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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
 
1850-1899'We remained in Paris from 8th September [1869] to the 18th. The effect of the daily articles against the Empire, which Grote devoured with avidity, of course, appeared t...George Grote anti-Empire articlesPrint: Newspaper, Pamphlet, Unknown
1850-1899'We remained in Paris from 8th September [1869] to the 18th. The effect of the daily articles against the Empire, which Grote devoured with avidity, of course, appeared t...Harriet Grote anti-Empire articlesPrint: Newspaper, Pamphlet, Unknown
1850-1899'We proceeded to Chatsworth on the 13th of August [1870] -- that is to say, to the "Edensor Inn," hard by [...] Lady Eastlake joining us on the same day, from London, we ...George Grote 'treatises of medieval authors'Unknown
1700-1799Harriet Cavendish to unknown recipient (c.1796): 'When we got home [from walking and visiting] I read and played till desert, after desert I wrote to you.'Lady Harriet Cavendish  Print: Book
1700-1799Harriet Cavendish to unknown recipient (c.1796): 'As soon as breakfast was over I read and played on the harp'.Lady Harriet Cavendish  Print: Book
1700-1799Harriet Cavendish to unknown recipient (c.1796): 'G. is very much interested in the "black penitent" and is now reading it in the window in mamma's little room.'Lady Georgina Cavendish 'the black penitent'Print: Book
1700-1799Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgina Cavendish (November 1797): 'You can't imagine, G. how tourty [sic] we are of an afternoon, my aunt reads and tells us st...Harriet Ponsonby storyPrint: Book
1700-1799Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Cavendish (1798): 'The dinner here consisted of Mr. Hare sitting all the evening with his taper legs crossed like a tay...Mr Hare Gazette ExtraordinaryPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Cavendish, 10 October 1801: 'We arrived here last night [...] This morning [...] Caro [Caroline Ponsonby, cousin] and...Harriet Cavendish Gallery catalogue, Hardwick HallUnknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (c. August 1802): 'Mama, my aunt, Corisande and Caro Ponsonby have been spending 2 or 3 days at Brocket Ha...William Lamb poetryPrint: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (c. August 1802): 'Mama, my aunt, Corisande and Caro Ponsonby have been spending 2 or 3 days at Brocket Ha...William Lamb and Caroline Ponsonby 'tales of wonder'Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 27 August 1802: 'Ramsgate does not abound with incident [...] We get up at seven, and today for the first...Lady Harriet Cavendish  Print: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth (January 1803): 'I am now going for 2 or 3 hours to experience that most delightful of pleasures; solitude...Selina Trimmer  Print: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister Lady Georgiana Morpeth (February 1803): 'I have been crying my eyes out over "le Nouveau pere de famille." I wonder I did not hear...Lady Harriet Cavendish 'le Nouveau pere de famille'Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her mother, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, 15 October 1804: 'We have finished Cowper and have begun to read Charles the Vth.'Lady Harriet Cavendish and Lady Georgiana Morpeth 'Charles the Vth'Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 10 November 1805: 'Lady B[essborough]. [aunt] has just been at the Priory of which, allowing for her usua...William and Caroline Lamb  Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 10 November 1805: 'Lady B[essborough]. [aunt] has just been at the Priory of which, allowing for her usua...Lord and Lady Aberdeen  Print: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 22 November 1805: 'In the morning I read by myself for two hours, and this though not a large portion of ...Lady Harriet Cavendish  Print: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, during stay with her Spencer relations (c.1807): 'We are all as regular as clocks: read, work, and play o...Lady Harriet Cavendish and family  Print: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her grandmother, the Countess Dowager Spencer, 8 August 1807: 'George's reading goes on prosperously and Georgiana is the quickest little cre...George Howard  Print: Book


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