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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1600-1699'and then they parted and I to my chamber, where I did read through "L'escholle des Filles"; a lewd book, but what doth me no wrong to read for information sake (but it d...Samuel Pepys Michel MillotL'escolle des filles, ou La philosophie des dames,...Print: Book
1600-1699'and then to my chamber and read most of the evening till pretty late, when, my wife not being well, I did lie below stairs in our great chamber'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'He gone, we home and there I to read, and my belly being full of my dinner today, I anon to bed'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and so home to supper and to read, and then to bed.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'And with great joy I do find, looking over my Memorandum-books, which are now of great use to me and do fully reward me for all my care in keeping them, that I am not li...Samuel Pepys Samuel PepysMemorandums and Conclusions of the Navy BoardManuscript: Unknown
1600-1699'and there took a hackney and home and there to read and talk with my wife'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence home; and there, in favour to my eyes, stayed at home reading the ridiculous history of my Lord Newcastle, wrote by his wife, which shows her to be a mad, conceit...Samuel Pepys Duchess of NewcastleThe life of the thrice noble, high and puissant pr...Print: Book
1600-1699'and so home to read a little more in last night's book with much sport, it being a foolish book.'Samuel Pepys Duchess of NewcastleThe life of the thrice noble, high and puissant pr...Print: Book
1600-1699'and she being gone, I to my chamber to read a little again, and then after supper to bed.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and so home, and there spent the evening making Balty read to me; and so to supper and to bed.'Balthasar St Michael [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'But Lord, to see among the young commanders and Tho Killigrew and others that came, how unlike a burial this was, Obrian taking out some ballets from his pocket, which I...Samuel Pepys [unknown][street ballads]Print: Broadsheet, Handbill
1600-1699'and so home, and made my boy read to me part of Dr Wilkins's new book of the " Character", and so to bed.' (Book purchased 15 May)John WilkinsAn essay towards a real character, and a philosoph...Print: Book
1600-1699'and there got Balty to read to me out of Sorbiere's observations in his voyage into England; and then to bed.'Balthasar St Michael Samuel de Sorbierevoyage into EnglandPrint: Book
1600-1699'and then made the boy to read to me out of Dr Wilkins his "Real Character", and perticularly about Noah's arke, wherein he doth give a very good account thereof, showing...John WilkinsAn essay towards a real character, and a philosoph...Print: Book
1600-1699'And in the evening betimes came to Reding and there heard my wife read more of "Mustapha".'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown]MustaphaPrint: Book
1600-1699'And after dinner, she to read in the "Illustr. Bassa" the plot of yeterday's play, which is most exactly the same.'Elizabeth Pepys Madame de Scud?riIbrahim, ou L'illustre BassaPrint: Book
1600-1699'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...Elizabeth Pepys Madame de Scud?riIbrahim, ou L'illustre BassaPrint: 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 I did get my wife to spend the morning reading of Wilkins's "Real Character".'Elizabeth Pepys John WilkinsAn essay towards a real character, and a philosoph...Print: Book
1600-1699'and then at night, my wife to read again and to supper and to bed.'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book


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