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Record 14277

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'and then home to supper and then to read the late printed discourse of Witches by a member of Gresham College, and then to bed - the discourse being well writ in good style, but methinks not very convincing.'
Century: 1600-1699
Date: 24 Nov 1666
Country: England
Time: evening: before bed
Place: city: London
location in dwelling: at home
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Samuel Pepys
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 23 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)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Joseph Glanvill
Title: Some philosophical considerations touching the being of witches
Genre: Other religious, Astrology / alchemy / occult
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 14277  
Source - Print  
  Author: Samuel Pepys
  Editor: Robert Latham
  Title: The diary of Samuel Pepys
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1972
  Vol: 7
  Page: 382
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1972), 7, p. 382, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14277, accessed: 19 April 2024

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