Record Number: 14394

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'and so back home again, all the way reading a little piece I lately bought, call[ed] "The Virtuoso or The Stoicke", proposing many things paradoxicall to our common opinions; wherein in some places he speaks well, but generally is but a sorry man.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

10 Apr 1667

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: London
other location: in a water taxi on the Thames returning to London from Deptford

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1633

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Admirality, Clerk of the Acts

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Mackenzie

Title:

Religio Stoici, with a friendly addresse to the phanaticks of all sects and sorts

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

either 1663 or 1665

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14394

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

8

Page:

162

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1974), 8, p. 162, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14394, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None