√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 'Read the Arcadia & Cupids Revenge - S. reads the arcadia' Mary Shelley Philip Sidney Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, The Print : Book1800-1849 'Read the Arcadia & Cupids Revenge - S. reads the arcadia' Percy Bysshe Shelley Philip Sidney Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, The Print : Book1800-1849 'Begin the Defence of Poesy by Sir P. Sidney.' Mary Shelley Philip Sidney Defence of Poesie, The Print : Book1800-1849 'Sir P. Sydneys defence of poetry' Mary Shelley Philip Sidney Defence of Poesie, The Print : Book1900-1945 (1)'What is nicer than to get a book — doubtful both about reading matter and edition, and
then to find both are topping?.... I have just had this pleasure in Sidney's ... Clive Staples Lewis Philip Sidney The Prose Works of Sir Philip Sidney Print : Book1700-1799 'Have you seen two volumes called "Deism Revealed"? 'Tis a well written piece, and much approved here. I think it is not harsh against the religion of France; but scourge... Samuel Richardson Philip Skelton Ophiomaches: or, Deism Revealed Manuscript : Unknown, MS of work Richardson printed1800-1849 [Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge Philip Skelton The Complete Works of the Late Rev. Philip Skelton Print : Book1900-1945 'Meeting held at Hilliers, Northcourt Avenue. 26. ii. 40Meeting held at Hilliers,
Northcourt Avenue. 26. ii. 40.
Rosamund Walis in the Chair Margaret Dilks Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Letters to His Son Print : Book1900-1945 'In 1926 [Catherine McMullen] was herself a workhouse laundress, struggling to improve her mind by reading T.P. and Cassell's Weekly. The magazine was full of literary go... Catherine McMullen Philip Stanhope, 4th Lord Chesterfield Letters of Lord Chesterfield to his Son Print : Book1700-1799 'Johnson. "I have been reading Thicknesse's Travels, which I think are entertaining." Boswell. "What, Sir, a good book?" Johnson. "Yes, Sir, to read once; I do not say yo... Samuel Johnson Philip Thicknesse Observations on the Customs and Manners of the Fre... Print : Book1700-1799 'Finished the "Athenian Letters"...' Thomas Green Philip Yorke Athenian Letters Print : Book1700-1799 'Books lately read' Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his son, 4 vols. It has been said of these letters... The first and 2nd vols appear to me unexceptionable. Of the othe... Ellen Weeton Philip Dormer Stanhope Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Phili Print : Book1700-1799 'Looked over Lord Chesterfield's "Characters": all of which are neatly, and some very finely, drawn...' Thomas Green Philip Dormer Stanhope Characters of eminent personages of his own time Print : Book1800-1849 'Finish the Rights of Woman - begin Chesterfields Letters to his son' Mary Godwin Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Letters written by the . . . Earl of Chesterfield ... Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Locke and Chesterfield - De Senectute and the wanderer' Mary Godwin Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Letters written by the . . . Earl of Chesterfield ... Print : Book1800-1849 'read the Wanderer - read de Senectute & Chesterfield' Mary Godwin Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Letters written by the . . . Earl of Chesterfield ... Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Lord Chesterfield - part of the Lay sermon' Mary Shelley Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Letters written by the . . . Earl of Chesterfield ... Print : Book1800-1849 'Affectation is never more tiresome and ridiculous than in a letter. Madame de Sevigne was the best letter-writer that ever existed. I would rank Swift and Lord Chesterfi... Mr Sharpe Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Letters to his Son Print : Book1700-1799 'I remember when the [italics] Literary Property [end italics] of those letters [Lord Chesterfield's to his son] was contested in the Court of Session in Scotland, and Mr... Henry Dundas Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Letters to his Son Print : Book1700-1799 'Lord Chesterfield's letters being mentioned, Johnson said, "It was not to be wondered at that they had so great a sale, considering that they were the letters of a state... Samuel Johnson Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Letters to his Son Print : Book
