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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'and I spent all afternoon with my wife and W. Battelier talking and then making them read, and perticularly made an end of Mr Boyl's book of Formes, which I am glad to h...William Battelier [unknown]Le commerce honourable ou Considerations Politique...Print: Book
1600-1699'and after supper, and W. Battler gone, my wife begun another book I lately bought, a new book called "The State of England", which promises well and is worth reading; an...Elizabeth Pepys Edward ChamberlayneAngliae Notitia; or The present state of England: ...Print: Book
1600-1699'and after dinner, to get my wife and boy, one after another, to read to me - and so spent the afternoon and evening'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and after dinner, to get my wife and boy, one after another, to read to me - and so spent the afternoon and evening' [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'And so home to supper, and get my wife to read to me, and then to bed.'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and so home, and there Pelling hath got me W. Pen's book against the Trinity; I got my wife to read it to me, and I find it so well writ, as I think it too good for him ...Elizabeth Pepys William PennThe sandy foundation shaken: or, Those so generall...Print: Book
1600-1699'Up, and got my wife to read to me a copy of what the Surveyor offered to the Duke of York on Friday, he himself putting it into my hand to read; but Lord, it is a poor s...Elizabeth Pepys Middleton[Middleton's memorandum]Manuscript: Unknown
1600-1699'I away home; and there spent the evening talking and reading with my wife and Mr Pelling'Elizabeth 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, and there my wife to read to me, my eyes being sensibly hurt by the too great lights of the playhouse.'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'But by this discourse he was pleased to show me and read to me his account, which he hath kept by him under his own hand, of all his discourse and the King's answers to ...Sir William Coventry Sir William Coventry[record of discourse upon business of Lord Clarend...Manuscript: Unknown
1600-1699'So home, and my wife read to me till supper, and to bed.'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'So down to supper, and she to read to me, and then with all possible kindness to bed.'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'and my wife to read to me, and then to bed in mighty good humour, but for my eyes.'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'Up, and to my office with Tom, whom I made read to me the books of Propositions in the time of the Grand Commission, which I did read a good part of before church'Tom Edwards [unknown][Report of the reforming commission of 1618]Unknown
1600-1699'and I to my office and there made an end of the books of Proposicions; which did please me mightily to hear read, they being excellently writ and much to the purpose, an...Tom Edwards [?] [unknown][Report of the reforming commission of 1618]Unknown
1600-1699'and so spent the whole morning with W. Hewer, he taking little notes in short-hand, while I hired a clerk to read to me about twelve or more several rolls which I did ca... [unknown][documents on the history of the Navy]Manuscript: Roll
1600-1699'So home, and did get my wife to read, and so to supper and to bed.'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'At night, my wife to read to me and then to supper'Elizabeth Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence home; and after dinner, by water with Tom down to Greenwich, he reading to me all the way, coming and going, my collections out of the Duke of York's old manuscri...Tom Edwards Samuel Pepys[work on naval history]Manuscript: Unknown


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