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Record 11794

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'At my office all the morning, reading Mr Holland's discourse of the Navy, lent me by Mr Turner; and am much pleased with them, they hitting the very diseases of the Navy which we are troubled with nowadays. I shall bestow writing of them over and much reading thereof.'
Century: 1600-1699
Date: 25 Jul 1662
Country: England
Time: morning
Place: city: London
other location: at the office
   
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

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: Admiralty, 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, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: John Holland
Title: [discourse on Naval administration]
Genre: Reference / General works
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1638 or 1659
Provenance: borrowed (public library)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 11794  
Source - Print  
  Author: Samuel Pepys
  Editor: Robert Latham
  Title: The diary of Samuel Pepys
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1970
  Vol: 3
  Page: 145
  Additional comments: Co-editor William Matthews

Citation: Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 3, p. 145, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11794, accessed: 13 November 2019

Additional comments:

 

 

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