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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
 
1700-1799'[Mr Pepys] is admirably described by the same Words with which Menage describes Mr de Costar; C'est (dit il), le Galant le plus Pedant, et le Pedant le plus galant qu'on...Hester Lynch Thrale Gilles MenageMenagianaPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale gives an epitaph translated from French by Bennet Langton, and her own translation] 'I remember Johnson preferred mine at the Time it was fresh among us'.Samuel Johnson [French epitaph translated by Mrs Thrale and Benne...Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale gives her 'Verses on the Fall of the Great Ash Tree in Offley Park'] This trifling performance brought Tears into my Uncle's Eyes, and Money into my Pocket f...Thomas Salusbury Hester Lynch Salusbury'Verses on the Fall of the Great Ash Tree in Offle...Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale gives her long poem entitled 'Offley Park'] This little poem will be easily seen to have been written by way of Flattery to Sir Thomas Salusbury with whom I ...Thomas Salusbury Hester Lynch Salusbury'Offley Park'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale gives some verses of hers about bathing] these Lines are imitated from some Verses in Ben Jonson's Volpone, which are too obscene to be borne, otherwise very...Hester Lynch Thrale Ben JonsonVolponePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale gives the Spanish quotation] "Quien la ve no la e; quien no la ve, la ve". I think the Jeu de Mots in this last quite perfect of its kind 'tis on the town ...Hester Lynch Thrale [a Spanish play]Print: Book
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale is about to give 'an Ode written when I was between sixteen and seventeen Years old'] As I read it over this Moment I resolved once to burn it, but recollect...Hester Lynch Thrale Hester Lynch Salusbury'Irregular Ode on the English Poets'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale is about to give 'an Ode written when I was between sixteen and seventeen Years old'] As I read it over this Moment I resolved once to burn it, but recollect...John Salusbury Hester Lynch Salusbury'Irregular Ode on the English Poets'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale proposes writing a comedy, but] as I have not a Spark of Originality about me, I must take a French Model - it shall be "L'Homme Singulier".'Hester Lynch Thrale Philippe Nericault DestouchesL'Homme SingulierPrint: Book
1850-1899'[Mrs Ward writes to Mr Buxton about Sidney Webb's idea for a Factory Act for east London, and comments] I find the same thing foreshadowed in various other things on Fac...Mary Augusta Ward [papers on Factory Law]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'[Mrs Ward's average day at Stocks began] at 5.30 a.m, with the reading of Greek, or writing of letters, or much reading, for the reading of many books was still her grea...Mary Augusta Ward AeschylusAgamemnonPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Mrs Ward's average day at Stocks began] at 5.30 a.m, with the reading of Greek, or writing of letters, or much reading, for the reading of many books was still her grea...Mary Augusta Ward Euripides Print: Book
1900-1945'[Mrs Ward's average day at Stocks began] at 5.30 a.m, with the reading of Greek, or writing of letters, or much reading, for the reading of many books was still her grea...Mary Augusta ward Walter RaleighWordsworthPrint: Book
1900-1945'[Mrs Ward's average day at Stocks began] at 5.30 a.m, with the reading of Greek, or writing of letters, or much reading, for the reading of many books was still her grea...Mary Augusta ward Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Print: Book
1900-1945'[Mrs Ward's average day at Stocks began] at 5.30 a.m, with the reading of Greek, or writing of letters, or much reading, for the reading of many books was still her grea...Mary Augusta ward Horace Print: Book
1900-1945'[Mrs Ward's average day at Stocks began] at 5.30 a.m, with the reading of Greek, or writing of letters, or much reading, for the reading of many books was still her grea...Mary Augusta ward Emile FaguetDix-Huitieme Siecle: Études Littéraires Print: Book
1900-1945'[Mrs Ward's average day at Stocks began] at 5.30 a.m, with the reading of Greek, or writing of letters, or much reading, for the reading of many books was still her grea...Mary Augusta ward Homer Print: Book
1850-1899'[Mrs Ward's report of a conversation with Gladstone] 'I spoke of Pattison's autobiography as illustrating Newman's hold. He agreed, but said that Pattison's religious ph...Mary Augusta Ward Mark Pattison'Confession of Faith'Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'[Mrs Ward's report of a conversation with Gladstone] 'I spoke of Pattison's autobiography as illustrating Newman's hold. He agreed, but said that Pattison's religious ph...Mary Augusta Ward Mark PattisonMemoirsPrint: Book
1850-1899'[Mrs Ward's report of a conversation with Gladstone] 'I spoke of Pattison's autobiography as illustrating Newman's hold. He agreed, but said that Pattison's religious ph...William Gladstone Mark PattisonMemoirsPrint: Book


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