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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1600-1699'and so home, and after some little reading in my chamber, to supper and to bed.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and so home, and there begun to read Potters discourse upon 666, which peases me mightily; and then broke off, and to supper and to bed.'Samuel Pepys Francis PotterAn interpretation of the number 666Print: Book
1600-1699'and so home, and there to write down my Journall, and so to supper and to read and so to bed - mightily pleased with my reading Boyles book of Colours today; only, troub...Samuel Pepys Robert BoyleExperiments and considerations touching coloursPrint: Book
1600-1699'and so home, and there with pleasure to read and talk'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and so home, I reading all the way to make an end of "The Bondman" (which the oftener I read, the more I like), and begin "The Duchesse of Malfy", which seems a good pla...Samuel Pepys Philip MassingerThe BondmanPrint: Book
1600-1699'and so home, I reading all the way to make an end of "The Bondman" (which the oftener I read, the more I like), and begin "The Duchesse of Malfy", which seems a good pla...Samuel Pepys John WebsterThe Duchesse of MalfyPrint: Book
1600-1699'And so home, where I fell to read "The fruitlesse precaution" (a book formerly recommended by Dr Clerke at sea to me), which I read in bed till I had made an end of it a...Samuel Pepys Paul ScarronThe Fruitlesse PrecautionPrint: Book
1600-1699'And so I home to dinner, and thence abroad to Pauls churchyard and there looked upon the second part of "Hudibras", which I buy not but borrow to read, to see if it be a...Samuel Pepys Samuel ButlerHudibrasPrint: Book
1600-1699'And so I home, and sat late up, reading of Mr Selden. And so to bed.'Samuel Pepys John SeldenMare ClausumPrint: Book
1600-1699'and so I left them with him and went with Mr Moore to Grayes Inne to his chamber, and there he showed me his old Cambdens "Brittannia", which I intended to buy of him an...Samuel Pepys William CamdenBritanniaPrint: Book
1600-1699'and so I walked away homeward, and there reading all the evening; and so to bed'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and so left the table and went up to read in Mr Selden till church time;'Samuel Pepys John SeldenMare ClausumPrint: Book
1600-1699'and so my wife and I spent the rest of the evening in talk and reading, and so with great pleasure to bed.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and so parted at the New Exchange, where I stayed reading Mrs Phillips's poems till my wife and Mercer called me to Mrs Pierce's by invitation to dinner'Samuel Pepys Katherine PhillipsPoemsPrint: Book
1600-1699'and so to Deptford to enquire after a little business there; and thence by water back again, all the way coming and going reading my Lord Bacon's "Faber Fortunae", which...Samuel Pepys Francis BaconFaber FortunaePrint: Book
1600-1699'and so to my chamber and read the history of 88 in Speede, in order to my seeing the play thereof acted tomorrow at the King's House.'Samuel Pepys John SpeedThe history of Great BritainePrint: Book
1600-1699'and so to my chamber, having little left to do at my office, my eyes being a little sore by reason of my reading a small printed book the other day after it was dark'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and so to my office and to read in Rushworth; and so home to supper and to bed.'Samuel Pepys John RushworthHistorical CollectionsPrint: Book
1600-1699'and so to my office, practising arthmetique alone and making an end of last night's book, with great content, till 11 at night; and so home to supper and to bed.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and so to read and to supper, and so to bed.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book


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