyes almost every time that I take a pen in my hand." He feared blindness and...