Evidence: | 'And so I home to dinner, and thence abroad to Pauls churchyard and there looked upon the second part of "Hudibras", which I buy not but borrow to read, to see if it be as good as the first, which the world cries so mightily up; though it hath not a good liking in me, though I had tried by twice or three times reading to bring myself to think it witty.' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 28 Nov 1663 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | afternoon: after dinner | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: St Paul's Churchyard other location: book seller |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 23 Feb 1663 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Samuel Butler |
Title: | Hudibras |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Part two, November 1663 |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 12035 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
Vol: | 4 | |
Page: | 400 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 4, p. 400, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12035, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
Looked over the book before borrowing it, later he buys it (10 December 1663) |
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