Evidence: | 'making the boy read to me the life of Julius Caesar and Des Cartes book of music - the latter of which I understand not, nor think he did well that writ it, though a most learned man.' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 25 Dec 1668 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | afternoon | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London location in dwelling: at the home of Samuel Pepys |
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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 and Elizabeth Pepys |
Additional comments: | servant to Samuel Pepys |
Author: | Clement Edmonds |
Title: | 'Life' prefaced to 'The commentaries of C. Julius Caesar' |
Genre: | History, Biography |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | English translation, 1655 edition |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 14977 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
Vol: | 8 | |
Page: | 400-401 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 8, p. 400-401, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14977, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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