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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
 
1500-1599?Reed by me N. Hughes 1595 ? noember? N. Hughes John DavisThe World's Hydrographical DescriptionPrint: Book
1850-1899?Talking of books, you will perhaps be in the way of seeing a volume of Essays on Reform just published. You may find there some remarks by one you know on American exper...Leslie Stephen [Essays on Reform]Print: Book
1850-1899?The "Morning Star" was at that time the leading Radical daily in London ? almost the only Radical daily, indeed. It was my custom every morning (Sundays excepted, of cou...William Edwin Adams [n/a]Morning StarPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899?The best I have read are two or three of Swift?s, who has a real go in him wh. cannot be quenched even by theology. There is a charming sermon on brotherly love; wh. he ...Leslie Stephen SwiftsermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799?The day after this being the last of the year, I managed to finish reading Blackstone?s Commentaries and Goldsmith?s History of England, both for the 2d time over & in t...John Marsh William BlackstoneCommentaries on the laws of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799?The day after this being the last of the year, I managed to finish reading Blackstone?s Commentaries and Goldsmith?s History of England, both for the 2d time over & in t...John Marsh Oliver GoldsmithHistory of England from the earliest times to the ...Print: Book
1700-1799?The enthusiastic notions which I had imbibed, and the desire I had to be talking about religious mysteries, etc answered one valuable purpose; as it caused me to embrace...James Lackington BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799?The enthusiastic notions which I had imbibed, and the desire I had to be talking about religious mysteries, etc answered one valuable purpose; as it caused me to embrace...James Lackington WesleyHymnsPrint: Book
1700-1799?The first book which attracted my particular notice was "The Pilgrim?s Progress", with rude woodcuts; it excited my curiosity in an extraordinary degree. There was "Chri...Samuel Bamford John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1850-1899?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti...Thomas Burt William Cowper[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti...Thomas Burt Henry Wadsworth Longfellow[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti...Thomas Burt John Milton[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti...Thomas Burt Alexander Pope[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899?The gentle Cowper was my earliest favourite, a small second-hand copy of his poems, which I bought for eighteen pence, being the first book I bought for myself. It empti...Thomas Burt William Wordsworth[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899?The library of the Mechanics' Institute gave me the opportunity to read some books which were then new to me, among them being, I remember, "Adam Bede", and other of Geo...Thomas Burt George EliotAdam BedePrint: Book
1850-1899?The library of the Mechanics' Institute gave me the opportunity to read some books which were then new to me, among them being, I remember, "Adam Bede", and other of Geo...Thomas Burt John RuskinCrown of Wild Olive: Three lectures on work, traff...Print: Book
1850-1899?The library of the Mechanics' Institute gave me the opportunity to read some books which were then new to me, among them being, I remember, "Adam Bede", and other of Geo...Thomas Burt John RuskinModern PaintersPrint: Book
1850-1899?The library of the Mechanics' Institute gave me the opportunity to read some books which were then new to me, among them being, I remember, Adam Bede, and other of Georg...Thomas Burt John RuskinSesame and LiliesPrint: Book
1800-1849?The little Frys found the hours very long when they sat in the large, rather austere drawing-room, trying not to fidget, while their mother read aloud to them long chapt...Elizabeth Fry BiblePrint: Book
?The most extraordinary production of this period was the powerful and wicked romance of The Monk.?Charles Maturin Matthew Gregory LewisThe MonkPrint: Book


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