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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
 
1800-1849'My uncle was so particular about his books that he used to declare that when a child's finger had touched one it was spoilt. Acting upon this idea, he gave up certain bo...brothers of Elizabeth missing Sewell, including Henry, William and JamesJoseph GlanvillPhilosophical Considerations touching Witches and ...Print: Book
1600-1699'[I was] not constant in meditation, I was loath to begin, but if I once began I found it so sweet that I could scarce leave of[f]; I read Mr Baxter's Rest about meditati...Isaac Archer Joseph HallThe Art of Divine MeditationPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 28 June 1796: 'THE story of the Mysterious Mother is of an earlier date than the noble author imagined: it may be f...Robert Southey Joseph HallResolutions and Decisions of divers Practical Case...Print: Book
1900-1945'Warm thanks for the charming copy of "Wild Oranges" which it was a great pleasure to have in this interesting form. [...] You will be good enough to give my most friendl...Joseph Conrad Joseph HergesheimerWild OrangesPrint: Book
1900-1945'amongst all else she [Causley's mother] found a little time for reading from a two-penny library: novels by the Cornish writers Silas and Joseph Hocking ("Rosemary Carew...Charles Causley Joseph Hocking[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'amongst all else she [Causley's mother] found a little time for reading from a two-penny library: novels by the Cornish writers Silas and Joseph Hocking ("Rosemary Carew...Mrs Causley Joseph Hocking[novels]Print: Book
1900-1945'amongst all else she [Causley's mother] found a little time for reading from a two-penny library: novels by the Cornish writers Silas and Joseph Hocking ("Rosemary Carew...Mrs Causley Joseph HockingRosemary CarewPrint: Book
1800-1849Assisted my Aunt in reading prayers in the afternoon. In the evening read aloud sermons 8+9, Hoole.Anne Lister Joseph Hoolesermons on several important practical subjectsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Joseph HughesThe Believer's Prospect and PreparationPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 1-6 January 1842: 'Did you see Mr Hunter's treatise upon the Tempest? Mr Kenyon "caused it to pass before my face" & I di...Elizabeth Barrett Joseph HunterA Disquisition on the Scene, Origin, Date, etc. of...Print: Book
1850-1899'[from a letter from Mary Ward to her father] I have been reading Joubert's "Pensees" and "Correspondance" lately, with a view to the Amiel introduction. You would be cha...Mary Ward Joseph JoubertCorrespondancePrint: Book
1850-1899'[from a letter from Mary Ward to her father] I have been reading Joubert's "Pensees" and "Correspondance" lately, with a view to the Amiel introduction. You would be cha...Mary Ward Joseph JoubertPenseesPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Mrs Ward] had found a task for Mrs Lyttelton's quick mind, to while away the too-long hours of that summer [while her husband was fighting in the Boer war], in a trans...Katherine Lyttelton Joseph JoubertPenseesPrint: Book
1850-1899'I do not know Mr Joseph Kay's address or I should have written to thank him for his valuable and most interesting pamphlet on the Condition and Education of English chil...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Joseph KayCondition of Poor Children in English and German T...Print: Pamphlet
1900-1945'Fortunately for me, about this time I read two books by Joseph Macabe, an ex-Catholic priest, "The Religion of Women" and "Women in Political Evolution", which I still t...Hannah Mitchell Joseph MacabeThe Religion of WomenPrint: Book
1900-1945'Fortunately for me, about this time I read two books by Joseph Macabe, an ex-Catholic priest, "The Religion of Women" and "Women in Political Evolution", which I still t...Hannah Mitchell Joseph MacabeWomen in Political EvolutionPrint: Book
1600-1699'This weeke after a long restraint, God was pleased to sett mee at liberty againe; I went abroad now commonly againe to any of my friends & neighbours houses; in my r...Ralph Josselin Joseph MedeClavis ApocalypticaPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have read M. Auguste.'Robert Louis Stevenson Joseph MeryMonsieur AugustePrint: Book
1850-1899'I have read M. Auguste and the Crime Inconnu, being now abonne to a library.'Robert Louis Stevenson Joseph MeryUn crime inconnuPrint: Book
1850-1899'The Damned Ones of the Hindies now occupy my attention.'Robert Louis Stevenson Joseph MeryLes Damnes de JavaPrint: Book


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