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William Davenant : The Siege of Rhodes
'So home and late reading "The Siege of Rhodes" to my wife, and then to bed - my head being in great pain and my palate still down.'
Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book
Sir William Davenant : The Seige of Rhodes
'We spent most of the morning talking, and reading of "The Seige of Rhodes", which is certainly (the more I read it I think so) the best poem that ever was wrote.'
Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book
Sir William Davenant : The Seige of Rhodes
'So after supper Captain Cocke and I and Temple on board the Bezan, and there to Cards for a while, and then to read again in "Rhodes" and so to sleep.'
Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book
Sir William Davenant : The Seige of Rhodes
'and after dinner, with my wife and Mercer and Jane by water all the afternoon as high up as Moreclacke, with great pleasure, and a fine day - reading over the second part of "The Seige of Rhodes" with great delight.'
Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys Print: Book
William Davenant : The siege of Rhodes
'so home, my wife to read to me out of "The Siege of Rhodes"; and so to supper and to bed.'
Century: 1600-1699 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys Print: Book
William Davenant :
Sunday, 12 February 1826; 'Read a few pages of Will d'Avenant who was fond of having it supposed that Shakespeare intrigued with his mother. I think the pretension can only be treated as Phaeton's was according to Fielding's farce [Tumbledown Dick]. '"Besides by all the village boys I'm sham'd, You the Sun's son, you rascal? -- you be damnd." 'Egad I'll put that into Woodstock.'
