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John Selden

 

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John Selden : Titles of Honour

'to the London Library where I looked through Selden's "Titles of Honour"'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: George Eliot [pseud]      Print: Book

  

John Selden : Table-Talk

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

  

John Selden : Table-Talk

[Marginalia]

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Taylor Coleridge      Print: Book

  

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'at the office all the afternoon, and at night home to read in "Mare Clausum" till bedtime'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

  

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'we returned and I settled to read in "Mare Clausum" till bedtime'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

  

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'I am now full of study about writing something about our making of strangers strike to us at sea; and so am altogether reading Selden and Grotius and such other Authors, to that purpose.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

  

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'and so home and to supper and to Selden "Mare Clausum" and so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

  

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'And so I home, and sat late up, reading of Mr Selden. And so to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

  

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'So after my business was done and read something in Mr Selden, I went to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

  

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'and so left the table and went up to read in Mr Selden till church time;'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

  

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'So we parted; and I home and to Mr Selden and then to bed.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

  

John Selden : Mare Clausum

'Up betimes and to my office, where I first ruled with red Inke my English "Mare clausum"; which, with the new Orthodox title, makes it now very handsome.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

 

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