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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
 
1850-1899Referring to criticism of Henry James by John Galsworthy that James did not 'write from the heart': 'To me even "R.T." ["The Real Thing" 1892,1893] seems to flow from ...Joseph Conrad Henry JamesThe PupilPrint: Unknown
1700-1799Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 22-24 December 1793: 'Monday morning. of last nights verses I have two things to say. the metre is that of Ph. Fletchers purple ...Robert Southey Phineas FletcherThe Purple Island, or, the Isle of ManPrint: Book
1700-1799To Lady Isabella King, Bath March 8th 1798 'Have you read "The Pursuits of Literature"? It is a satirical poem. I dislike satire in general, but this appears to me one...Elizabeth Smith Thomas James MathiasThe Pursuits of LiteraturePrint: Book
1800-1849'She [Mrs Montagu] is characterised in this manner in the first part of the "Pursuits of Literature"; comparing the commentators upon Shakespeare [transcribes note on Mon...Joseph Hunter Thomas James MathiasThe Pursuits of Literature [...] A Satirical PoemPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read the first 3 parts of the "Pursuits of Literature", of these the first I admire the most. There are people who will not allow that the author has either wit or learn...Joseph Hunter Thomas James MathiasThe Pursuits of Literature [...] A Satirical PoemPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 9 August 1797: 'I have only seen the former parts of the Pursuits of Literature. the author appeared to me to have the mal...Robert Southey Thomas James MathiasThe Pursuits of Literature, or What You Will. A Sa...Print: Book
1800-1849Engaged in a 2nd perusal of the Pursuits of Literature and the Monthly Magazine I.G. Thomas James MathiasThe Pursuits of Literature; A Satirical PoemPrint: Book
1900-1945Raguana who, apart from Fatima, had the most outstanding personality in the harem. She was taller than most Hadhrami women, with a good figure and the striking looks of a...Raguana unknown unknownThe Qu'ranUnknown
1900-1945Raguana who, apart from Fatima, had the most outstanding personality in the harem. She was taller than most Hadhrami women, with a good figure and the striking looks of a...Doreen Ingrams unknown unknownThe Qu'ranUnknown
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Quarterly Journal of Foreign Medicine and Surg...Print: Serial / periodical
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1850-1899		After leaving school aged thirteen, '... [Dorothea Beale] read far more history than fiction, plus the major reviews of the time [1840s] -- "The Edinburgh", "Quarterly", ...Dorothea Beale The Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849The Rev. P. Elmsley to John Murray (1815), regarding the Quarterly Review: 'I think you have not been very brilliant of late. I must say there is as great a difference...Rev. P. Elmsley The Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Sir Francis Head to John Murray, 26 June 1842: 'My son will be quite proud at receiving the [italics]first[end italics] copy of the new Quarterly, the only one, I be...Sir Francis Head The Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The Queen of the County'Sarah Good Julia Cecilia StrettonThe Queen of the CountyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am quite sure that you felt impelled to write these striking verses - that they would be written, that they, so to say, wrote themselves - & I rejoice at it since by n...Mary Russell Mitford Caroline CliveThe Queen's Ball: A PoemPrint: Book
1900-1945'Rest and sleep upstairs[.] Read the Queen's Tragedy by Benson.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Robert Hugh BensonThe Queen's TragedyPrint: BookUnknown
1600-1699'and so by coach home; and there, having this day bought the "Queene of Arragon" play, I did get my wife and W Batelier to read it over this night by 11 a-clock, and so t...Elizabeth Pepys William HabingtonThe Queene of ArragonPrint: Book
1600-1699'and so by coach home; and there, having this day bought the "Queene of Arragon" play, I did get my wife and W Batelier to read it over this night by 11 a-clock, and so t...William Batelier William HabingtonThe Queene of ArragonPrint: Book


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