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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
 
1800-1849Elizabeth Missing Sewell on a stay at her aunt Mrs Hanbury's London house during late 1835: 'The house and the situation [John Street, Bedford Row] were alike dreary [.....Elizabeth Sewell Laetitia Matilda HawkinsThe Countess and GertrudePrint: Book
1700-1799[Pilkington tells of how she wrote poems for a Mr Worsdale to pass off as his own and reproduces the Song 'Stella, Darling of the Muses'] 'Mr Worsdale shewed this Ballad ...Matthew Pilkington Laetititia Pilkington[verses on 'Stella']Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Pilkington tells of how she wrote poems for a Mr Worsdale to pass off as his own and reproduces the Song 'Stella, Darling of the Muses'] 'Mr Worsdale shewed this Ballad ...James Worsdale Laetititia Pilkington[verses on 'Stella']Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I wrote the following Ballad [abusing Mr Callaghan], and pacquetted Mr [italics]Taafe [end italics] with it [...] and threatened Mr [italics] Taafe [end italics], if he ...Laetititia PilkingtonVerses on Counsellor CallaghanManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I wrote the following Ballad [abusing Mr Callaghan], and pacquetted Mr [italics]Taafe [end italics] with it [...] and threatened Mr [italics] Taafe [end italics], if he ...Laetititia PilkingtonVerses on Counsellor CallaghanManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'as he [Mr Worsdale] was not willing that either of us shou'd believe him incapable of Writing, he used to shew Mr [italics] Pilkington[end italics]'s Work to me, and swe...Matthew Pilkington Laetititia Pilkington[poems claimed by James Worsdale as his own]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Charlie Chaplin was a classic autodidact, always struggling to make up for a dismally inadequate education, groping haphazardly for what he called "intellectual manna".....Charles Spencer Chaplin Lafcadio HearnLife and LiteraturePrint: Book
1700-1799'Learnt to play those Games which are wrote down in the abbreviations in the "History of Chess".'Joseph Hunter Lambe RobertThe History of ChessPrint: Book
1500-1599
1600-1699		Anthony Grafton, in "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy," notes Harvey's reading of Lambert Daneau's Silva "of political aphorisms" (1583), "a now forgo...Gabriel Harvey Lambert DaneauPoliticorum aphorismorum silvaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read B[ishop]. Andrew's Devotions & various other prayers. Read Blair's Sermon 'On our ignorance of good & evil in this life' [...] Read portions of Bryant 'On the plagu...John Cole Lancelot AndrewesDevotionsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Used B[isho]p Andrew's exct Prayers both mg & aftn - read one of Blair's sermons morng. Evg read one of B[isho]p Moore's sermons.'John Cole Lancelot AndrewesPrayersPrint: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett, invalid, to Mary Russell Mitford, 10 April 1839: 'What can I do bound hand and foot in this wilderness, in the way of book-ferreting? with a physi...Elizabeth Barrett Lancelot AndrewesSermonsPrint: Book
1600-1699'At Sturbridge faire last, having by chance loo[k]ed on Mr Whately, Bishop Andrewes, and Mr Perkins on the commandments (in which I owne a secret hand of God) I was clear...Isaac Archer Lancelot AndrewesThe Moral Law ExpoundedPrint: Book
1900-1945'The Club then listened to a variety of readings from modern poets as follows: A Rawlings Extracts from "The Art of Poetry" T.C. Eliott from Chesterton's "Lepanto" M...Alfred Rawlings Lang Jones Print: Book
1850-1899'Lanoe Falconer, Cecilia de Noel'Sarah Good Lanoe FalconerCecilia de NoëlPrint: Book
1900-1945E. M. Forster to Jessica Darling, 6 February 1912: 'Before I get off books, I will put down the names of one or two that I have enjoyed lately. George Moore, Ave, Will...Edward Morgan Forster Lascelles AbercrombieEmblems of LovePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Well … our gallant regiment … have been in it a damn sight more than ever they expected, by the Lord. We are hardened veterans, fed up to the neck, muddy to the eyes...Ivor Bertie Gurney Lascelles AbercrombieDeborahPrint: Book
1900-1945'I should like to have three more copies of the poem, if you will kindly send them. I give sparingly—to those only who are able to appreciate good poetry, and you ...William Henry Hudson Lascelles AbercrombieThe Sale of Saint Thomas [The First Act of a Play ...Print: Book
1900-1945'Her [Laura Riding's] talent I cannot judge, having seen too little. Much of what I have seen seems a nervous and complacent exhibitionism; her criticism shrewd but patro...Antonia White Laura Riding[unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'The meeting then considered the works of Thomas Hardy. H.M. Wallis gave a paper outlining the main features of Hardy's life and gave some idea of the succession of works...Ernest E. Unwin Laurence Binyon[criticism of Hardy]Print: Book


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