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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'I called at Squire's [...] my advertisement was not in the Daily Courant. Went into St Dunstan's Church to hear Dr Lupton [is too late] went to the [Royal]Society, Sir I...John Byrom n/aThe Daily CourantPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1700-1799'To Richard's where I stayed all afternoon ... I met mr Graham of our college formerly, and he showed me some Verses about Lord Cateret that were made in Ireland, pretty ...John Byrom anon[Verse on Lord Cateret]Unknown
1700-1799'I went to the Library; read Bramhall against Hobbes'John Byrom John BramhallCastigation of Mr Hobbes [with the appendix]The CaPrint: Book
1700-1799'I read a good deal of Shakespeares works. Item Ben Johnsons, & Return'd them to the library'John Henry Ott William Shakespereare[various]Print: Book
1700-1799'I read the 2 Vol of the Tatler'John Henry Ott n/aTatlerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his mother's, the Bible (which he studied with his gran...William Gifford [anon][ballads]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his mother's, the Bible (which he studied with his gran...William Gifford anonParismus and ParismenusPrint: Book
1700-1799'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his mother's, the Bible (which he studied with his gran...William Gifford [unknown][magazines]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his mother's, the Bible (which he studied with his gran...William Gifford [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his mother's, the Bible (which he studied with his gran...William Gifford Thomas a KempisThe Imitation of ChristPrint: Book
1700-1799'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his mother's, the Bible (which he studied with his gran...William Gifford Daniel FenningAlgebraPrint: Book
1700-1799H. J. Jackson discusses expansive annotations made in ink by Edward Gibbon in copy of Herodotus, including corrections as well as lively critical commentary.Edward Gibbon Herodotus Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum Libri IXPrint: Book
1700-1799H. J. Jackson discusses Granville Sharp's "tenacious, rigorous, and expansive" argumentative annotations in anonymous 1772 pro-slavery pamphlet (by "a West Indian plantat...Granville Sharp Samuel EstwickConsiderations on the Negroe Cause, Commonly So Ca...Print: Pamphlet
1700-1799"Thomas Gray's copy of William Verral's Complete System of Cookery contains several marks and additions, allegedly in Gray's hand [including records of success or failure...Thomas Gray William VerralA Complete System of CookeryPrint: Book
1700-1799H. J. Jackson discusses highly "adversarial" annotations made by anonymous reader in copy of Richard Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, "A Letter to His Grace the Archbishop of ...Richard WatsonA Letter to His Grace the Archbishop of CanterburyPrint: Book
1700-1799"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...George Steevens William Oldysannotations in Gerard Langbaine, An Account of the...
1700-1799"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...Thomas Percy Gerard LangbaineAn Account of the English Dramatic Poets (Oxford, ...Print: Book
1700-1799"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...William Oldys Gerard LangbaineAn Account of the English Dramatic Poets (Oxford, ...Print: Book
1700-1799H. J. Jackson discusses copious annotations made in 2-volume first-edition (1791) copy of James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, which signed "Scriblerus" (who Jackson i...Fulke Greville James BoswellThe Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.DPrint: Book
1700-1799H. J. Jackson discusses copious annotations made in 2-volume first-edition (1791) copy of James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, which signed "Scriblerus" (who Jackson i...Fulke Greville James BoswellThe Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.DPrint: Book


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