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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
 
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1800-1849		Account of Mary Robinson's deathbed, from the 'Continuation by a Friend' of her memoirs: 'Pressing to her heart her daughter [...] she held her head for some minutes c...Mary Robinson  Print: Book
1800-1849Eliza Fenwick, a touring actress, to her mother, also Eliza Fenwick, 'Barbadoes, May 2nd [1812], Morning, 10 o clock,' describing her experiences following a nearby volca...Mr Rutherford BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Eliza Fenwick, a touring actress, to her mother, also Eliza Fenwick, 'Barbadoes, May 2nd [1812], Morning, 10 o clock,' describing her experiences following a nearby volca...Eliza Fenwick junior Morning ServicePrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Wm Blake was then taken Geo Burrow giving us some account of the Poet Painters life & method. Mrs Evans read several short poems showing the two aspects o...Francis Pollard [catalogue of Blake's canterbury Pilgrims pictures...Print: Book
1700-1799'In January, 1778, Mrs. Burney [Frances Burney's stepmother], who was glancing over the newspaper at the breakfast table, read aloud the advertisement of a new book, "E...Elizabeth Burney announcement of publication of EvelinaPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'With the accomplished and honourable family of the Kembles [Elizabeth Inchbald] was long on terms of close intimacy. While her husband painted, she and John Philip Kem...Elizabeth Inchbald  Print: Unknown
1700-1799'With the accomplished and honourable family of the Kembles [Elizabeth Inchbald] was long on terms of close intimacy. While her husband painted, she and John Philip Kem...John Philip Kemble  Print: Unknown
1700-1799'With the accomplished and honourable family of the Kembles [Elizabeth Inchbald] was long on terms of close intimacy. While her husband painted, she and John Philip Kem...Elizabeth Inchbald and husband [Roman Catholic] MassPrint: Book
1700-1799'Under [Anne Rutherford Scott, his mother's] strong encouragement Scott, at the age of seven, read aloud Shakespeare's plays and the Arabian Nights in the family circle'.Walter Scott The Arabian Nights' EntertainmentPrint: Book
1700-1799[in prefatory essay by A. L. Barbauld] From Samuel Richardson's account of his childhood, up to about age 13: 'As a bashful and not forward boy, I was an early favouri...Samuel Richardson  Print: Book
1700-1799[in prefatory essay by A. L. Barbauld] Quoted from 'a lady's' account of stays in Samuel Richardson's family home (c.1750s): 'As soon as Mrs Richardson arose, the beau...Mrs [Samuel] Richardson and daughters PsalmsPrint: Book
1700-1799[in prefatory essay by A. L. Barbauld] Quoted from 'a lady's' account of stays in Samuel Richardson's family home (c.1750s): 'As soon as Mrs Richardson arose, the beau...Richardson children PsalmsPrint: Book
1700-1799[in prefatory essay by A. L. Barbauld] Quoted from 'a lady's' account of stays in Samuel Richardson's family home (c.1750s): 'As soon as Mrs Richardson arose, the beau...Richardson children LessonsPrint: Book
1700-1799[in prefatory essay by A. L. Barbauld] Quoted from 'a lady's' account of stays in Samuel Richardson's family home (c.1750s): 'We [...] spent the evening in Mrs Richard...Mrs [Samuel] Richardson and daughters  Print: Unknown
1700-1799Aaron Hill to Samuel Richardson, 14 April 1737: 'I thank you for the pleasure I have received from Leonidas, which excellent poem I herewith return you. I am told that...Aaron Hill LeonidasUnknown
1700-1799Aaron Hill to Samuel Richardson, 6 July 1738: 'I will carefully and speedily return the folio with which you so kindly surprised me. It promises me, as I turn the leav...Aaron Hill 'folio'Print: Book
1700-1799Aaron Hill to Samuel Richardson, 13 April 1741: 'I am so hid among green leaves and blossoms, that I read or see nothing that busies the public, except now and then a ...Aaron Hill newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Aaron Hill to Samuel Richardson, 13 October 1746, on a past conversation with Alexander Pope on the sublime in poetry: 'I informed him [Pope], that, at reading a new p...Earl of Tyrconnel and guests including Aaron Hill 'a new play'Unknown
1700-1799Aaron Hill to Samuel Richardson, 13 October 1746, on a past conversation with Alexander Pope on the sublime in poetry: 'I informed him [Pope], that, at reading a new p...anon 'lines to the earl of Oxford'Print: Book
1700-1799[Miss] J. Collier to Samuel Richardson, 13 April 1749: 'I return you my thanks for the play you sent me; and by what I have read of it, I think Mr Garrick is very much...J[?ane] Collier 'play'Unknown


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