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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'I have finished Macaulay's "history of England" and am now reading his speeches, they are interesting.'Albert Battiscombe Thomas Babington MacaulayThe history of England from the accession of James...Print: Book
1900-1945(1) 'I have now made a good start on my second volume of Macaulay, which is admirable. What a nice man James must have been!' (2) 'I am nearly through Macaulay Vol. II,...Clive Staples Lewis Thomas Babington MacaulayThe History of England from the Accession of James...Print: Book
1800-1849My father's large bookcase was stuffed with odd volumes of the Gentleman's Magazine and other miscellaneous matters. Anacharsis' 'travels in Greece', Robertson's 'America...Anne Lutton Oliver GoldsmithThe History of England from the Earliest Times...Print: Book
1800-1849'I know that Historians are very subject to give us their own views, instead of Facts. Hume is very partial to Royalty, and at every opportunity is ready to sneer at Reli...Robert Sharp David HumeThe History of England from the InvasionPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Balzac's] short works although not new are exquisite - La Recherche de L'Absolu- Eugenie Grandet- Modeste Mignon- The last good cheap English books that I remember were...Mary Russell Mitford Thomas Babington MacaulayThe History of England, from the Accession of Jame...Print: Book
1600-1699'and then home to read the lives of Henry the 5th and 6th, very fine, in Speede; and so to bed.'Samuel Pepys John SpeedThe history of Great BritainePrint: Book
1600-1699'and so to my chamber and read the history of 88 in Speede, in order to my seeing the play thereof acted tomorrow at the King's House.'Samuel Pepys John SpeedThe history of Great BritainePrint: Book
1600-1699'and then to my chamber to read the true story in Speed of the Black Prince; and so to bed.'Samuel Pepys John SpeedThe history of Great BritainePrint: Book
1800-1849I have been steadily & delightedly reading Mitford's History. First of all, he is an Historian after my own heart, and I really believe a perfectly upright & honest man ...Sarah Harriet Burney William MitfordThe History of GreecePrint: Book
1800-1849'...what do you think Mitford's 'Greece' has made me begin, the 'Iliad' by Cowper which we were talking of.' Charles Darwin William MitfordThe History of GreecePrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Jany. 23rd. Do an Italian exercise & read some of Moore's Anacreon [...] Read Anarcharsis [...] Begin Goldsmith's History of Greece p.40.'Claire Clairmont Oliver GoldsmithThe History of Greece, from the Earliest State, to...Print: Book
1900-1945'I will not tell you my exact state of health day by day, but will give you a diary of my reading, which is perhaps a good index of my physical state. Friday morning. F...Donald William Alers Hankey William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry EsmondPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, early November 1852:

'The third volume [of Thackeray's History of Henry Esmond] seemed to me to possess the most sparkle,...		Charlotte Brontë William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry EsmondPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am glad to hear you have read Esmond: it is one of my favourite novels, and I hardly know which to praise most, the wonderful, musical Queen Anne English, or the del...Clive Staples Lewis William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry EsmondPrint: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to George Smith, 14 February 1852, after having been lent the first volume of W. M. Thackeray, "Henry Esmond", in manuscript by her publishers: 'It has b...Charlotte Bronte William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry Esmond (volume I)Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'"Esmond" appears to me [Harriet Martineau] [italics]the [end italics] book of the century, in its department. I have read it three times; and each time with new wonder ...Harriet Martineau William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry Esmond EsqPrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [c. July 1752, following illness with fever]: 'What have I been doing since I came here [a 'pretty place in Surry']? giving troubl...Catherine Talbot William ChaigneauThe History of Jack ConnorPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 21 July 1763:] 'I am curious to know whether you have at Spa (as at all places of that sort here) a circulating bookseller: if...Catherine Talbot Frances BrookeThe History of Lady Julia MandevillePrint: Book
1700-1799'Have you read Mad. Sevigne's Letters from the [French]? Fine passages and Sentiments there are in it, & a notion given of the French manner tho' written in the middle re...Samuel Richardson The History of ManPrint: Book
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1800-1849		H. J. Jackson notes Francis Douce's reading and annotations (which are "not generous") of copies of John Whitaker, The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed...Francis Douce John WhitakerThe History of ManchesterPrint: Book


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