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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72 Shinfield Road. 5th May 1941
A. G Joselin in the chair.

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5. F. E. Pollard then undertook to guide us through “t...		Francis E. Pollard Matthew ArnoldThe Scholar-GypsyUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72 Shinfield Road. 5th May 1941
A. G Joselin in the chair.

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5. F. E. Pollard then undertook to guide us through “t...		Francis E. Pollard Matthew ArnoldThyrsisUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 72 Shinfield Road. 5th May 1941
A. G Joselin in the chair.

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5. F. E. Pollard then undertook to guide us through “t...		Francis E. Pollard Matthew ArnoldEssays in CriticismUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, 20.II.’39
R. D. L. Moore, & subsequently H. Stevens in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read & approved.
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5. R....		Roger Moore Matthew ArnoldThe Scholar GipsyUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Gower Cottage, 20.II.’39
R. D. L. Moore, & subsequently H. Stevens in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read & approved.
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5. R....		Roger Moore Matthew ArnoldThyrsisUnknown
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
1800-1849
1850-1899		'It was the explanation, the perfectly prosaic and positive explanation, of all these wonders which drew them to study the Habershons and the Newtons whose books they so ...Philip and Emily GosseMatthew Habershon[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799I now read Blackstone, Hale's Common Law, several other Law Books, and much biography. This course of reading was continued for several years until the death of my landla...Francis Place Matthew HaleHistory and Analysis of the Common Laws of EnglandPrint: Book
1800-1849'Miss Aldridge gave us Henry's "Communicant's Companion" - a fearful book filled with questions which it would have taken months to answer - and I tried to find time for ...Eliazbeth Missing Sewell Matthew HenryCommunicant's CompanionPrint: Book
1700-1799'On Monday the 30th we went in the coach with... Mr Norman, with whom we dined at the Bolt & Tun, where John & I spent the evening & slept, in the course of which evening...John Marsh Matthew LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1800-1849'For three years I continued a regular subscriber to the circulating library, during which time I read various works, including Milton's, Shakespeare's, Sterne's, Dr John...Christopher Thomson Matthew LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1800-1849'The other night I sat up till four o'clock, reading Matthew Lewis's "Monk". It is the most stupid & villainous novel that I have read for a great while. Considerable por...Thomas Carlyle Matthew LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley]...Mary Godwin Matthew LewisTales of Terror
1700-1799'This evening I have been reading a good deal in the "Monk". I don't know whether it hurts the mind or not, it certainly shows the passions in a very fascinating light. I...Elizabeth Gurney Matthew LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read a very searching book called Meads Almost Christian. Did not dare read it til I had sought the lord, that he would not suffer Satan to apply what was not my portion...Arabella Davies Matthew MeadEn Oligos Christianos: The Almost Christian Discov...Print: Book
1900-1945[A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Private in an infantry regiment, formerly a skilled pai...questionaire respondent Matthew Peary[Travels]Print: Book
1700-1799'During my Stay in the Country, he wrote me a great many poetical Compliments, and subscrib'd himself, [italics] Amintas [end italics]: as they were really very elegant; ...Laetitia van Lewen Matthew Pilkington[letters]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'During my Stay in the Country, he wrote me a great many poetical Compliments, and subscrib'd himself, [italics] Amintas [end italics]: as they were really very elegant; ...Elizabeth van Lewen Matthew Pilkington[letters to her daughter]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799[Having written an ode in the manner of Horace, she showed it to her husband who had also written one and] 'who, contrary to my Expectation (for I imagin'd he would be pl...Laetitia Pilkington Matthew Pilkington[a Horatian Ode]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Matthew Pilkington was in England and was staying with Pope, upon Swift's recommendation. Having received a letter in which he said Pope was treating him handsomely, Lae...Jonathan Swift Matthew Pilkington[letter to Laetitia Pilkington, about Pope]Manuscript: Letter


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