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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1600-1699'I up to my chamber to read and write, and so to bed.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'I walked back again, all the way reading of my book of Timber measure, comparing it with my new Sliding rule, brought home this morning, with great pleasure.'Samuel Pepys John BrownDescription and use of the carpenter's rulePrint: Book
1600-1699'I walked both going and coming, spending my time in reading of my Civill and Ecclesiastical law-book.'Samuel Pepys Sir Thomas RidleyA view of the civile and ecclesiasticall lawPrint: Book
1600-1699'I walked to the Temple and stayed at Starky's my bookseller's (looking over Dr Heylins new book of the life of Bishop Laud, a strange book of church history of his time)...Samuel Pepys Peter HeylynCyprianus Anglicus, or The history of the life and...Print: Book
1600-1699'I was at it till past 2 a-clock on Monday morning, and then read my vows and to bed'Samuel Pepys [vowes]Unknown
1600-1699'I went therefore to Mr Boreman's for pastime, and stayed an hour or two, talking with him and reading a discourse about the River of Thames the reason of its being choke...Samuel Pepys [unknown][Discourse on the River Thames]Print: Unknown
1600-1699'I went to the Temple and there spent my time in a bookseller's shop, reading in a book of some Embassages into Moscovia, &c., where was very good reading.'Samuel Pepys Adam OleariusThe voyages and travels of the ambassadors from th...Print: Book
1600-1699'I went up vexed to my chamber and there fell examining my new "Concordance" that I have bought with Newmans, the best that ever was out before, and I find mine altogethe...Samuel Pepys [Samuel] [Newman]A concordance to the Holy ScripturesPrint: Book
1600-1699'In Pauls churchyard I called at Kirton's; and there they had got a Masse book for me, which I bought and cost me 12s. And when I came home, sat up late and read in it - ...Samuel Pepys [unknown]Masse BookPrint: Book
1600-1699'In the evening to the office, where I fell a-reading of Speeds geography for a while.'Samuel Pepys John SpeedA prospect of the most famous parts of the worldPrint: Book
1600-1699'In the evening to the office, where I stayed late reading Rushworth, which is a most excellent collection of the beginning of the late quarrels in this kingdom. And so h...Samuel Pepys John RushworthHistorical CollectionPrint: Book
1600-1699'In the evening, he gone, I to my office to read Rushworth upon the charge and answer of the Duke of Buckingham, which is very fine; and then to do a little business agai...Samuel Pepys John RushworthHistorical CollectionsPrint: Book
1600-1699'In the morning my father and I walked in the garden and read the Will; where though he gives me nothing at present till my father's death, or at least very little, yet I...Samuel Pepys Robert PepysThe Will of Robert Pepys of BramptonManuscript: Sheet
1600-1699'It being cold, Mr Lee and [I] did sit all the day, till 3 a-clock, by the fire in the Governors house; I reading a play of Flechers, being "A wife for a month" - wherein...Samuel Pepys John FletcherA wife for a monthPrint: Book
1600-1699'It is one of the most extraordinary accidents in my life, and gives ground to think of Don Quixot's adventures how people may be surprized'Samuel Pepys Miguel de CervantesDon QuixotePrint: Book
1600-1699'My cold being increased, I stayed home all day, pleasing myself with my dining-room, now graced with pictures, and reading of Dr Fullers "Worthys".'Samuel Pepys Thomas FullerHistory of the worthies of EnglandPrint: Book
1600-1699'My Lord and the ship's company down to Sermon. I stayed above to write and look over my new song-book, which came last night to me from London in lieu of that that my Lo...Samuel Pepys [Playford]Select ayres and dialoguesPrint: Book
1600-1699'My wife and I spent a good deal of this evening in reading Du' Bartas's "Imposture" and other parts, which my wife of late have taken up to read, and is very fine as any...Samuel Pepys Guillaume de Salluste du BartasDivine weekes and workesPrint: Book
1600-1699'my wife, it being a cold day and it begin to snow, kept her bed till after dinner. And I below by myself looking over my arithmetique books and Timber Rule.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][Arithmetic books]Print: Book
1600-1699'Myself very studious to learn what I can of all things necessary for my place as an officer of the Navy - reading lately what concerns measuring of timber and knowledge ...Samuel Pepys [unknown][books on timber measuring and tides]Print: Book


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