the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Madame de Scud?ri : Ibrahim, ou L'illustre Bassa

'And after dinner, she to read in the "Illustr. Bassa" the plot of yeterday's play, which is most exactly the same.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys      Print: Book

Madame de Scud?ri : Ibrahim, ou L'illustre Bassa

'And there I saw this new play my wife saw yesterday; and do not like it, it being very smutty, and nothing so good as "The Maiden Queen" or "The Indian Imperour", of his making, that I was troubled at it; and my wife tells me is wholly (which he confesses a little in the epilogue) taken out of the "Illustr. Bassa".'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Pepys      Print: Book

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