| Evidence: | 'and then my wife and I to my chamber, where through the badness of my eyes she was forced to read to me, which she doth very well; and was Mr Boyle's discourse upon the Style of the Scripture, which is a very fine piece.' |
||||||||||
| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 15 Sep 1667 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening: before bed | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London location in dwelling: at home, in bedroom |
||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
|
||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Listener): |
|
||||||||||
| Reader: | Elizabeth Pepys |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 23 Oct 1640 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | wife of Clerk of the Acts, Admiralty |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
her husband, Samuel Pepys |
| Additional comments: | wife of Samuel Pepys |
| Author: | Robert Boyle |
| Title: | Some considerations touching the style of the Holy Scriptures |
| Genre: | Other religious |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1663 edition (first published 1661) |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 14851 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
| Editor: | Robert Latham | |
| Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 8 | |
| Page: | 438 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 8, p. 438, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14851, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)