...almost every time that I take a pen in my hand; and, therefore, whatever comes of it, I must forbear: and, therefore, resolve, from this time forward, to have it kept by my people in long-hand, and must therefore be contented to set down no more than is fit for them and all the world to know; or, if there...

...henceforward, owing to his failure of eyesight, it would have to be kept by his people in longhand, who would "set down no more than is fit for them and all the world to know." We must remember too that in later life, *One of these is reproduced in Mynors Bright's edition of...

...almost every time that I take a pen in my hand; and, therefore, whatever comes of it, I must forbear; and, therefore, resolve from this time forward to...the world to know; or if there be anything, I must endeavor to keep a margin in my book open, to add here and there a note in short-hand with my own hand....

...almost every time that I take a pen in my hand; and, therefore, whatever conies of it, I must forbear; and, therefore, resolve from this time forward to...the world to know; or if there be anything, I must endeavor to keep a margin in my book open, to add here and there a note in short-hand with my own hand....

...henceforward, owing to his failure of eyesight, it would have to be kept by his people in longhand, who would "set down no more than is fit for them and all the world to know." We must remember too that in later life, * One of these is reproduced in Mynors Bright's edition of...

...disclose himself in a diary after the manner of Pepys. Little did Pepys dream, when writing that he " must be contented to set down no more than is fit for them [his family] and all the world to know," that in one hundred years his secrets would be published,...

...almost every time that I take a pen in my hand ; and therefore whatever comes of it I must forbear ; and therefore resolve, from this time forward, to...and all the world to know ; or if there be anything, which cannot be much, now my amours are past, and my eyes hindering me in almost all other pleasures,...

...pen in my hand; and therefore whatever comes of it I must forbear; and therefore resolve, from this in longhand, and must be contented to set down no...and all the world to know; or if there be anything, which cannot be much, now my amours are past, and my eyes hindering me in almost all other pleasures,...

...almost every time that I take a pen in my hand ; and, therefore, whatever comes of it, I must forbear : and, therefore, resolve, from this time forward, to...for them and all the world to know ; or, if there be any thing, I must endeavour to keep a margin in my book open, to add, here and there, a note in short-hand...

...almost every time that I take a pen in my hand ; and, therefore, whatever comes of it, I must forbear : and, therefore, resolve, from this time forward, to have it kept by my people in long hand, and must therefore be contented to set down no more than is fit for them and all the world...