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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849?? the shining events in Paris and the newer literature that began to be issued saw the young men of my age wild with excitement and enthusiasm. I had previously read the...William Edwin Adams Thomas PaineThe Rights of ManPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		??And which of the living poets fulfils your ideal standard of excellence?? ?Crabbe. He is all nature without pomp or parade and exhibits at times deep pathos and feel...Charles Robert Maturin George Crabbepoetic worksPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		??And whom do you estimate after Crabbe?? ?I am disposed to say Hogg. His ?Queen?s wake? is splendid and impassioned work. I like it for its varieties and its utter si...Charles Robert Maturin James Hogg Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		??Coleridge, who, en parenthesis, he disliked for a merciless attack on his tragedy. Which the ill success of the ?Remorse? had incited; and he had prepared a retaliation...Charles Maturin Samuel Taylor ColeridgeChristabel and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		??in Mrs Radcliff?s romances. She was ? an extraordinary female, and her style of writing ? must be allowed to form an era in English romances. Her ignorance was nearly e...Charles Maturin Ann RadcliffeThe Mysteries of UdolphoPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		??Moore, who is a poet of inspiration, could write in any circumstances. There is no man of the age labours harder than Moore. He is often a month working out the end of ...Charles Robert Maturin Thomas MooreComplete Poems and SongsPrint: Book
1700-1799??now, being able to read, I had almost continually the Testament in my hand. I had all the wondrous accounts in the Revelations, and my father, not a little pleased, wou...Samuel Bamford [n/a]New TestamentPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		??the work of Mrs Hannah More called Coelebs in search of a wife, as not knowing well where to class it. It is too pure and too profound to be ranked with novels, and too...Charles Robert Maturin Hannah MoreCoelebs in search of a wifePrint: Book
1800-1849??we were soon in a free conversation on the subject of parliamentary reform. When objections were stated, they listened candidly to our replies, and a good-humoured disc...Samuel Bamford William Hone[political pamphlets]Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849??we were soon in a free conversation on the subject of parliamentary reform. When objections were stated, they listened candidly to our replies, and a good-humoured disc...Samuel Bamford William CobbettWeekly RegisterPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849??we were soon in a free conversation on the subject of parliamentary reform. When objections were stated, they listened candidly to our replies, and a good-humoured disc...William HonePolitical LitanyPrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849?A publication of a different description also fell in my way. Mr Hale was a reader of "Cobbett?s Weekly Register", and as I constantly saw the tract lying on the desk at...Samuel Bamford William CobbettCobbett's Weekly RegisterPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1800-1849?A publication of a different description also fell in my way. Mr Hale was a reader of "Cobbett?s Weekly Register", and as I constantly saw the tract lying on the desk at...Samuel Bamford William Cobbett[writings]Print: Unknown
1800-1849?A situation as an errand boy at a bookseller?s was then found for me. A circulating library was attached to the business. My duties were to clean books and knives and br...William Edwin Adams Eliot WarburtonCrescent and the CrossPrint: Book
1800-1849?A situation as an errand boy at a bookseller?s was then found for me. A circulating library was attached to the business. My duties were to clean books and knives and br...William Edwin Adams Alfred, Lord Tennyson[poems]Print: Book
1800-1849?About this time I was delighted by the acquisition of two books, the existence of which, until then, had been unknown to me. One was the second volume of Homer?s "Iliad"...Samuel Bamford HomerIliadPrint: Book
1800-1849?About this time I was delighted by the acquisition of two books, the existence of which, until then, had been unknown to me. One was the second volume of Homer?s "Iliad"...Samuel Bamford John Milton[miscellaneous poems]Print: Book
1700-1799?After having read the great champions for Christianity, I next read the works of Lord Hesbert, Tindal, Chubb, Morgan, Collins, Woolston, Annet, Mandeville, Shaftesbury, ...James Lackington HesbertunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799?After having read the great champions for Christianity, I next read the works of Lord Hesbert, Tindal, Chubb, Morgan, Collins, Woolston, Annet, Mandeville, Shaftesbury, ...James Lackington TindallunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799?After having read the great champions for Christianity, I next read the works of Lord Hesbert, Tindal, Chubb, Morgan, Collins, Woolston, Annet, Mandeville, Shaftesbury, ...James Lackington ChubbunknownPrint: Book


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