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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
 
1500-1599
1600-1699		'An annotated copy of John Hart's "Orthographie" which undoubtedly belonged to [Gabriel] Harvey [...] is replete with his comments on spellings and punctuations [...] On ...Gabriel Harvey John HartAn OrthographiePrint: Book
1850-1899'An answer to the letter I wrote to the Argus about Dunedin Gaol appeared to-day in the Argus signed “Robert Stout” the letter was ably written & I received in it a sever...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]ArgusPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'An appeal to young non-conformists'Sarah Good Robert Forman HortonAn Appeal to Young Non-ConformistsPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'An article in "The Syonan Sinbun" headed "Red Cross Says Syonan Prisoners Well-Treated" reports that the International Red Cross representative in Tokyo has told Geneva:...Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan SinbunPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'An author's name carries weight with me, but results are sometimes disappointing - e.g. I enjoyed Evelyn Waugh's "Decline and Fall", and so I bought "Vile Bodies" only ...Evelyn WaughDecline and FallPrint: Book
1900-1945'An author's name carries weight with me, but results are sometimes disappointing - e.g. I enjoyed Evelyn Waugh's "Decline and Fall", and so I bought "Vile Bodies" only ...Evelyn WaughVile BodiesPrint: Book
1900-1945'An emancipated working woman like Elizabeth Ring was free to read the works of Freud, Havelock Ellis and Bertrand Russell in the late 1920s, but she was familiar with th...Elizabeth Ring Havelock Ellis Print: Book
1900-1945'An emancipated working woman like Elizabeth Ring was free to read the works of Freud, Havelock Ellis and Bertrand Russell in the late 1920s, but she was familiar with th...Elizabeth Ring Sigmund Freud Print: Book
1900-1945'An emancipated working woman like Elizabeth Ring was free to read the works of Freud, Havelock Ellis and Bertrand Russell in the late 1920s, but she was familiar with th...Elizabeth Ring Bertrand Russell Print: Book
1800-1849'An Evening contemplation in a College; in imitation of Greys Elegy in a country Churchyard "The curfew tolls the hour of closing gates;/ With jarring sound the porter tu...Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxJohn DoncombeAn Evening Contemplation in a CollegeUnknown
1700-1799'An example of vivid, if not particularly fair, criticism occurs in a letter from Lady Hertford to the countess of Pomfret in 1739. "Mr Pope has seen fit to publish a new...Lady Hertford Alexander Pope[volume of poems]Print: Book
1800-1849'An excellent plot, excellent friends, and full of preparations'. Footnote: An allusion to Hotspur's plot in I Henry IV, ii. 3. Walter Scott William ShakespeareHenry IVUnknown
1900-1945'An excellent programme illustrative of R.L. Stevenson's work was then proceeded with. A biographical paper was read by H. R. Smith & a critical appreciation of the works...Howard R Smith Howard R Smith[paper on life of RL Stevenson]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'An excellent programme illustrative of R.L. Stevenson's work was then proceeded with. A biographical paper was read by H. R. Smith & a critical appreciation of the works...John Ridges John Ridges[paper on works of RL Stevenson]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'An excellent programme illustrative of R.L. Stevenson's work was then proceeded with. A biographical paper was read by H. R. Smith & a critical appreciation of the works...Members of the XII Book ClubRobert Louis Stevenson Print: Book
1900-1945'An excellent programme illustrative of R.L. Stevenson's work was then proceeded with. A biographical paper was read by H. R. Smith & a critical appreciation of the works...John Ridges Robert Louis Stevenson Print: Book
1900-1945'An excellent volume. Last time I saw you , you spoke of it slightingly-and this only adds to my envy of your astounding gift-for if this is the sort of thing you throw o...Joseph Conrad H.(Herbert) G. (George) Wells Twelve Stories and a DreamPrint: Book
1900-1945'An exception [to the intellectual triviality Glasser found at Oxford], far from generously recognised, was R.G. Collingwood in his luminous exposition of the proper busi...Ralph Glasser R.G. CollingwoodSpeculum Mentis, or the Map of KnowledgePrint: Book
1900-1945'An historical moment - completed my odyssey through Chambers's "Dictionary" - I began 8 years and 8 months ago. Have still 30 pages of supplement - but last night saw th...William Soutar ChambersTwentieth Century DictionaryPrint: Book
1900-1945'An hour won. Dryden's Epistles read for pleasure September night windy, dark, warm, and I have read the Epistles of Dryden [sic] 'Reading these Epistles which have no...Edward Morgan Forster John DrydenEpistlesPrint: Book


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