Evidence: | 'Going down I spent reading of the "Five Sermons of Five Several Styles"; worth comparing one with another, but I do think when all is done, that contrary to the design of the book, the Presbyterian style and the Independent are the best of the five for sermons to be preached in; this I do by the best of my present judgement think.' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 6 Sep 1668 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | afternoon daytime |
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Place: | city: London other location: in a boat on the Thames |
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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 1633 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | 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) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Abraham Wright |
Title: | Five sermons in five several styles |
Genre: | Sermon |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1656 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 14926 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
Vol: | 9 | |
Page: | 300 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 9, p. 300, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14926, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
His servant may have been reading the text to him. He writes at the end of this diary entry: 'My boy was with me, and read to me all day' |
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