Record Number: 12256
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'He [Evelyn] read to me very much also of his discourse he hath been many years and now is about, about Guardenage; which will be a most noble and pleasant piece. He read me part of a play or two of his making, very good, but not as he conceits them, I think, to be. He showed me his "Hortus hyemalis"; leaves laid up in a book of several plants. kept dry, which preserve Colour however, and look very finely, better than any herball... He read me, though with too much gusto, some little poems of his own, that were not transcendent, yet one or two very pretty Epigrams: among others, of a lady looking in at a grate and being pecked at by an eagle that was there.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:5 Nov 1665
Country:England
Timeafternoon: after dinner
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:26 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: Title:Hortus Hyemalis
Genre:Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:12256
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1971
Vol:6
Page:289-290
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1971), 6, p. 289-290, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12256, accessed: 18 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
