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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899From Tennyson's 'letter-diary' (1872): 'Nov. 1st. [...] I saw "Bijou" last night, and was ashamed of my countrymen for flocking to such a wretched non-entity, miserabl...Alfred Tennyson playbillPrint: Handbill
1850-1899From Tennyson's journal of 1855: 'October 1st. [...] I read "Maud" to five or six people at the Brownings (on Sept. 28th).'Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonMaudPrint: Book
1850-1899From Tennyson's manuscript notes on his volume of Ballads and Poems (1880): '"Rizpah" is founded on an incident which I saw thus related in some penny magazine called ...Alfred Tennyson Old BrightonPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899From Tennyson's notes on Demeter and Other Poems: 'A lady tells me that when she read "The Northern Cobbler" at a village entertainment, the drunkard of the village, o...anon Alfred TennysonThe Northern CobblerPrint: Book
1800-1849From the 'West Indies' a Poem by Montgomery.Part 2 Page 22 'In These romantic regions[...] From the same, Part 3 'There is a land[...] From the Same part 3. Page 35 'And ...John Warburton James MontgomeryThe West IndiesUnknown
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'Then died lamented in the strength of life 1827 "Called not away, when time had loosed each hold/ On the fond ...C.M.G. [anon] George CrabbeThe Mother's FuneralPrint: Book
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. '"Weep not for me ye daughters of Jerusalem" St Luke 23 Chapters 20 to 30'. Here follows a poem, by "CMG", dated...C.M.G. [anon] Gospel of St Luke, 23: 20-30Print: Book
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'Approved remedies for Everyday Maladies. For a Fit of Passion. - Walk out in the open air, you may speak your m...C.M.G. [anon] Salisbury HeraldPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'Copied from the John Bull Newspaper, Novr 19 1837. Speech of the Vicar, the Red Walter Farquer Hook D.D. at a m...C.M.G. [anon] John Bull NewspaperPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'From Bell's weekly Messenger, April 13 1834. "The late Rudolph Ackermann, Esqr, whose death we announced in our...C.M.G. [anon] Bell's Weekly Messenger (obituaries)Print: Newspaper
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'From Gilly's Waldensian Researches'. Transcription of several lines beginning '"A very little experience and ob...William Stephen GillyWaldensian Researches, during a Second Visit to th...Print: Book
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'Given me by the Revd. G. Walker.' Follows transcription of a sermon on the history of the sects of the Church.Red. G. WalkersermonManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'In the following lines, by that pious and most excellent of men, Dr Johnson, we are consoled with the assurance...James BoswellLife of JohnsonPrint: Book
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'March 1837'. Transcription of various of Madame de Sévigné's letters.Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de SévignéThe Letters of Madame de Sévigné, to her Daughter ...Print: Book
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'Maxims of Bishop Middleton'. Various maxims follow, including 'Keep your temper', 'Employ leisure in study,' an...C.M.G. [anon] Bishop MiddletonMaximsUnknown
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'Mrs Hannah More says in her "Essay on Saint Paul," that he had the loftiness of Isaiah, the devotion of David, ...C.M.G. [anon] Hannah MoreEssay on Saint PaulUnknown
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'Of M. De Glessir, Tutor to the young Marquis Grignan (Admirable advice!), "The Chevalier is of more use to the ...Marie de Rabutin-Chantal marquise de SévignéThe Letters of Madame de Sévigné, to her Daughter ...Print: Book
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'St Paul at Philippi, from the Seatonian Prize Poems. - By the Revd. J.E. Hankinson M. A. - 1833.' A poem beginn...C.M.G. [anon] Rev. J.E. HankinsonSt Paul at PhilippiUnknown
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'The intrepidity of a just and good man nobly set forth by Horace. "The man resolved and steady to his trust,/ I... Horace Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'These very pretty rhymes were written in the times of Elizabeth and James!!'. Follows a transcription of 'The O... anon [Traditional]The Old and Young CourtierUnknown


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