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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799
1800-1849		Byron to Robert Charles Dallas, 21 January 1808: 'Whenever Leisure and Inclination permit me the pleasure of a visit, I shall feel truly gratified in a personal acquainta...George Gordon Lord Byron Robert Charles DallasunknownUnknown
1700-1799
1800-1849		Byron to Robert Charles Dallas, 21 January 1808: 'As for my reading, I believe I may aver without hyperbole, it has been tolerably extensive in the historical department,...George Gordon Lord Byron HerodotusunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to William Harness, 11 February 1808: 'I ... remember being favoured with the perusal of many of your compositions....'George Gordon Lord Byron William HarnessunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 10 August 1811, within two weeks of his mother's death: 'I am very lonely, & should think myself miserable, were it not for a kind of hysteric...George Gordon, Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron to Bernard Barton, 1 June 1812: 'Some weeks ago my friend Mr Rogers showed me some of the stanzas [of Barton's] in M.S. & I then expressed my opinion of their merit...George Gordon, Lord Byron Bernard BartonunknownManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Byron to Lady Melbourne, 18 November 1812: 'I am still here only sad in the prospect of going [from home of Lord and Lady Oxford]; reading, laughing, & playing ... with y...George Gordon, Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron to Lady Melbourne, 21 September 1813, from Aston Hall, Rotherham (where staying with Sir James Wedderburn Webster): 'There is a delightful epitaph on Voltaire in Gr...George Gordon, Lord Byron GrimmunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron thanks J. Thomson (unidentified) for volume of poems, 27 September 1813: 'I have derived considerable pleasure from ye. perusal of parts of the book - to the whole ...George Gordon, Lord Byron J. ThomsonunknownUnknown
1800-1849In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814): 'I never in my life read a composition [of his own], save to Hodgson, as he pays me in kind. It is a horrible thing ...George Gordon, Lord Byron George Gordon, Lord ByronunknownUnknown
1800-1849In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814): '... [Madame de Stael] writes octavos, and talks folios. I have read her books - like most of them, and delight in t...George Gordon, Lord Byron Madame Germaine de Stael-HolsteinunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814): 'Read Burns to-day.'George Gordon, Lord Byron Robert BurnsunknownUnknown
1800-1849In Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 17 November 1813, on his and Lady Oxford's shared enthusiasm for Lucretius: '[Lady Oxford] is an adept in the text of...Lady Oxford LucretiusunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 5 December 1813, on Madame De Stael: 'I read her again and again ... I cannot be mistaken (except in taste) in a book I ...George Gordon Lord Byron Madame Germaine de Stael-HolsteinunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 13 December 1813: 'Called at three places - read, and got ready to leave town to-morrow.'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 18 February 1814 ('Nine o'clock'): 'Redde a little - wrote notes, and letters, and am alone ... 'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 18 February 1814 ('Midnight'): 'Began a letter, which I threw into the fire. Redde - but to little purpose.'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 20 March 1814: 'Redde Machiavel, parts of Chardin, and Sismondi, and Bandello - by starts.'George Gordon Lord Byron Jean ChardinunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 20 March 1814: 'Redde Machiavel, parts of Chardin, and Sismondi, and Bandello - by starts.'George Gordon Lord Byron Leonard Simonde de SismondiunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 20 March 1814: 'Redde Machiavel, parts of Chardin, and Sismondi, and Bandello - by starts.'George Gordon Lord Byron Matteo BandellounknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Journal (14 November 1813-19 April 1814), 10 April 1814: 'Today I have boxed one hour - written an ode to Napoleon Buonaparte - copied it - eaten six biscuits - d...George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown


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