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...trouble to him. He died and left five small children behind him; viz three sons and two daughters. His widow afterwards married with Mr. Charles Dimock, a younger brother of that ancient family, of the Dimocks of Willeton. He had no knowledge in husbandry, and his whole delight was in drinking; not as some drunkards plead, for company’s sake, but for the sake of drink....

...troubled that some part of it, indeed the greatest part, I am not able to understand for want of study’ (UK RED: 14405). But he was also an extensive reader, his encounters with text covering the full spectrum of genres and forms of print available in the seventeenth century. Pepys delighted in reading plays, both to himself, and in the company of friends and family....

...troubles and so on – he lived and worked in turbulent times with constant political and religious turmoil in the Netherlands. What to look for in a painting The subject matter is an obvious starting point and the title tells the viewer quite a lot. Although a variety of activities may be taking place, the way the figures and objects relate to each other (foreground,...