Evidence: | 'and so we set out for Chatham - in my way overtaking some company, wherein was a lady, very pretty, riding single, her husband in company with her. We fell into talk, and I read a copy of verses which her husband showed me, and he discommended but the lady commended; and I read them so as to make the husband turn to commend them.' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 3 Aug 1665 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: on horseback, while riding to Chatham | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 26 Feb 1633 |
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) |
lady and her husband he met along the way |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [copy of verses] |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 12240 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1971 | |
Vol: | 6 | |
Page: | 182 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1971), 6, p. 182, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12240, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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