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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'He [George Gissing] recommended [in letters to his siblings] books like Morris's "Earthly Paradise", a poem "abounding in the quaintest archaisms"; Ruskin's "Unto this l...George Gissing John RuskinUnto this LastPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Discussion of Ruskin] was followed by a reading by Mrs Ridges from "The Crown of Wild Olive". Mrs Stansfield read a paper on Ruskin's Economics principally with referen...Blanche Ridges John RuskinCrown of Wild Olive: Three Lectures on Work, Traff...Print: Book
1900-1945'[Discussion of Ruskin] was followed by a reading by Mrs Ridges from "The Crown of Wild Olive". Mrs Stansfield read a paper on Ruskin's Economics principally with referen...Charles Stansfield John RuskinUnto this LastPrint: Book
1900-1945'After a period of refreshment A. Rawlings then read a paper on Ruskin as an art critic, in which he gratuituously attacked the literary style of Modern Painters with whi...Alfred Rawlings John RuskinModern PaintersPrint: Book
1900-1945'After a period of refreshment A. Rawlings then read a paper on Ruskin as an art critic, in which he gratuituously attacked the literary style of Modern Painters with whi...XII Book ClubJohn RuskinModern PaintersPrint: Book
1850-1899'I looked for this old diary and read by chance the entry on my birthday, 1873, with my father's "Apocrypha" to refer to, which I had chanced to put forward on my first s...John Ruskin John RuskindiaryManuscript: Codex
1850-1899'Read diary of spring 1873 - what a change!'John Ruskin John RuskindiaryManuscript: Codex
1850-1899'Read entry in this journal for 8th and 9th September!'John Ruskin John RuskindiaryManuscript: Codex
1850-1899'Read again the lines p. 45 of last diary (Palmero book)'John Ruskin John RuskindiaryManuscript: Codex
1850-1899'Read, by chance, looking for Botany, the entry of 12th June last year - the trials of the just and scourges of the Sinner! I seem to catch both, just now.'John Ruskin John RuskindiaryManuscript: Codex
1850-1899'Greatly relieved in mind by resolving to stay, and reading former diary'John Ruskin John RuskindiaryManuscript: Codex
1850-1899'read, this morning, pp. 15 to 18 of Broadlands book with great comfort.'John Ruskin John RuskindiaryManuscript: Codex
1850-1899'Yesterday was a culmination of all mischief, finding I had lost (temporarily, may the Fates and Fors'es grant) Sir Walter Scott's Pen! Comforted a little by reading my o...John Ruskin John Ruskin[notes]Manuscript: Codex
1850-1899'Read this morning my entries early in 1877.'John Ruskin John RuskindiaryManuscript: Codex
1850-1899'This morning I have great pleasure in reading "Deucalion" before coffee'John Ruskin John RuskinDeucalionPrint: Book
1850-1899'Greatly rooted in displeasure with myself as I look over old diaries.'John Ruskin John RuskindiaryManuscript: Codex
1900-1945'I recalled Ruskin's words in the Preface to "Sesame and Lilies": "Let heart-sickness pass beyond a certain point and the heart loses its life for ever."'Vera Brittain John RuskinSesame and LiliesPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to her publisher, W. S. Williams, 31 July 1848:

'I have lately been reading "Modern Painters," and have derived from the work much genuine p...		Charlotte Brontë John RuskinModern PaintersPrint: Book
1850-1899Elizabeth Gaskell to Tottie Fox, August 1850:

'I wish, my dear, you were here. It would be a charming beguiling of my sofa imprisonment. I am very happy neve...		Elizabeth Gaskell John RuskinModern PaintersPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 7 January 1851:

'"The King of the Golden River" is a divine fairy tale. Richard Doyle has done it scant justice in his il...		Charlotte Brontë John RuskinThe King of the Golden RiverPrint: Book


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