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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 7 January 1821: 'Read Spence, and turned over Roscoe, to find a passage I have not found. Read the 4th. vol. of W. ...George Gordon Lord Byron Joseph SpenceAnecdotesPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 11 January 1821: 'Dined ... Went out -- returned ... read Poets, and an anecdote in Spence.'George Gordon Lord Byron Joseph SpenceAnecdotesPrint: Book
1800-1849In the morning, looking over the abridgement of Spence's Polymetics... that was Isabella's... gave me the idea of writing a work on antiquities.Anne Lister Joseph SpencePolymetics AbridgedPrint: Book
1700-1799'2 February 1780.] Here is Dr Pepys come with a Manuscript of Dr Spence's for Johnson's Use & Inspection now he is writing the Lives of the poets: It is an admirable [ita...Hester Lynch Thrale Joseph SpenceAnecdotesManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Lord Bolingbroke said he learned Spanish so as to read & write Letters in it with only three Weeks Application, - Baretti said the same of Miss Horneck - I suppose both ...Hester Lynch Thrale Joseph SpenceAnecdotesManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'When I read the Character of Cambray in this Collection, I could not keep from falling on my Knees to give God thanks for having created such a Man: It is a common Trick...Hester Lynch Thrale Joseph SpenceAnecdotesManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'The two Stories of Marlboro's Avarice are very capital: Sr Godfrey's Dream is [a] good Thing too - they are all too long to transcribe'.Hester Lynch Thrale Joseph Spence[Anecdotes]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I believe your Ladiship will be diverted with an Octavo book on the Writings and Genius of Pope; tho' you will not approve of everything in it. A little Vol. intitled, "...Samuel Richardson Joseph WartonAn Essay on the Writings and Genius of PopePrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished Warton's "Life of Pope" prefixed to his edition of Pope's "Works"; and compared Wakefield's "Preface" to his "Observations on Pope". These two critics differ e...Thomas Green Joseph WartonLife of Pope, in Works,Print: Book
1800-1849'Finished a perusal of Warton's "Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope"...'Thomas Green Joseph WartonEssay on the Genius and Writings of PopePrint: Book
1700-1799'He said, Dr. Joseph Warton was a very agreeable man, and his "Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope," a very pleasing book. I wondered that he delayed so long to give...Samuel Johnson Joseph WartonEssay on the Genius and Writings of PopePrint: Book
1700-1799'He said, Dr. Joseph Warton was a very agreeable man, and his "Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope," a very pleasing book. I wondered that he delayed so long to give...James Boswell Joseph WartonEssay on the Genius and Writings of PopePrint: Book
1700-1799'He censured Ruffhead's "Life of Pope"; -and said, "he knew nothing of Pope, and nothing of poetry." He praised Dr. Joseph Warton's "Essay on Pope"; but said, he supposed...Samuel Johnson Joseph WartonEssay on the Genius and Writings of PopePrint: Book
1700-1799'He censured Ruffhead's "Life of Pope"; -and said, "he knew nothing of Pope, and nothing of poetry." He praised Dr. Joseph Warton's "Essay on Pope"; but said, he supposed...James Boswell Joseph WartonEssay on the Genius and Writings of PopePrint: Book
1700-1799'[ letter from Boswell to Johnson, responding to the latter's contention that there existed no adequate 'Life' of Thomson] Since I received your letter I have read his [T...James Boswell Joseph WartonEssay on the Genius and Writings of PopePrint: Book
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1800-1849		H. J. Jackson discusses "sarcastic" marginal remarks by Samuel Parr in his copy of Poems by Mrs Pickering (1794), a volume including poems by John Morfitt and Joseph West...Samuel Parr Joseph Westonpoems including Written on Returning from Lichfiel...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Joseph Blanco WhiteLetters from SpainPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Joseph Blanco WhiteA letter to Charles Butler, EsqPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Joseph Blanco WhiteThe Poor Man's Preservative against PoperyPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Joseph Blanco WhitePractical and Internal Evidence against CatholicsPrint: Book


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