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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Letter from brother-in-law, T.F. Buxton, to E. Fry, Northrepps, 1 Dec 1828: 'I very quiet day yesterday, and a long time spent over the 69th Psalm, from the 13th to the 1...Thomas Fowell Buxton [n/a]Bible (Psalms)Print: Book
1800-1849Letter from Lucy Aikin to her niece Sue, dated Nov.17, 18..?: Aikin has been reading Mackintosh, and comments on the suitability of philosophical reading for women.Lucy Aikin Sir J. Mackintosh[a text on ethical philosophy]Print: Book
1800-1849Letter from Lucy Aikin to Mrs.Taylor, dated October 1805: 'But within the last few days everything has given way to "Practical Education", which my mother and I have been...Martha Aikin Maria and Richard Lovell EdgeworthPractical EducationPrint: Book
1800-1849Letter from Lucy Aikinto Mrs.Taylor, dated October 1805: 'But within the last few days everything has given way to "Practical Education", which my mother and I have been ...Lucy Aikin Maria and Richard Lovell EdgeworthPractical EducationPrint: Book
1700-1799Letter from Maria Edgeworth to A.L.Barbauld, dated 26/2/1806, tells about this younger brother, who has just left the 'College of Dublin' and 'he has just finished a poem...C.S. Edgeworth John AikinEvenings at HomePrint: Book
1800-1849Letter from Sedgwick to William Ainger dated 22/5/1815 says the former is reading Beasobre, and 'the task is a confounded dry one'.Adam Sedgwick Issac de BeasobreIntroduction to the reading of the Holy ScripturesPrint: Book
1800-1849Letter from Whewell to Rose, dated 24/6/1818, discusses Butler's argument.William Whewell Joseph ButlerAnalogy of Natural and Revealed eligion to the ConPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Letter H 21 - 12/11/1855 - "-The common - pretty - timid - mistletoe bought kind of kiss was not what Dante meant. Rossetti has thoroughly understood the passage througho...John Ruskin Dante AlighieriInfernoPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Letter H 21 - 12/11/1855 - "At the death of Socrates - when hemlock is brought - his friends exclaimed - "The sun is not yet set - It is only on the mountains" But he dra...John Ruskin PlatoDeath of SocratesPrint: Book
1850-1899Letter H 25 - Late November 1855 - "It is so off ... that we all should like that poem of the Arab physician best. - Fancy my endorsing the Athenaeum! Every word in the A...John Ruskin Robert BrowningMen and WomenPrint: Book
1850-1899Letter H 25, Late November 1855 - "-Fancy my endorsing the Athenaeum! Every word in that Athenaeum critique I agree with - for I am very stupid in making things out in po...John Ruskin The AthenaeumPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899		Letter H 3 - 9/2/1855 - "I will not fail to quote Mrs Browning in the book I am now about. I think more highly of her poetry than ever - she is a noble creature."John Ruskin Elizabeth Barrett BrowningPoems, including "Drama of Exile"Print: Book
1850-1899Letter H 30 - January 1856 - "I am always treating you ill - but I took so many presentation copies [of the third volume of Modern Painters, published Jan 15, 1856] from ...Ellen Heaton John RuskinModern Painters IIIPrint: Book
1850-1899Letter H 32 - 11/1/1857 - "Here is a little bit of criticism at last by way of example on your beginning of the Butterfly. "I am going to tell you." This is familiar - as...John Ruskin Ellen HeatonTalesManuscript: Unpublished short tales
1850-1899Letter H 49 (late November 1856) ?Mrs Brownings poem is the finest in the English language ? poem I mean ? (not drama) ? but it is a noble drama too ? ? John Ruskin Elizabeth Barrett BrowningAurora LeighPrint: Book
1850-1899Letter H 85 (Latter half of March 1860) ?Mrs Browning?s verse is capital, but would have been better in prose. It is spoiled for rhyme?s sake.? John Ruskin Elizabeth Barrett BrowningPoems before CongressPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Letter H. 114. Postmark 15 May 1863 Referring to a picture of Helen of Troy: ?She is the sweetest character in all Homer ? and the true heroine ? even of the Odyssey ? (...John Ruskin HomerOdysseyPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Letter H. 114. Postmark 15 May 1863 Referring to a picture of Helen of Troy: ?She is the sweetest character in all Homer ? and the true heroine ? even of the Odyssey ? (...John Ruskin HomerIliadPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Letter H. 114. Postmark 15 May 1863 Referring to a picture of Helen of Troy: ?She is the sweetest character in all Homer ? and the true heroine ? even of the Odyssey ? (...John Ruskin Johann von GoetheFaustPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Letter H. 28 - 23/12/1855 - "You have Carey's Dante I suppose - else Matilda's quotation from the Psalms might be useless to you. Carey is on the whole the best - and ver...John Ruskin Dante Alighieri Print: Book


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