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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-e...Marcus Tullius Cicero[Letters]
1700-1799'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-e...Samuel Richardson Marcus Tullius Cicero Print: Book
1700-1799'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-e...Samuel Richardson Conyers MiddletonHistory of the Life of Marcus Tullius CiceroPrint: Book
1700-1799'The fault of the great author, whose letters to his friend you have been reading, is, that Tully is wholly concerned for the fame of Cicero; and that for fame and self-e...Samuel Richardson Colley CibberThe Character and Conduct of Cicero ConsideredPrint: Book
1700-1799'I remember once to have seen a little collection of letters and poetical scraps of Swift's, which passed between him and Mrs Van Homrigh, this same Vanessa, which the bo...Samuel Richardson Jonathan Swift[letters and poetical scraps]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'"The Female Quixote" is written by a woman...Lennox her name. Her husband and she have often visited me together. Do you not think, however her heroine over-acts her par...Samuel Richardson Charlotte LennoxThe Female QuixotePrint: Book
1700-1799'"The Female Quixote" is written by a woman...Lennox her name. Her husband and she have often visited me together. Do you not think, however her heroine over-acts her par...Samuel Richardson Charlotte LennoxThe Life of Harriet Stuart, Written by HerselfPrint: Book
1700-1799'"The Female Quixote" is written by a woman...Lennox her name. Her husband and she have often visited me together. Do you not think, however her heroine over-acts her par...Charlotte LennoxThe Female QuixotePrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 26-27 October 1793: 'You must not be surprized at nonsense for I have been reading the history of Philosophy — the ideas of P...Robert Southey Pyrrho Print: Book
1700-1799'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him...Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him...Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia [Roman history]Print: Book
1700-1799'The Story of Bond expiring in the character of Lusignan is prettily told in some of the French Memoires, but one had not a Notion it was worth while'.Hester Lynch Thrale [French Memoirs]Print: Book
1700-1799'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him...Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia [English history]Print: Book
1700-1799'[Mr Lysons] brought me these Old Verses one Day, I think they are to be found in a book called Paradise of dainty Devices - compiled in the Reign of Elizabethe' [the (un...Hester Lynch Thrale [verses beginning 'Pass gentelle Thought to her wh...Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I heard the greatest part of the Gamester read by Mr Garrick, before it was brought upon the stage. On the whole, I much liked it. I thought it a very affecting performa...David Garrick Edward MooreThe GamesterUnknown
1700-1799'I am very charmed, my dear Mr Edwards, with your sweet Story of a Second Pamela. Had I drawn mine from the very Life, I should have made a much more perfect Piece of my ...Samuel Richardson Thomas Edwards[letter relating story of a real life 'Pamela']Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'Did you never, madam, wish for Angelica's Invisible Ring, in Ariosto's "Orlando"? - I remember when I first read of it, I laboured under a real uneasiness for a whole we...Samuel Richardson Ludovico AriostoOrlando FuriosoPrint: Book
1700-1799'In a visit the Author of the Rambler made me on Monday last, I read to him your "Determinta", and expressed my wonder that he had not made a Paper of it, as I thought it...Samuel Richardson Lady Bradshaigh'Determinta'Manuscript: unpublished piece of writing
1700-1799'In a visit the Author of the Rambler made me on Monday last, I read to him your "Determinta", and expressed my wonder that he had not made a Paper of it, as I thought it...Samuel Johnson Lady Bradshaigh'Determinta'Manuscript: unpublished piece of writing
1700-1799'I have nothing to say in favour or disfavour of the Shakespeare illustrated. Some pieces are not calculated for more than the present Age, or Time, I should rather say. ...Samuel Richardson William Shakespeare[illustrated, edited version]Print: Book


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