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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799Frances Burney to Hester Thrale, 22 January 1781, on reading account of Thrale's apperance at court on 18 January 1781 in Pacific island-inspired costume: 'Lord, if you h...Frances Burney newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'Mrs. Thrale offered the kind of readings [of work in progress, ie Cecilia] Burney ... most valued, instant impressions before the whole novel had been read -- or finishe...Hester Lynch Thrale Frances BurneyCeciliaManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'When he was writing ... "Things as They Are" (1794) ... [William] Godwin studied "Cecilia".'William Godwin Frances BurneyCecilia; or, Memoirs of an HeiressPrint: Book
1700-1799Copied by Frances Burney into her journal letters, from Samuel Hoole, "Aurelia" (1783): 'I stood, a favouring muse, at Burey's side, To lash unfeeling Wealth and stub...Frances Burney Samuel HooleAurelia
1700-1799' ... [The Mysterious Mother (1768)] was read aloud by Mr Smelt and Frances Burney in November 1786. Burney was horrified ...'Frances Burney and Leonard SmeltHorace WalpoleThe Mysterious MotherPrint: Book
1700-1799'I have heard Doctor Collier say [wrote Hester Thrale in undated letter] that Harry Fielding quite doated upon his Sister Sally till she had made herself through ... Dr. ...Sarah Fielding Virgil Print: Book
1700-1799'Colonel Digby had read Falconer's "The Shipwreck" aloud to Burney during her court service ...'The Hon. Stephen Digby William FalconerThe ShipwreckPrint: Book
1700-1799Frances Burney noted as having been 'an early reader' of Ann Radcliffe, "The Mysteries of Udolpho" (1794).Frances Burney Ann RadcliffeThe Mysteries of UdolphoPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Frances] Burney had read both "The Mysteries of Udolpho" and "The Italian" when they first came out, preferring the latter ...'Frances Burney Ann RadcliffeThe Mysteries of UdolphoPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Frances] Burney had read both "The Mysteries of Udolpho" and "The Italian" when they first came out, preferring the latter ...'Frances Burney Ann RadcliffeThe ItalianPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c.3 April 1792: '"A soul prepard needs no delays/ The summons come the Saint obey —/ Swift was his flight & short the road/...Robert Southey anon[memorial verse]Print: monument
1700-1799"Doctor Gregory's Book was published at Edin [r] just two Days before I left that Place...I read it, tho butin the hurried Way which the Eve of Journey allowed of...I als...Henry Mackenzie Dr John GregoryA Father's Legacy to his DaughtersPrint: Book
1700-1799One little book that my father had given me the last time he was at home, was for a long time afterwards my inseparable companion... My dear Papa's beautiful storybook.Ellen Weeton ['A storybook']Print: Book
1700-1799The only gratification I ever sought was to be permitted to sit quietly in my brother's room, with a book. That room was more pleasant and retired than the one I slept in...Ellen Weeton [unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'I would not let Martha [Lloyd] read First Impressions [later published as "Pride and Prejudice"] again upon any account, & am very glad that I did not leave it in your p...Martha Lloyd Jane AustenFirst ImpressionsManuscript: Sheet, MS of novel
1700-1799'So much for Mrs Piozzi. I had some thoughts of writing the whole of my letter in her stile [sic], but I beleive [sic] I shall not.'Jane Austen Hester Lynch PiozziLetters to and from the late Samuel JohnsonPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Edward Austen] made an important purchase Yesterday; no less than a pair of Coach Horses; his friend Mr Evelyn found them out & recommended them, & if the judgement ...Jane Austen Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him...Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and SophiaAlexander Pope[translations of Homer and other works]Print: Book
1700-1799'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him...Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia [books of European travels]Print: Book
1700-1799'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him...Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and SophiaOliver GoldsmithVicar of Wakefield, ThePrint: Book


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