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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
 
1800-1849?Mrs Opie?s was essentially a happy temperament and with such adaptability as she possessed, quiet home evenings were not without their charms; even when her husband sat ...Amelia Opie Amelia Opie[her own works]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849?My dear Sir, I inclose the Blue Wonder and the Nights at Sea. I think if you read the last, you may save yourself the trouble of reading the first. It seems to me, in t...Charles Dickens ZschokkeBlue WonderPrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849?My dear Sir, I inclose the Blue Wonder and the Nights at Sea. I think if you read the last, you may save yourself the trouble of reading the first. It seems to me, in t...Charles Dickens Matthew BarkerNights at SeaPrint: UnknownUnknown
1700-1799?My father will allow me to manufacture an essay on the logograph, he furnishing the soiled materials and I spinning them. I am now looking over, for this purpose, Wilkin...Maria Edgeworth John WilkinsReal Character or an Essay towards universal philo...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		?My father, as before stated, was a reader, and amongst other books which he now read, was Pain?s [sic] "Rights of Man". He also read Pain?s [sic] "Age of Reason", and hi...Daniel Bamford Thomas PaineAge of ReasonPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		?My father, as before stated, was a reader, and amongst other books which he now read, was Pain?s [sic] "Rights of Men". He also read Pain?s [sic] "Age of Reason", and hi...Daniel Bamford Thomas PaineRights of ManPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		?My father, as before stated, was a reader, and amongst other books which he now read, was Pain?s [sic] "Rights of Men". He also read Pain?s [sic] "Age of Reason", and hi...Daniel Bamford [unknown][theological works]Print: Unknown
1700-1799?My Godmother sone [sic] provided me a testament but my mother not being able to Read the first Chapter of St Matthews Gospel I began the second and read it through as we...Joseph Mayett [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		?Now I do not know what you imagined in reading Sully?s Memoirs, but I always imagined the Arsenal was one large building, with a fa?ade to it like a very large hotel or ...Maria Edgeworth Maxmillian de Bethune SullyMemoirsPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		?Of course, it is true that English writers ? Thackeray conspicuously so ? are injured by being cramped as to love in its various manifestations? Consequently within give...Leslie Stephen William Thackeray Print: Book
1800-1849?Of him [lodger ? a Wesleyan minister] I had the loan of a work which I had indeed previously read; but of which I was not tired, nor I believe ever should be. This was t...Thomas Carter John WesleyJournalPrint: Book
1800-1849?Of him [lodger ? Wesleyan minister] I had the loan of a work which I had indeed previously read; but of which I was not tired, nor I believe ever should be. This was the...Thomas Carter John Wesley[works]Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		?Of Sir Walter Scott I have heard Maturin speak in terms of rapture. He considered his extraordinary productions the greatest efforts of human genius, and often said that...Charles Robert Maturin Sir Walter Scottcomplete works to 1820Print: Book
1700-1799?On our coming home & Candles being brought in he took up a volume of "Clarissa Harlowe" (w?ch we happen?d then all to be reading) but having sat about 10 minutes without...John Marsh Samuel RichardsonClarissaPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		?on the Thursday evening following I went to my fathers to the meeting with an intention to stay out all night with a person that was not of very good Character so I went...Joseph Mayett John RipponA Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors Includi...Print: Book
1900-1945?One has no inclination at all to work or to read seriously ? so I?ve been dipping into an enormous range of stuff ? from Hans Anderson to Boris Godonof.? Benjamin Britten Hans Christian Anderson Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		?One of her acts of beneficence [Madame Delessert] is recorded in Berquin?s Ami des Enfans but even her own children cannot tell which story it is. Her daughter, Madame G...Maria Edgeworth BerquinAmi des Enfants: select stories for the instructio...Print: Book
1800-1849?One Sunday afternoon, the usual call was made for our ramble in the fields. Word was sent to the callers that their old companion was not going to join them. I heard fro...William Edwin Adams Edward YoungThe Complaint: or night thoughtsPrint: Book
1700-1799?Pray have you read Miss Burney?s Book?? Book? What Book is it?? cried the other. ? A Novel, answered Miss Lawes,? but indeed it?s very much above a Novel.?Anna Maria Lawes Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1700-1799?Pray, said Mr Thrale, do you read much?? ?When I can meet with large Print,? answered the old Gentleman. ?Did you ever, said my Master, read Evelina?? ? I almost jump...Henry Thrale Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book


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