Sleep is part of our created humanity, a good gift from God to be treasured and enjoyed; an earthly picture of a spiritual reality. In this reflection on sleep, Reynolds reflects on what the Bible has to say about sleep and rest, and how that can impact not only your night but your life. He includes his suggestions for turning off and enjoying rest.
AND SO TO BED... When I woke up that morning The sun did not seem bright I turned to face the clock It was the middle of the night. Something had awoken me I did not yet know what Then from below I heard a crash And then I heard a shot ...
Selections from Samuel Pepys' diary offers a vivid picture of seventeenth century British life, and are accompanied by background information concerning his life and times
At last I called to mind your Worship, and thought you the fittest of all my friends, both for the duty that I owe ... has a commendatory poem by Burnaby (or Barnibe); Greene also dedicates his Never Too Late (1590) to Thomas Burnaby.
So after long discourse , to my full satisfaction but great trouble , I home by water and at my office late , and so to supper to my poor wife , and so to bed - being troubled to think that I shall be forced to go to Brampton the next ...
... map well onto the parts of a building as described by Ælfric of Cerne Abbas in the 990s in his other teaching manual, the Glossary: heall 'hall', heddern 'storeroom', bur 'bower', that is, a private chamber, upflor 'upper chamber', ...
The social life and customs of 17th Century England are vividly portrayed in these extracts from the diary of Samuel Pepys.
Then we set forth again, and so to Portsmouth, seeming to me to be a very pleasant and strong place; and we lay at the Red Lyon, where Haselrigge and Scott and Walton did hold their ... So to our lodging, and to supper and to bed.
Bolton. Published. Copyrighted April 15, 1932. ----- I haveheardsomany peoplesay Lowecannewer happeninaday! Isuppose my low affair is diff'rent, For itsimply takes my breathaway. ------- Just likeasallingstar, Fallingsrom the blue, ...
home; and so home again. And whether the coach did me good or no I know not, but having a good fire in my chamber, I begun to bread six or seven small and great farts; and so to bed... 23 October 1663 Thence to Mr. Hollyard, ...
Loves Labours Lost 136 Macbeth 59 The Merry Wives of Windsor 84 Twelfth Night 65, 71 Shelton, Elizabeth 115 Shelton, Mary 69 Shirley, Sir George 58 Shorter, Edward 210 Shrewsbury, earls and countesses of. See Talbot Sidney, Lady Barbara ...