Record Number: 14874

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'After dinner by coach as far as the Temple and there saw a new book in Folio of all that suffered for the King in the late times - which I will buy; it seems well writ.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

26 Nov 1667

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: after dinner

Place:

city: London
specific address: Temple

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

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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:

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

David Lloyd

Title:

Memories of the lives ... of those noble ... personages

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

licensed 27 July 1667, published 1668

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14874

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:

547

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 8, p. 547, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14874, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None