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1900-1945

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Mary Reynolds Lewis CarrollThe Lobster Quadrille, from Alice in Wonderland
1700-1799'This day read in the "Gazette" of the 20th instant that the King of Prussia had on the 6th instant gained a complete victory over the whole combined forces of Austria (n...Thomas Turner The London GazettePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'In reading "The Gazette" for the 22nd instant I find the King of Prussia, with about 20,000, has beat the combined forces of the empire and France, which were about 60,0...Thomas Turner The London GazettePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'In the even read the extraordinary "Gazette" for Wednesday, which gives an account of our army in America, under the command of General Wolfe, beating the French army un...Thomas Turner The London GazettePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Read the September No of the London Mag: only 2 good articles in it-'Blakesmore in H-shire' by Elia & review of 'Goethe' by De Quincey these are excellent and sufficient ...John Clare The London MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Today in reading "The London Magazine" for May, I find the following description of a comet that is shortly expected to appear, viz., that it has appeared 6 times alread...Thomas Turner The London MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Read part of "The London Magazine" for February.'Thomas Turner The London MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'After I came home, I read part of "The London Magazine" for October, as also a poor empty piece of tautology called "A Series Advice to the Public to Avoid the Danger of...Thomas Turner The London MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Recievd the "London Magazine" by my friend Henderson who bought if from town with him a very dull no [.] [...] the article on Byron carrys ignorance in the face of it [....John Clare [n/a]The London MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Read over the magazine [received from London on Sunday 7 Nov] the review of Lord Byrons conversations is rather entertaining the pretendery letter of James Thompson is a...John Clare [n/a]The London MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Lookd over the magaze for amusement [...] the letter on mackadamizing is good - the review on Walladmoor is 30 pages long I wish De Quincey had better subjects for his g...John Clare Thomas de QuinceyThe London Magazine: Review of Walladmor by ScottPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In the even read part of the "London Magazine" for July, in which I find a great many excellent pieces, more than I ever remember to have seen in any one magazine. Perha...Thomas Turner The London magazine; or, gentleman's monthly intel...Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Hudson's "Sparrow" is really first rate and just in the tone I expected. C'est une belle nature, which never falls short of its domain. One can depend upon him. The oth...Joseph Conrad W.(William) H.(Henry) HudsonThe London Sparrow in Kith and Kin: Poems of Anima...Print: Book
1900-1945'I got up at that moment to re-read your article on Leon Bloy. The memory of it suddenly rose in my mind, like a scent'.Katherine Mansfield John Middleton MurryThe Loneliness of Leon BloyPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I got up at that moment to re-read your article on Leon Bloy. The memory of it suddenly rose in my mind, like a scent'.Katherine Mansfield John Middleton MurryThe Loneliness of Leon BloyPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Thursday, 8 December 1825: 'Knox, a young poet of considerable talent, died here a week or two since [...] succeeding to good farms under the Duke of Buccleuch [he]...Walter Scott William KnoxThe Lonely HearthUnknown
1850-1899'I have never (in his prose work) found a trace of the artist?s passion for words & loving care over them; & in his poetry I am convinced that the extraordinarily vivid i...Arnold Bennett Rudyard KiplingThe Long TrailPrint: Book
1900-1945Sunday 26th September ?The Long Trick?, - ?Bartimeus? A delightfully quiet day at home. Reading and writing. Had an hour or two at the piano and showed form. ...Gerald Moore "Bartimeus"The Long TrickPrint: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 7 July 1907: 'My brother sent me The Longest Journey. Don't you think it is an astonishing & irritating production? What a success he...Leonard Woolf E. M. ForsterThe Longest JourneyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Those 2 poems of Masefield's are very good....Poetry counteracts the deadening influence a good deal....I am reading "The Loom of Youth" in bits....It is very good and i...Edward Brittain John MasefieldThe Loom of YouthUnknown


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