Reading Experience Database
1450-1945

Listing for Reader: Robert Boyle

 

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1600-1699"Writing about himself in the third person, Robert Boyle ... blamed his short attention span on poor reading habits: h...Robert Boyle romancePrint: Unknown
1600-1699'Robert Boyle being made to "read the state adventures of Amadis de Gaulle and other fabulous stories" which met a "re...Robert Boyle Garci Rodriguez de MontalvoAmadis de GaulePrint: Unknown
1600-1699Adrian Johns notes how the school-aged Robert Boyle was advised to read romances [incuding "'the stale Adventures [of]...Robert Boyle romances including Amadis de GaullePrint: Book
1600-1699"What originally made [Robert] Boyle so 'passionate a Friend to Reading,' he was wont to say, 'was the accidentall Per...Robert Boyle Quintus CurtiusPrint: Book
1600-1699"In Geneva on the Grand Tour ... [Robert] Boyle would continue to pursue 'above all the Reading of Romances,' and woul...Robert Boyle French romancesPrint: Book
1600-1699Adrian Johns notes how, long after enjoying the romance of Quintus Curtius when young, "[Robert] Boyle ... found himse...Robert Boyle Quintus CurtiusPrint: Book
1600-1699Adrian Johns notes that "It was [Robert] Hooke who, during his employ with [Robert] Boyle, conducted him through most ...Robert Boyle Rene DescartesPrint: Book
1600-1699Adrian Johns notes that "It was [Robert] Hooke who, during his employ with [Robert] Boyle, conducted him through most ...Robert Boyle Rene DescartesPassionsPrint: Book

 

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