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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849H. J. Jackson notes annotations by Macaulay made in 1836 in his copy of Joseph Milner, History of the Church of Christ; these include: "'You bolt every lie that the Fathe...Thomas Babington Macaulay Joseph MilnerHistory of the Church of ChristPrint: Book
1800-1849'I think you do not mean the Treatise of Copplestone that I do, for I see nothing in his Discourses of Necessity and Contingency, of Predestination & Free-will, which are...George Crabbe Joseph MilnerHistory of the Church of ChristPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Joseph NicolsonThe History and Antiquities of the Counties of Wes...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Joseph NicolsonThe History and Antiquities of the Counties of Wes...Print: Book
1850-1899'began Marullus. In the evening read Pettigrew on Medical Superstitions.'George Eliot [pseud.] Joseph PettigrewMedical SuperstitionsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even began Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant". Read his "Life" and the "Eulogium" on it by M. Fountenelle. Memorandums on his life: [describes life of Tournefo...Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper read part of Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant".'Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper read part of Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant".'Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the evening read Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant", where I find the Turks think the dead are relieved by prayer.'Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper read part of Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant" wherein I find the following remark: They breed (says he) the finest goats in the world in the Champaign ...Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1800-1849'You have to answer for the sin of keeping me almost two hours from "Planta's history of the Helvetic confederacy" - which is a small [/] sin it must be owned, the said P...Thomas Carlyle Joseph PlantaHistory of the Helvetic ConfederacyPrint: Book
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1800-1849		[Marginalia]: ms note at foot of p.8 of Appendix: 'J. Claver ...[ J. Clavering is the first signatory of the letter on this page] We condemn the political mistakes of the...N.S. Cornith Joseph PriceLetter to Edmund Burke, Esq; on the latter part of...Print: Book
1700-1799H. J. Jackson discusses annotations by John Horne Tooke in his copy of Joseph Priestley, Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit (1777; gift from the author), in whic...John Horne Tooke Joseph PriestleyDisquisitions Relating to Matter and SpiritPrint: Book
1700-1799'In October 1792... the Larpents were reading Joseph Priestley on "The origin of government" "rather to lead conversation and observation than as a followed reading".'Anna Larpent Joseph PriestleyOn the origin of governmentPrint: Book
1700-1799'In October 1792... the Larpents were reading Joseph Priestley on The Origin of government 'rather to lead conversation and observation than as a followed reading.'John Larpent Joseph PriestleyOn the origin of governmentPrint: Book
1700-1799'Of Dr. Priestley's theological works, he remarked, that they tended to unsettle every thing, and yet settled nothing.' [account by Dr Maxwell, and Irish London priest fr...Samuel Johnson Joseph Priestley[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Joseph RitsonA Select Collection of English SongsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Joseph RitsonAncient songs, from the time of King Henry the Thi...Print: Book
1700-1799'He [Joseph Simpson] wrote a tragedy on the story of Leonidas, entitled "The Patriot". He read it to a company of lawyers, who found so many faults, that he wrote it over...Joseph Simpson Joseph SimpsonPatriot, TheManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 6 January 1821: 'Read Spence's Anecdotes ... Corrected blunders in nine apophthegms of Bacon -- all historical -- an...George Gordon Lord Byron Joseph SpenceAnecdotesPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown


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