 | 1912 - Страниц: 462
...tried to reform the customs attached to it. though with but "This morning came up to my wife's bedroom little Will Mercer to be her valentine, and brought...letters, done by himself very pretty; and we were both well-pleased with it." This was the origin of the modern valentine, whether it consists only of a card... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - 1923 - Страниц: 366
...chamber and to supper and to bed. This morning come up to my wife's bedside, I being up dressing myself, little Will Mercer to be her Valentine; and brought...very pretty; and we were both well pleased with it. But I am also this year my wife's Valentine, and it will cost me £5; but that I must have laid out... | |
 | Walter Taylor Field - 1925 - Страниц: 362
...Englishman, writing in his diary on Valentine's Day in the year 1666, said: "This morning came up to my wife little Will Mercer, to be her valentine, and brought her name writ upon blue paper in gold letters, very pretty; and we were both well pleased with it. ... I find also that Mrs. Pierce's little girl... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1926 - Страниц: 1258
...chamber and to supper and to bed. This morning come up to my wife's bedside, I being up dressing myself, little Will Mercer to be her Valentine ; and brought...very pretty; and we were both well pleased with it. But I am also this year my wife's Valentine, and it will cost me ^5; but that I must have laid out... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1926 - Страниц: 652
...being in treaty with the Dutch. This morning come up to my wife's bedside, I being up dressing myself, little Will Mercer to be her Valentine; and brought...very pretty; and we were both well pleased with it. But I am also this year my wife's Valentine, and it will cost me £5; but that I must have laid out... | |
 | 1923 - Страниц: 748
...as if from another planet. "This morning came up to my wife's bedside, I being up dressing myself, little Will Mercer to be her Valentine; and brought...paper in gold letters, done by himself, very pretty. . . ." Mr. Samuel Pepys's Diary. To-morrow is S. Valentine's day, All in the morning betime, And I... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1997 - Страниц: 820
...Secretary to the Embassy. This morning come up to my wife's bedside, I being up dressing myself, litde Will Mercer to be her Valentine; and brought her name...very pretty; and we were both well pleased with it. But I am also this year my wife's Valentine, and it will cost me ^5; but that I must have laid out... | |
 | Terri Doughty - 2004 - Страниц: 188
...valentine. J-'eb. I.)///.- " This morning come up to my wife's bedside. 1 being up dressing myself, little Will Mercer to be her valentine, and brought...very pretty ; and we were both well pleased with it. But 1 am also this year my wife's valentine, and it will cost me five pounds ; but that 1 must have... | |
 | 1917 - Страниц: 428
...fourteenth of February, 1667, says, " This morning came up to my wife's bedside, 1 being up dressing myself, little Will Mercer to be her Valentine; and brought...very pretty; and we were both well pleased with it. But 1 am also this year my wife's Valentine, and it will cost me five pounds; but that I must have... | |
 | 1846 - Страниц: 438
...bedside (I being up dressing myself) little Will Mercer to her valentine, and brought her name written upon blue paper in gold letters, done by himself,...very pretty ; and we were both well pleased with it. (1) "Tbe custom." says. Brand, " of cutting valentine* was a sport practised in the houses of the gentry... | |
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This morning come up to my wife's bedside, I being up dressing myself, little Will Mercer to be her Valentine; and brought her name writ upon blue paper in gold letters, done by himself, very pretty; and we were both well pleased with it. But I am also... 
