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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1600-1699'I fell a-reading in Fuller's "history of Abbys" and my wife in "Grand Cyrus" till 12 at night, and so to bed.'Samuel Pepys Thomas FullerThe church-history of BritainPrint: Book
1600-1699'I home and there to read very good things in Fullers "Church History" and "Worthies", and so to supper'Samuel Pepys Thomas FullerThe church-history of BritainPrint: Book
1600-1699'I home and there to read very good things in Fullers "Church History" and "Worthies", and so to supper'Samuel Pepys Thomas FullerHistory of the worthies of EnglandPrint: Book
1600-1699'I in my chamber all the evening, looking over my Osborns works and new Emanuel Thesaurus's "Patriarchae".'Samuel Pepys Francis Osborne[works]Print: Book
1600-1699'I in my chamber all the evening, looking over my Osborns works and new Emanuel Thesaurus's "Patriarchae".'Samuel Pepys Emanuel TesauroPatriarche, sive Christi servatoris genealogia, pe...Print: Book
1600-1699'I left them there and walked to Deptford, reading in Wallsinghams "manuall", a very good book.'Samuel Pepys Sir Francis WalsinghamArcana aulica, or, Walsingham's manual of prudenti...Print: Book
1600-1699'I met this noon with Dr Burnett, who told me, and I find in the news-book this week that he posted upon the Change, that whoever did spread that report that instead of t...Samuel Pepys [n/a]The IntelligencerPrint: Newspaper
1600-1699'I presented our report about Carcasse to the Duke of York, and did afterwards read it, with that success that the Duke of York was for punishing him, not only with turni...Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys[report on the case of Mr Carcasse]Manuscript: Unknown
1600-1699'I read to her out of the "History of Algiers", which is mighty pretty reading'Samuel Pepys John Davies [transl]The history of Algiers and its slaveryPrint: Book
1600-1699'I rose early this morning, and looked over and corrected my brother John's speech which he is to make the next Apposition'Samuel Pepys John Pepys[speech]Manuscript: Sheet
1600-1699'I sat down and read over the Bishop of Chichesters sermon upon the anniversary of the King's death - much cried up but methinks a mean sermon.'Samuel Pepys Dr Henry KingA sermon preached the 30th of January...1664Print: Book
1600-1699'I sat up an hour after Mr Coventry was gone to read my vowes - it raining a wonderful hard showre about 11 at night for an hour together. So to bed.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][vowes]Unknown
1600-1699'I to boat again and to my book; and having done that, I took another book, Mr Boyles of Colours, and there read where I left [28 April?], finding many fine things worthy...Samuel Pepys John EvelynPublick enjoyment and an active life ... prefer's ...Print: Book
1600-1699'I to boat again and to my book; and having done that, I took another book, Mr Boyles of Colours, and there read where I left [28 April?], finding many fine things worthy...Samuel Pepys Robert BoyleExperiments and considerations touching coloursPrint: Book
1600-1699'I to dinner, and thence to my chamber to read, and so to the office'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'I to my booksellers and there spent an hour looking over "Theatrum Urbium" and "Flandria illustrata", with excellent cuts, with great content.'Samuel Pepys J BlaeuTheatrum civitatum... Italie [OR] Ubrium praecipua...Print: Book
1600-1699'I to my booksellers and there spent an hour looking over "Theatrum Urbium" and "Flandria illustrata", with excellent cuts, with great content.'Samuel Pepys Antonius SanderusFlandria IllustrataPrint: Book
1600-1699'I to my office and spent an hour or two reading Rushworth; and so to supper home, and to prayers and bed'Samuel Pepys John RushworthHistorical CollectionsPrint: Book
1600-1699'I to my office and there read all the morning in my Statute-book, consulting among others the statute against seeling of offices, wherein Mr Coventry is so much concerne...Samuel Pepys [unknown][Statute book]Print: Book
1600-1699'I took leave of him, and directly by water home; and there to read the Life of Mr Hooker, which pleases me as much as anything I have read in a great while'Samuel Pepys Isaak WaltonLife of Richard Hooker in an edition of Hooker's W...Print: Book


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