Evidence: | 'and then she to read a little book concerning Speech in general, a translation late out of French, a most excellent piece as ever I read, proving a soul in man and all the ways and secrets by which Nature teaches speech in man - which doth please me most infinitely to read.' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 6 Dec 1668 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London location in dwelling: at home |
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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) |
Samuel Pepys, her husband |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | L.G. de Cordemoy |
Title: | A philosophicall discourse concerning speech, conformable to the Cartesian principles ... Englished out of French |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Philosophy |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1668, translated from the French - 'Discours physique de la parole' |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 14973 | |
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Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
Vol: | 8 | |
Page: | 385 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 8, p. 385, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14973, accessed: 27 April 2024 |
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