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

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Sir Ralph and Anne Isabella Milbanke : 

'We may suspect that the library was dearer to Papa and Annabella than to Mamma [...] She liked visiting the neighbours and tenants, with a friendly finger ready to stick in everybody's pie, and consequent plums to bring back for the Jack Horners at home, writing their verses and reading their Milton and Cowper and Campbell.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Sir Ralph and Anne Isabella Milbanke     Print: Book

Sir Ralph and Anne Isabella Milbanke : 

'We may suspect that the library was dearer to Papa and Annabella than to Mamma [...] She liked visiting the neighbours and tenants, with a friendly finger ready to stick in everybody's pie, and consequent plums to bring back for the Jack Horners at home, writing their verses and reading their Milton and Cowper and Campbell.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Sir Ralph and Anne Isabella Milbanke     Print: Book

Sir Ralph and Anne Isabella Milbanke : 

'We may suspect that the library was dearer to Papa and Annabella than to Mamma [...] She liked visiting the neighbours and tenants, with a friendly finger ready to stick in everybody's pie, and consequent plums to bring back for the Jack Horners at home, writing their verses and reading their Milton and Cowper and Campbell.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Sir Ralph and Anne Isabella Milbanke     Print: Book

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