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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799Margaret Collier to Samuel Richardson, from Ryde, 31 December 1755: 'I still feel anxiety, painful anxiety, for some good account of those I knew and esteemed at Lisb...Margaret Collier newspapersPrint: Newspaper
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1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 14 February 1751: 'I have a [...] curiosity to find out the author of a book Mrs Underdown has lately been reading to me, with wh...Mrs Underdown Directions for the Employment of TimePrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 8 June 1751: 'There is a paper called "The Idler," that I cannot commend on the whole, and yet it so far amuses me that I am glad...Catherine Talbot The IdlerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 23 June 1752: 'I am heartily sorry, my dear Miss Talbot, to find by to-day's Paper that your apprehensions were too well grounded...Elizabeth Carter report of death of Bishop of DurhamPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [c. July 1752, following illness with fever]: 'What have I been doing since I came here [a 'pretty place in Surry']? giving troubl...Catherine Talbot 'Arlequin'Print: Unknown
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [c. July 1752, following illness with fever]: 'What have I been doing since I came here [a 'pretty place in Surry']? giving troubl...Catherine Talbot 'Princess Mesirida'Print: Unknown
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 17 December 1752: 'Pray can you tell me any history of a new paper called the Adventurer? We hope much from it, though we have se...Catherine Talbot and family The AdventurerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 29 January 1753: 'I like the Adventurers; we all like them exceedingly [...] They do not abound in hard words, they are varied wi...Catherine Talbot and family The AdventurerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 21 July 1753: 'I scarce know a greater pleasure than reading over a book one is fond of with persons of taste and candour, to who...Catherine Talbot 'Vision'Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 27 December 1754: 'I cannot help being so ungenteel as to send you the good wishes of the season, though to any of the fine folks...Catherine Talbot The World, No. CIVPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 27 January 1755: 'I read Barbarossa in a great hurry, but remember in general that I was as well pleased with it as I could be wi...Elizabeth Carter BarbarossaPrint: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 23 January 1755: 'Dr Dalton [i.e a volume of his poetry] is coming, but he has waited this last fortnight for some volumes of Sto...Catherine Talbot 'volumes of Stoic philosophy'Print: Book
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 23 January 1755: 'Dr Dalton [i.e a volume of his poetry] is coming, but he has waited this last fortnight for some volumes of Sto...Bishop of Norwich 'volumes of Stoic philosophy'Print: Book
1700-1799Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 5 March 1755: 'I read that part of the Bishop of Norwich's quarto which relates to the Stoic philosophy, but met with nothing the...Elizabeth Carter work on Stoic philosophyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Under the caption "Pacifist Beats Churchill in Glasgow U. Election", it told me that on the previous day Dick Sheppard had been chosen as Lord Rector, polling 538 votes ...Vera Brittain Article entitled "Pacifist Beats Churchill in Glas...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'To conclude some 15 sonnets were read & recited by members & much enjoyed'members of XII Book Club [sonnets]Print: Unknown
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 7 February 1755:] 'There is a whole shoal of new books. The Centaur, well worth reading I think; Theron and Aspasia, too grave, ...Catherine Talbot Man: A Paper for Ennobling the SpeciesPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 5 March 1755:] 'I am obliged to you for the account of the new books, not one of which have reached Deal, except some novels, wh...Elizabeth Carter [novels]Print: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, during convalescence from illness, 1 January 1759:] 'I have run over a heap of most ridiculous French books, and think with real...Catherine Talbot 'ridiculous French books'Print: Book


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