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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'I mentioned Mr. Maclaurin's uneasiness on account of a degree of ridicule carelessly thrown on his deceased father, in Goldsmith's "History of Animated Nature", in which...Mr Maclaurin Oliver GoldsmithHistory of the Earth and Animated NaturePrint: Book
1700-1799'Langton. "There is not one bad line in that poem [Goldsmith's 'The Traveller']— no one of Dryden's careless verses." Sir Joshua. "I was glad to hear Charles Fox say, it ...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Langton. "There is not one bad line in that poem [Goldsmith's 'The Traveller']— no one of Dryden's careless verses." Sir Joshua. "I was glad to hear Charles Fox say, it ...Joshua Reynolds Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Langton. "There is not one bad line in that poem [Goldsmith's 'The Traveller']— no one of Dryden's careless verses." Sir Joshua. "I was glad to hear Charles Fox say, it ...Bennet Langton Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Langton. "There is not one bad line in that poem [Goldsmith's 'The Traveller']— no one of Dryden's careless verses." Sir Joshua. "I was glad to hear Charles Fox say, it ...Charles Fox Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, ThePrint: Unknown
'[Johnson said] "I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield", which he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: 'I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithVicar of WakefieldManuscript: Unknown
'Goldsmith talks of cows shedding their Horns, & Thompson makes his Hens and Chicks to be Fed & defended by the fearless Cock. whereas the Cock hates the Chickens,...Hester Lynch Thrale Oliver GoldsmithHistory of the Earth and Animated NaturePrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening took Polly out for a little walk after I had finished reading [aloud?] "She stoops to conquer".'John Buckley Castieau Oliver GoldsmithShe stoops to conquerPrint: Book
1850-1899'Played Bezique with Polly in the evening after I had read aloud three Acts of "She stoops to conquer".'John Buckley Castieau Oliver GoldsmithShe stoops to conquerPrint: Book
1850-1899'Began to-night to read again "The Vicar of Wakefield" & was delighted with its quaint easy style, read two or three chapters to Harry who was very attentive & in a sad s...John Buckley Castieau Oliver GoldsmithThe Vicar of WakefieldPrint: Book
1900-1945'I finish reading "The Vicar of Wakefield". The world has changed more in the last 30 years than in the previous 150'Thomas Kitching Oliver GoldsmithVicar of Wakefield, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read "Vicar of Wakefield" and "Citizen of World" at coffee, and was sick of both.'John Ruskin Oliver GoldsmithVicar of Wakefield, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read "Vicar of Wakefield" and "Citizen of World" at coffee, and was sick of both.'John Ruskin Oliver GoldsmithCitizen of the World, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a play-reading from Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Goodnatured Man'. Although this play was Goldsmith's first experiment in writing ...members of XII Book ClubOliver GoldsmithGood-natured Man, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a play-reading from Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Goodnatured Man'. Although this play was Goldsmith's first experiment in writing ...Ernest E. Unwin Oliver GoldsmithGood-natured Man, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'The remainder of the evening was devoted to a play-reading from Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Goodnatured Man'. Although this play was Goldsmith's first experiment in writing ...Ernest E. Unwin Oliver GoldsmithShe Stoops to ConquerPrint: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 6 August 1766:] 'Be so good as to tell Mrs Handcock that I do like the "Vicar of Wakefield," and likewise that I do not [...] Ind...Elizabeth Carter Oliver GoldsmithThe Vicar of WakefieldPrint: Book
1800-1849[From the diary of Elizabeth Firth, 6 January 1820:] 'Read Goldsmith's History of Rome.'Elizabeth Firth Oliver GoldsmithHistory of RomePrint: Book
1900-1945'One must know Hemingway if one is to understand post war writing. I read too ?The Open Secret?. Oliver Onions was a great favourite of mine once. He was a past mas...Winifred Agnes Moore Oliver OnionsThe Open SecretPrint: Book
1900-1945[A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Engine tenter, age twenty-seven...Often attends operas....questionaire respondent Oliver Joseph Lodge[unknown]Print: Book


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