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Record 14972

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'and so with great content and joy home - where I made my boy to make an end of the "Reall Character", which I begun a great while ago and doth please me infinitely, and endeed is a most worthy labour - and I think mighty easy, though my eyes makes me unable to attempt anything in it.'
Century: 1600-1699
Date: 2 Dec 1668
Country: England
Time: evening
Place: city: London
location in dwelling: at the home of Samuel Pepys
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
passive in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader: anon
Age Unknown
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Servant
Occupation: servant in the household of Samuel Pepys
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
Samuel Pepys
Additional comments: servant to Samuel Pepys

 

Text Being Read:

Author: John Wilkins
Title: An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language
Genre: Other religious, Essays / Criticism
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1668
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 14972  
Source - Print  
  Author: Samuel Pepys
  Editor: Robert Latham
  Title: The diary of Samuel Pepys
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1970
  Vol: 8
  Page: 382
  Additional comments: Co-editor William Matthews

Citation: Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 8, p. 382, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14972, accessed: 29 March 2024

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