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

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1600-1699'Yesterday came out the King's Declaracion of war against the French; but with such mild invitations of both them and [the] Dutch to come over hither, with promise of the...Samuel Pepys King Charles IIHis Majesties declaration against the FrenchPrint: Broadsheet, Pamphlet
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'Up, and to the office - where, among other businesses, Mr Evelyn's proposition about public Infirmarys was read and agreed on, he being there.'Samuel Pepys John Evelyn[proposition about public infirmaries]Manuscript: Unknown
1600-1699'Here the Duke, among other things, did bring out a book, of great antiquity, of some of the customs of the Navy about 100 years since, which he did lend us to read and d...Samuel Pepys James Humphrey[MS Collections]Manuscript: Unknown
1600-1699'To the hall, and there find the boy's verses "De peste"; it being their custom to make verses at Shrovetide. I read several, and very good they were, and better I think ...Samuel Pepys [boys in the upper forms at Eaton] De pests [Bacchus verses]Manuscript: Unknown
1600-1699'And so to the Chapel and there saw, among other things, Sir H. Wottons stone, with this Epitaph - "Hic Jacet primus hujus Sententiae Author. Disputandi pruritus fit ...Samuel Pepys [unknown][epitaph on memorial stone]Manuscript: Graffito
1600-1699'But blessed be God, a good Bill this week we have - being but 237 in all and 42 of the plague, and of them, but 6 in the City - though my Lord Brouncker says that these ...Samuel Pepys [unknown]Bill of mortalityPrint: Broadsheet, Handbill, Poster
1600-1699'I was at it till past 2 a-clock on Monday morning, and then read my vows and to bed'Samuel Pepys [vowes]Unknown
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'After priuat praier I took accountes, did reead of the bible, praied, and walked, and so dined'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699'After priuat praier and readinge a whill I went to the church ... then dined: after, I talked [with] some of my neighbours and then reed againe ... I went againe to the ...Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and, when the sarmon was don, I Came in and hard Mr Ardington Read a sarmon'Mr Ardington [unknown][sermon]Unknown
1600-1699'and then I hard Mr Ardington read a sarmon and talked with hime tell allmost night'Mr Ardington [unknown][sermon]Unknown
1600-1699'and, after Diner, I went about the house, wrett 2. letters, hard Mr Rhodes read a sarmon, then walked with Mr Ardington'Richard Rhodes [unknown][sermon]Print: Book
1600-1699'then I went to work and hard readinge'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'after, I reed and praied and so dined'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'After priuat praier I went to the Church when I had reed and eaten somethinge ... and when I had reed a whill, I went to priuat examenation and praier'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'was so ill that I Could not goe to the publecke exercises, but Mr Hoby reed in the morninge to me and praied with me'Thomas Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'this day I Continewed my orderarie exercises of praier and readinge'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699A miscellany of verse, [St John's College, Cambridge, MS S.23] from about 1640, shows evidence of ownership and engagement with text in the form of various marginal annot...John Nutting variousMiscellany of verseManuscript: Codex


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