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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1600-1699'Thence back by water to Captain Cockes, and there he and I spent a great deal of the evening, as we had done the day, reading and discoursing over part of Mr Stillingfle...Samuel Pepys Edward StillingfleeteOrigines Sacrae, or A rational account of the grou...Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence by coach with my Lord Peterborough and Sandwich to my Lord Peterborough's house; and there, after an hour's looking over some fine books of the Italian buildings ...Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence by coach, and falling by the way at my bookseller's for a book, writ about twenty years ago in prophecy of this year coming on, 1666, explaining it to be the mark...Samuel Pepys Francis PotterAn interpretation of the number 666Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence by water to Chelsy, all the way reading a little book I bought of Improvement of trade, a pretty book and many things useful in it.'Samuel Pepys Samuel FortreyEnglands interest and improvement consisting in th...Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence by water to Redriffe, reading a new French book my Lord Brouncker did give me today, "L'histoire amoureuse des Gaules", being a pretty Libell against the amours o...Samuel Pepys Roger de Rabutin, Comte de BussyL'histoire amoureuse des GaulesPrint: Book
1600-1699'Thence home and examined a piece of Latin of Will's with my brother, and so to prayers and to bed.'Samuel Pepys Will Hewer[piece of Latin, practice translation probably]Manuscript: Sheet
1600-1699'Thence home and I spent most of the evening upon Fullers "Church History" and Barcklys "Argenis"; and so after supper to prayers and to bed'Samuel Pepys Thomas FullerChurch HistoryPrint: Book
1600-1699'Thence home and I spent most of the evening upon Fullers "Church History" and Barcklys "Argenis"; and so after supper to prayers and to bed'Samuel Pepys John BarclayArgenisPrint: Book
1600-1699'Thence home and there with Mr Hater and W Hewer late, reading over all the Principal Officers' instructions in order to my great work upon my hand.'Samuel Pepys [unknown]Principal Officer's instructionsUnknown
1600-1699'Thence home and to my office till night, reading over and consulting upon the book and Ruler that I bought this morning of Browne concerning the Lyne of Numbers, in whic...Samuel Pepys John BrownThe use of the line of numbers, on a sliding (or g...Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence home and to my office; wrote by the post, and then to read a little in Dr Powre's book of discovery by the Microscope, to enable me a little how to use and what t...Samuel Pepys Henry PowerExperimental philosophy...containing new experimen...Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence home to dinner; and there W. Hewer dined with me, and showed me a Gazett in Aprill last (which I wonder should never be remembered by anybody) which tells how sev...Samuel Pepys [n/a]London GazettePrint: Newspaper
1600-1699'Thence home; and there, in favour to my eyes, stayed at home reading the ridiculous history of my Lord Newcastle, wrote by his wife, which shows her to be a mad, conceit...Samuel Pepys Duchess of NewcastleThe life of the thrice noble, high and puissant pr...Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence homeward by coach, and stopped at Martins my bookseller, where I saw the French book which I did think to have had for my wife to translate, called "L'escholle de...Samuel Pepys Michel MillotL'escolle des filles, ou La philosophie des dames,...Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence to Brainford, reading "The Villaine" (a pretty good play) all the way.'Samuel Pepys Thomas PorterThe VillainePrint: Book
1600-1699'Thence to the Exchange, that is, the New Exchange, and looked over some play-books, and entended to get all the late new plays.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence to the Temple and sat there till one a-clock, reading at Playford's in Dr Ushers "Body of Divinity" his discourse of the Scripture; which is as much, I believe, a...Samuel Pepys James UssherA body of divinitiePrint: Book
1600-1699'Thence to walk all alone in the fields behind Grays Inne, making an end of reading over my dear "Faber Fortunae" of my Lord Bacon's'Samuel Pepys Francis BaconFaber FortunaePrint: Book
1600-1699'Thence walked with Mr Coventry to St James's and there spent by his desire the whole morning reading of some old Navy books given him of old Sir John Cookes by the Arch-...Samuel Pepys [unknown][books about the Navy]Unknown
1600-1699'Thence we read and laughed at Lillys prophecies this month - in his almanac this year.'Samuel Pepys William LillyMerlini Anglici EphemerisPrint: Book, almanac


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