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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Since I have been in London I have read nothing but Miss Seward's letters and Miss Owenson's Missionary. Of Miss Seward I am bound to speak well, as she doth so of me; a...Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe Sydney OwensonMissionary, The: An Indian TalePrint: Book
1800-1849'"At that time [ca 1809]", continued Lady [-], "all the world was engaged in reading Ida of Athens. I think it was likely to please a [italics] vivid imagination [end ita...Lady [-] Sydney OwensonWoman, or Ida of AthensPrint: Book
1800-1849'Sunday July 23rd. Read Florence Macarthy all day by Lady Morgan which I finish.' ...Claire Clairmont Sydney Owenson, Lady MorganFlorence Macarthy: An Irish TalePrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday September 1st. [...] Finish Anastasius and begin Lady Morgan's Italy. [...] 'Sunday Sept -- 2nd. [...] Read Lady Morgan's Italy -- [...] ''Monday Se...Claire Clairmont Sydney Owenson, Lady MorganItaly (Volume I)Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday Dec. 10th. [...] Read Lady Morgan's Italy'. [further readings in this text recorded in journal entries for 11, 12, 14, 15, 25, 27 December 1821, with 'Finish...Claire Clairmont Sydney Owenson, Lady MorganItalyPrint: Book
1800-1849Tuesday, 14 March 1826: 'I have amused myself occasionally very pleasantly during the few last days by reading over Lady Morgan's novel of O'Donnel which has some st...Walter Scott Sydney Owenson, Lady MorganO'DonnelPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have just read Prince Hempseed for the first time. I do hope you don't mind my writing to you about it, because I think it is such a fine book and I was deeply moved b...Edith Sitwell Sydney SchiffPrince HempseedPrint: Book
1850-1899'We are reading in the evenings now, Sydney Smith's letters, Boswell, Whewell's History of Inductive Sciences, the Odyssey and occasionally Heine's Reisebilder. I began t...George Eliot and G.H. LewesSydney Smith[Letters]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'full of his living wit & wisdom, & not without some of his flippancy on solemn themes, however there is so much of manly justice in the whole argument that I could only ...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Sydney SmithA Fragment on the Irish Roman ChurchManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'He read — Sterne, Sydney Smith's letters, Canning's speeches, and two thrillers: A. E. W. Mason's Konigsmarch and Michael Innes's Lament for a Maker ...'John Buchan Sydney SmithLettersPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have been reading and enjoying Sydney Smith's 'Moral Philosophy', which Mrs Smith sent me this winter, and I find it a delightful book.'Fanny Allen Sydney SmithMoral PhilosophyPrint: Book
1850-1899'Mrs Sydney Smith is affectionate and kind as it is possible to be. She gives me all her husband's papers and correspondence to look over and read...'Fanny Allen Sydney Smith[papers and correspondence]
1850-1899'... I have been idle, but rather too busy to write, our leisure hours being taken up with reading Sydney's "Memoirs".'Fanny Allen Sydney SmithSelections from the writings of the Rev. Sydney Sm...Print: Book
1900-19456 March 1920: 'On Thursday, dine with the MacCarthys, & the first Memoir Club meeting [hosted by MacCarthys]. A highly interesting occasion. Seven people read -- & Lord k...Sydney Waterlow Sydney Waterlowautobiographical essayManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'I read Lady Morgan's Florence Macarthy. There is originality and genius in all she writes'.Charlotte Bury Sydney, Lady MorganFlorence Macarthy: An Irish TalePrint: Book
1800-1849'Mr North has been reading Lady Morgan's "O'Donnel", and is delighted with it. He says he never read a book that amused him so much, and that it has the merit of being mo...Mr North Sydney, Lady MorganO'Donnel: A National TalePrint: Book
1800-1849'Plato and tact sounds like Plato and puppy, an incongruous mixture of ancient and modern, such as only suits the language of second-rate novels. Lady Morgan, I suppose, ...Louisa, Lady Stuart Sydney, Lady MorganWoman: or, Ida of AthensPrint: Book
1900-1945'The book that influenced me most in this direction was Sylvanus Stall's, What a Young Man Ought to Know, which I accepted as the guiding testament of youth in all...Vero Walter Garratt Sylvanus StallWhat a Young Man Ought to KnowPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Broomfield: 22.3.1932
George Burrow in the chair
1. The minutes of last were read by Sylvanus Reynolds, who had kindly deputised for the Secr...		Sylvanus A. Reynolds Sylvanus A. ReynoldsMinutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 1...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22 Cintra Avenue 24. III 37
    F. E. Pollard in the chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
3. Disraeli: Doro...		Sylvanus A. Reynolds Sylvanus A. Reynolds[On Disraeli’s political life as far as the 1860’s...Manuscript: Unknown


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