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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1600-1699'And then came home with us Sir W. Pen and drank with us and then went away; and my wife after him to see his daughter that is lately come out of Ireland. I stayed at hom...Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and then did get Sir W. Batten, J. Mennes and W. Penn together, and read it [Pepys's report on the case of Mr Carcasse] over with all the many papers relating to the bus...Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys[report on the case of Mr Carcasse]Manuscript: Unknown
1600-1699'and then down to Woolwich Deptford to look after things...All the way down and up, reading of "The Mayor of Quinborough", a simple play.'Samuel Pepys Thomas MiddletonThe Mayor of QuinboroughPrint: Book
1500-1599'and then hard one of the men read of the book of marters, and so went to bed'Margaret Hoby John FoxeBook of Martyrs (the title by which Foxe's Acts an...Print: Book
1600-1699'and then he to read to me the "Life of Archbishopp Laud", wrote by D. Heylin; which is a shrowd book, but that which I believe will do the Bishop in general no great goo...Richard Gibson Peter HeylynCyprianus Anglicus, or The history of the life and...Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home - and there to get my wife to read to me till supper, and then to bed'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home and got my wife to read to me again in "The Nepotisme", which is very pleasant, and so to supper and to bed.'Elizabeth Pepys Gregorio LetiIl nipotismo di Roma: or The history of the Popes ...Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home and made my boy read to me Wilkins's "Reall Character", which doth please me mightily.'John WilkinsAn essay towards a real character, and a philosoph...Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home and my wife read to me as last night, and so to bed'Elizabeth Pepys Robert BoyleSome considerations touching the style of the Holy...Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home and read an hour, to make an end of Potters discourse of the Number 666, which I like all along, but his close is most excellent; and whether it be right o...Samuel Pepys Francis PotterAn interpretation of the Number 666Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home and to my chamber to read'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home to ease my eyes and make my wife read to me.'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home to my chamber to read and write; and then to supper and to bed.' Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home to my wife to read to me, and to bed'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home to my wife, who is not well with her cold, and sat and read [a] piece of "Grand Cyrus" in English by her'Samuel Pepys Madeleine de ScuderiArtamene, ou Le grand CyrusPrint: Book
1600-1699'and then home to read the lives of Henry the 5th and 6th, very fine, in Speede; and so to bed.'Samuel Pepys John SpeedThe history of Great BritainePrint: Book
1600-1699'and then home to supper and my wife to read; and then to bed.'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home to supper and read a little, and to bed.'Samuel Pepys unknown[unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home to supper and then to read the late printed discourse of Witches by a member of Gresham College, and then to bed - the discourse being well writ in good st...Samuel Pepys Joseph GlanvillSome philosophical considerations touching the bei...Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home to supper with my wife, and to get her to read to me.'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book


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