√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 Anne Isabella Milbanke to Lord Byron (1814):
'Your ode to Buonaparte was read in the company which I have just left. It was thought not perfectly lyrical -- of this I ... Anne Isabella Milbanke George Gordon Lord Byron ode to Napoleon Bonaparte Unknown 1850-1899 Annette R. Federico notes anecdote in Kent Carr's 1901 biography of Marie Corelli, in which it is reported that New Zealand and Australian soliders in South Africa during... New Zealand and Australian soldiers Marie Corelli The Soul of Lilith Print : Book1700-1799 Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Volt... James Lackington Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote (probably) Print : Book1700-1799 Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Volt... James Lackington Henry Fielding unknown Print : Book1700-1799 Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Volt... James Lackington Tobias Smollet unknown Print : Book1700-1799 Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Volt... James Lackington Samuel Richardson unknown Print : Book1700-1799 Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Volt... James Lackington Frances Burney unknown Print : Book1700-1799 Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Volt... James Lackington Voltaire unknown Print : Book1700-1799 Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Volt... James Lackington Lawrence Sterne unknown Print : Book1700-1799 Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Volt... James Lackington Le Sage Gil Blas (probably) Print : Book1700-1799 Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Volt... James Lackington Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield Print : Book1500-1599 Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": " ... when ... [Harvey] and [Philip] Sidney went through books 1-3 [of Livy's Romanae historiae],... Gabriel Harvey and Philip Sidney T. Livii Patavini Romanae historiae principis, Decades tres cum dimi... Print : Book1500-1599 Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": " ... when ... [Harvey] and [Philip] Sidney went through books 1-3 [of Livy's Romanae historiae],... Gabriel Harvey and Philip Sidney Frontinus Stratagems Print : Book1500-1599 Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": "In 1576-77, just before Philip Sidney went on his mission to the Emperor Rudolph II in Prague, h... Gabriel Harvey and Philip Sidney T. Livii Patavini Romanae historiae principis Decades tres cum dimid... Print : Book1500-1599 Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": "In 1584 ... in Cambridge, Harvey read Livy ... with Thomas Preston, master of Trinity Hall. The... Gabriel Harvey and Thomas Preston T. Livii Patavini Romanae historiae principis Decades tres cum dimid... Print : Book1500-1599 Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": "In 1584 ... in Cambridge, Harvey read Livy ... with Thomas Preston, master of Trinity Hall. The... Gabriel Harvey and Thomas Preston Niccolo Machiavelli Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio Print : Book1500-1599 Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": "In 1584 ... in Cambridge, Harvey read Livy ... with Thomas Preston, master of Trinity Hall. The... Gabriel Harvey and Thomas Preston Jean Bodin Methodus ad facilem historiarum cognitionem Print : Book1500-1599 Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": "In 1584 ... in Cambridge, Harvey read Livy ... with Thomas Preston, master of Trinity Hall. The... Gabriel Harvey and Thomas Preston Jean Bodin Republic Print : Book1500-1599 Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": "[Gabriel] Harvey and Thomas Smith, Jr., read through the third decade [of Livy's Romanae histori... Gabriel Harvey and Thomas Smith, Jr. Livy Romanae historiae principis, Decades tres cum dimi... Print : Book1500-1599 Anthony Grafton, "Discitur ut agatur: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy": "[Gabriel] Harvey and Thomas Smith, Jr., read through the third decade [of Livy's Romanae histori... Gabriel Harvey and Thomas Smith, Jr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Epitoma rei militaris) Print : Book
