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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1600-1699His words were not manie, yet he read all he sayd to us, a thing very unbecoming the chaire, and which I never before did see.Sir John Trevor Sir John Trevor[untitled]Manuscript: Sheet
1800-1849'read some of Wilkinson's "Egypt".'John Ruskin Sir John Gardner WilkinsonEgyptPrint: Book
1600-1699'This day the first of the "Oxford Gazettes" came out, which is very pretty, full of news, and no folly in it - wrote by Williamson.'Samuel Pepys Sir Joseph WilliamsonOxford GazettePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849"On 20 July 1804 W[ordsworth] wrote to Sir George Beaumont: "'A few days ago I received from Mr Southey your very acceptable present of Sir Joshua Reynolds works, whi...William Wordsworth Sir Joshua ReynoldsThe Works of Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint: Book
1700-1799"On 20 July 1804 W[ordsworth] wrote to Sir George Beaumont: "'A few days ago I received from Mr Southey your very acceptable present of Sir Joshua Reynolds works, whi...William Wordsworth Sir Joshua ReynoldsDiscoursesPrint: Book
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1800-1849		William Blake, in copy of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Works (1798) vol I: " '... I read Burkes Treatise [on the Sublime and Beautiful] when very Young at the same time I read Lo...William Blake Sir Joshua ReynoldsWorksPrint: Book
1800-1849Felicia Browne to Matthew Nicholson, 17 July 1811: 'I have been reading lately the memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, with his discourses to the Royal Academy, & I am so ent...Felicia Browne Sir Joshua ReynoldsMemoirsPrint: Book
1800-1849Felicia Browne to Matthew Nicholson, 17 July 1811: 'I have been reading lately the memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, with his discourses to the Royal Academy, & I am so ent...Felicia Browne Sir Joshua ReynoldsDiscoursesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read some Sir Joshua"John Ruskin Sir Joshua ReynoldsThe Works of Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint: Book
1800-1849'read a little Sir Joshua'John Ruskin Sir Joshua ReynoldsThe Works of Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint: Book
1900-1945Friday 5 July 1940: 'Why should I be bothering myself with Coleridge I wonder -- Biog. Lit. & then with father's essay on Coleridge, this fine evening, when the flies are...Virginia Woolf Sir Leslie Stephenessay on ColeridgePrint: Book
1600-1699as I find reported by Sir Nicholas Hyde, the Lord Justice of the K.B., which I with my hand transcribed, and have by meJohn Bramston Sir Nicholas Hyde[untitled]Manuscript: Sheet
1850-1899We have all read, by the way, The Poet at the breakfast table & sent him our sincere compliments on his performance."Leslie Stephen Sir Oliver Wendell HolmesThe Poet at the Breakfast TablePrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir Paul Rycaut is mistaken (as he commonly is) in calling the sect [italics] muterin [italics].'Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu Sir Paul RycautunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799'I could also, with little trouble, turn over Knolles and Sir Paul Rycaut, to give you a list of Turkish Emperors'.Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu Sir Paul RycautunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799'But the Armenians have no notion of transubstantiation, whatever accounts Sir Paul Rycaut gives of them (which account I am apt to believe was designed to compliment our...Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu Sir Paul RycautunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799'I can only tell you, that if you please to read Sir Paul Rycaut, you will there find a full and true account of the viziers, the [italics] beglerbeys [italics], the civi...Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu Sir Paul RycautunknownPrint: Book
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1600-1699		"According to [James] Johnstoun, his supplement [to Sidney's Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia] grew out of his affection for Sidney's romance. Having read the Arcadia over...James Johnstoun Sir Philip SidneyThe Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaUnknown
1600-1699"According to one contemporary anecdote, when a would-be lover borrowed from the Arcadia to woo a lady, she immediately saw through his deception: she 'was so well versed...anon Sir Philip SidneyThe Countess of Pembroke's ArcadiaUnknown
1700-1799[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Sir Philip SidneyArcadia der Graffin von PembrockPrint: Book


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