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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
 
1800-1849[Sunday 21 November 1841]. [...] Read Knight's Life of Colet. [...].William Ewart Gladstone Samuel KnightLife of Dr John ColetPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 April 1839: 'At painful times, when composition is impossible & reading not [italics]enough[end italics], grammars & dict...Elizabeth Barrett Samuel LeeA Grammar of the Hebrew LanguagePrint: Book
1850-1899Have just finished "Rory O'More" by Samuel LoverAlbert Battiscombe Samuel LoverRory O'MorePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 5 February 1844: '[Samuel Lover] is a very powerful writer of Irish novels [...] You probably know his ballads [...] His ...Elizabeth Barrett Samuel LovernovelsPrint: Book
1900-1945'The house in which I was born was ... a two-centuries-old Georgian mansion, a barrack of a place that seemed even larger in my juvenile perspective than it actually was ...Desmond Malone Samuel LoverHandy AndyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Monday. No letters ... 11 Parade 11.30 Gym. Walked about. Read Handy Andy by Sam Lover. Irish rot. Little French more bridge.'William Thomas Samuel LoverHandy AndyPrint: Book
1850-1899'Have you read [Mr Lucas's book]? "Secularia; Surveys on the Main Stream of History"... It altogether changes my impressions about the man I correspond...Harriet Martineau Samuel LucasSecularia; or, Surveys on the Mainstream of Histor...Print: Book
1700-1799'[according to Thomas Campbell] he begged of me that when I returned to Ireland, I would endeavour to procure for him a poem of Dr Madden's called "Boulter's Monument". T...Samuel Johnson Samuel MaddenBoulter's MonumentManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899I am reading "Maunders Treasury of Geography" a very entertaining work.Albert Battiscombe Samuel MaunderThe Treasury of GeographyPrint: Book
1850-1899I have been reading lately "Maunders Geography" and working a little at "Thompson's Natural Philosophy["]Albert Battiscombe Samuel MaunderThe Treasury of GeographyPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Arabella Moulton-Barrett, 13-14 July 1839: 'I told [Mr Naylor] [...] that the gift of his book was the more gratifying to me as coming from a fr...Elizabeth Barrett Samuel NaylorCeracchi, a Drama and other PoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel NobleAn Appeal in behalf of the views of the Eternal Wo...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel O'SullivanThe Agency of Divine Providence Manifested in thePrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir John Pringle had expressed a wish that I would ask Dr. Johnson's opinion what were the best English sermons for style. I took an opportunity to-day of mentioning sev...Samuel Johnson Samuel Ogden[Sermons]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Sir John Pringle had expressed a wish that I would ask Dr. Johnson's opinion what were the best English sermons for style. I took an opportunity to-day of mentioning sev...James Boswell Samuel Ogden[Sermons]Print: Unknown
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel ParrA spital sermon preached at Christ ChurchPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read Parr's sermon and tell me how you like it. I think it dull, with occasional passages of Eloquence. His notes are very entertaining. You will find in them a great co...Sydney Smith Samuel Parr'Spital Sermon'Print: Pamphlet
1700-1799'A book of travels, lately published under the title of [italics] Coriat Junior [end italics], and written by Mr. Paterson, was mentioned. Johnson said, this book was in ...Samuel Johnson Samuel PatersonAnother Traveller: or Cursory Remarks and Critical...Print: Book
1800-1849'Snow and rain all day. Read Pegge on the English language, Sir J.Sinclair's Code of Agriculture, proceeded with notes on Bede. Mr Cline in his paper on breeding is quite...Benjamin Newton Samuel PeggeAnecdotes of the English languagePrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel PepysMemoirs of Samuel Pepys, EsqPrint: Book


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