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by Samuel Pepys (1633 - 1703)

Excellent discourse (Pepys' diary entry of 2.4.1664)
 (Sung text for setting by E. Rushton)
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Language: English 
At noon to the coffee-house, where excellent discourse with Sir
W. Petty; who proposed it, as a thing that is truly questionable,
whether there really be any difference between waking and dreaming --
that it is hard not only to tell how we know when we do a thing really
or in a dream, but also what the difference between one and the other.

Composition:

    Set to music by Edward Rushton , "Excellent discourse (Pepys' diary entry of 2.4.1664)", 2008 [ baritone and piano ], from To Bed, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Samuel Pepys (1633 - 1703)

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Researcher for this page: Edward Rushton

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-31
Line count: 5
Word count: 63

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