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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
 
1850-1899'Playing chess, and marbles, with myself, and reading "Nigel" to Lollie.'John Ruskin Sir Walter ScottFortunes of NigelUnknown
1850-1899'Yesterday dined quietly with Diddie and Clennie came down to dessert, and I read the "Abbot" in the evening to them.' John Ruskin Sir Walter ScottAbbot, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have since been reading in The Lady of the Lake, and this passage reminds me of our voyage: — "See the proud pipers on the bow, And mark the gaudy streamers flow...Queen Victoria Sir Walter ScottLady of the LakePrint: Book
1800-1849'It poured the whole afternoon, and, after writing, I read to Albert the three first cantos of The Lay of the Last Minstrel, which delighted us both.'Queen Victoria Sir Walter ScottThe Lay of the Last MinstrelPrint: Book
1800-1849'At two o'clock we passed the famed St. Abb's Head, which we had so longed to see on our first voyage to Scotland. I read a few stanzas out of Marmion, giving an account ...Queen Victoria Sir Walter ScottMarmionPrint: Book
1800-1849'We went below at half-past seven, and I read the fourth and fifth cantos of The Lay of the Last Minstrel to Albert, and then we played on the piano.' Queen Victoria Sir Walter ScottThe Lay of the Last MinstrelPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 1 June 1831: 'I recollect many years ago when I read one whole volume of Blackstone through, I also read a little treatise by a ...Elizabeth Barrett Sir William BlackstoneCommentaries on the Laws of EnglandPrint: Book
1800-1849'[During summer 1831] Hallam was at Hastings [...] After his holiday Hallam returned to his reading of law, and enjoyed "the old fellow Blackstone," culling for Alfred [T...Arthur Hallam Sir William Blackstone Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to John James Morgan, 6 March, 1797: 'Blackstone & I agree better than perhaps you imagine. true it is that I should like to write Commentaries upon his Co...Robert Southey Sir William BlackstoneCommentaries on the Laws of England Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 9 August 1797: 'I have now gone thro Blackstone often & attentively, so repeatedly reperusing the more important parts, th...Robert Southey Sir William BlackstoneCommentaries on the Laws of England Print: Book
1700-1799'I was yesterday at Belleim, the winter palace of the King [of Portugal] [...] The house is by no means fine, and did not the garden and other appurtenances atone for it,...Janet Schaw Sir William ChambersA Dissertation on Oriental GardeningPrint: Book
1600-1699'and by and by comes a letter from Mr Coventry's own hand to him; which he never opened (which was a strange thing) but did give it me to open and read, and consider what...Samuel Pepys Sir William Coventry[letter]Manuscript: Letter
1600-1699'But by this discourse he was pleased to show me and read to me his account, which he hath kept by him under his own hand, of all his discourse and the King's answers to ...Sir William Coventry Sir William Coventry[record of discourse upon business of Lord Clarend...Manuscript: Unknown
1600-1699'We spent most of the morning talking, and reading of "The Seige of Rhodes", which is certainly (the more I read it I think so) the best poem that ever was wrote.'Samuel Pepys Sir William DavenantThe Seige of RhodesPrint: Book
1600-1699'So after supper Captain Cocke and I and Temple on board the Bezan, and there to Cards for a while, and then to read again in "Rhodes" and so to sleep.'Samuel Pepys Sir William DavenantThe Seige of RhodesPrint: Book
1600-1699'and after dinner, with my wife and Mercer and Jane by water all the afternoon as high up as Moreclacke, with great pleasure, and a fine day - reading over the second par...Samuel Pepys Sir William DavenantThe Seige of RhodesPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Francis Hodgson, 8 December 1811: 'I have gotten a book by Sir William Drummond (printed, but not published), entitled Oedipus Judaicus, in which he attempts to ...George Gordon, Lord Byron Sir William DrummondAedipus JudaicusPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 15 December 1811: 'I have been living quietly, reading Sir W. Drummond's book on the bible ... 'George Gordon, Lord Byron Sir William DrummondAedipus JudaicusPrint: Book
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1850-1899		'Sir William Gomm served for some time in India, and indeed had been commander of the forces there. Being at Simla, he occupied himself with the study of Grote's "History...Harriet Grote Sir William GommAnnotations to George Grote, A History of Greece (...
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1850-1899		'Sir William Gomm served for some time in India, and indeed had been commander of the forces there. Being at Simla, he occupied himself with the study of Grote's "History...George Grote Sir William GommAnnotations to George Grote, A History of Greece (...


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