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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'I see by the Times this morning there is a project for two prices, paper & cash, viz paper one fourth of gold, it appears to be a wild scheme, however I cannot understan...Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I see by the paper this morning that the Corn question in Parliament is put off till the 26th inst this almost confirms the report that the ministers have no plan ready....Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Very little news of importance in the Papers. I see Mr Hume is still strenuous for Economy, particulary in the Navy estimates...'Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'By the paper I see there has been a great deal of crowding about St James's to see the laying in state of the Royal Duke...'Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'A fine morning. Recd the Examiner this morning which is soon as can be expected. The times very copious on the approaching funeral of the Duke of York. All the honours p...Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I have read in the Times this day with great satisfaction the proceedings of a meeting in London to protect & defend the rights of the Welsh cottagers.'Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I see by the Paper this morning that Mr Canning is going to allow all corn in bond before the first of July...'Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to Alice James, 31 August 1869, from Lake Como: "I read yesterday in the Times the news of the defeat of the Harvard crew on the Thames."Henry James The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'"The Times" newspaper was taken in daily, and it was the office of each compositor in town to read the debates and leaders aloud for the benefit of the rest. When it cam...Charles Manby Smith [n/a]The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to Robert Louis Stevenson, 31 July 1888: "The incorporated society of authors ... gave a dinner the other night to American literati to thank them for praying...Henry James The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to Mrs John Rollin Tilton, 3 April 1878: " ... even in Rome I could not have done more than piangere over the King [Victor Emmanuel II]'s death, and that I di...Henry James The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to Grace Norton, 26 July 1880: "I read in theTimes that you are roasting alive in the U.S.A. ..."Henry James The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to Francis Boott, 11 October 1895: 'This is but a p.s. of three lines to the letter I posted to you yesterday; after doing which I became aware that I hadn't ...Henry James The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899Henry James to William James, 20 April 1898: 'I scarcely know what the newpapers say [about the Spanish-American war] -- beyond the "Times", which I look at all for [Geor...Henry James The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945Henry James to James B. Pinker, 6 January 1915: 'I have had to settle down [...] to looking at almost nothing but "The Times" and "The Morning Post"; the latter for its c...Henry James The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 17 May 1808: 'Read in the "Times" the confirmation of the wreck and positive loss of Lord Royston."Mary Berry The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799In letter to Mary Berry and family of July 10 1790, Horace Walpole transcribes two passages from the Times of 8 July, concerning political developments in Italy.Horace Walpole The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Mary Berry to Horace Walpole, 28 September 1794, regarding remark in the newspapers that the move of the Prince of Wales to Hampton Court would ensure continued social di...Mary Berry The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Mary Berry to Earl Granville, Monday 18 November 1834, on recent dissolution of Government: 'On Saturday, Lady Lansdowne read the paragraph in the "Times" to her lord at ...Lady Lansdowne The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I [Harriet Martineau] sent the first copy I could get [of her two "Excise" stories, "The Jerseymen Meeting" and "The Jerseymen Parting"] to the Chancellor of the Excheq...Harriet Martineau The TimesPrint: Newspaper


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