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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
 
1850-1899'Dear Mr Blackwood, I see in "The Times" that you were present at the dinner of the Royal Literary Fund." The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Thank you for sending me the "Times" with the review. It is very gracious and good [...] I don't know whether I am alone in thinking so, of if the opinion is general, b...Margaret Oliphant The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'In the months leading up to the First World War, C.H. Rolph learned shorthand by taking dictation as his father read from the Daily Telegraph, The Times, the Referee and...C.H. Rolph The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899?To say the truth, my compliment is not so strong as it seems; for there is no English paper now wh. I can read without disgust. The Saturday, politically speaking, is in...Leslie Stephen The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Elizabeth Gaskell, "Life of Charlotte Bronte" (1857): '[Charlotte Bronte's] hosts [in London] took pleasure in showing her the sights of London. On one of the days which...Charlotte Bronte The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899"At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ...Louisa Martindale The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899"At home, after leaving school in 1857 ... [Louisa Martindale's] reading was, at first, chiefly the Bible. On 16 September she started to take Fraser's Magazine, and her ...Louisa Martindale The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Mr Nelson's estate which is advertised for sale in the Hull papers. I likewise saw it in The Times.Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1800-1849'In the Times there is an Order from the Magisterial Gentlemen of Beverley at the last sessions...'Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'On the paper I received this morning was written near the seals "Billy's away" and a sketch of some kind of head... The prosecutors for libel have Reaped but little bene...Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'It appears by the Times that there are several dreadful houses in the Neighbourhood of Bow Street, where the unthinking are robbed of their property...'Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I see by the Times of Saturday last that Hunt retired from the contest'.Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I saw a piece in the times headed 'Poor old Cobbett' where it seems to be insinuated that he has not spent all the money which he has given an acccount of, I suppose he ...Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I see by the Times this morning that a young man of the name of Dunn from Hull has been robbing his employers Sewell & Co... May this be a warning to all young men... [a...Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'There is a paragraph in the Times this morning on the subject of large farms, which is much to the purpose...'Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'The Times recd this morning gives an account of the printing trade being in a very depressed state at present. I think Cobbett has commited himself dreadfully...'Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'The Times called Cobbett a "comical miscreant", and the "vagabond" in an article on the "Poor Man's Friend", it appears there is another poor Man's friend published by H...Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I see by the Times this morning there is likely to be some stir with the supporters of the Bible society, it is no more than I have cooked for; I expect there is good pi...Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'The Times this morning seems to think that the corn question will meet with the same treatment as catholic emancipation'Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'two papers this morning, the one that missed yesterday came today [...] I see there is a great deficiency in the Quarter's Revenue - were an individual to go in the mann...Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper


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