Evidence: | 'how[ever], I fell to read a little in Hakewill's "apology", and did satisfy myself mighty fair in the truth of the saying that the world doth not grow old at all, but is in as good condition in all respects as ever it was as to Nature. I continued reading this book with great pleasure till supper' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 3 Feb 1667 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | afternoon evening |
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Place: | city: London location in dwelling: at home |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 23 Feb 1633 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Admirality, 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, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Dr George Hakewill |
Title: | An apologie or declaration of the power and providence of God in the government of the world |
Genre: | Science, Natural history |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | published 1627, but probably the 1635 edition which is in Pepys's library |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 14383 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
Vol: | 8 | |
Page: | 43 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1974), 8, p. 43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14383, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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