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Record Number: 14269


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'And by coach home, where I spent the evening in reading Stillingfleetes defence of the Archbishop, that part about Purgatory, a point I had never considered before what was said for it or against it. And though I do believe we are in the right, yet I do not see any great matter in this book.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

21 Oct 1666

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: at home

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1633

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Stillingfleet

Title:

A rational account of the grounds of Protestant religion

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1665

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

14269

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

7

Page:

336

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1972), 7, p. 336, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14269, accessed: 24 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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