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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
 
1800-1849Mary Berry to Joanna Baillie, 24 October 1844: 'I have been reading "Mrs. Grant's Letters" with considerable amusement. She often writes very well, and [italics]thinks[e...Mary Berry Anne GrantLetters from the Mountains; being the real corresp...Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 11 December 1798: '[William] Roscoe has just sent us a poem of his translation from an Italian poet whose very name was unknown to my shadowy...Mary Berry Luigi Tansillo"The Nurse"Unknown
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 12 January 1799: 'Somerville's "Anne" is, I think, more dry than his "William," but clear, distinct, impartial, and wonderfully informing; hi...Mary Berry Thomas SomervilleHistory of Great Britain During the Reign of Queen...Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 17 May 1799: 'I was much entertained by some letters which [Uvedale] Price showed me from Sr George Beaumont, Fox, and Knight, containing cri...Mary Berry Charles James Foxletter to Uvedale Price on series of playsManuscript: Letter
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 19 February 1799: 'Mr. Sotheby sent me his "Battle of the Nile." [...] There seems to be a number of good lines in the poem, but the conduct ...Mary Berry William Sotheby"The Battle of the Nile"Unknown
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 2 April 1799: 'In the many hours I have spent alone this week, I have been able, though by very little bits at a time, to go entirely through...Mary Berry Hannah MoreStrictures on the Modern System of Female Educatio...Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 2 April 1799: 'In the many hours I have spent alone this week, I have been able, though by very little bits at a time, to go entirely through...Mary Berry Mary WollstonecraftunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 3 February 1799: 'I hope you have read the Irish debates on the Union. I think you will have found in them much abuse, little eloquence, and...Mary Berry Colonel MathewletterManuscript: Letter
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 3 February 1799: 'I hope you have read the Irish debates on the Union. I think you will have found in them much abuse, little eloquence, and...Mary Berry Cease your FunningPrint: Pamphlet
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 3 February 1799: 'In compliance with your request and my own wishes, I have been and am reading with much attention Mr. Wilberforce's book, a...Mary Berry Wilberforce?Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System...Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 3 February 1799: 'In compliance with your request and my own wishes, I have been and am reading with much attention Mr. Wilberforce's book, a...Mary Berry Thomas BelshamA Review of Mr. Wilberforce's Practical View of th...Print: Unknown
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 5 October 1799: 'Mentioning [...] [Madame de Coigny] puts me in mind of a book which I am now [italics]devouring[end italics] with delight, t...Mary Berry Madame de SevigneLettersPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, Thursday 23 May 1799: 'I began Homer's Iliad on Wednesday last, to my no small delight, and felt no particular difficulty in the comprehensio...Mary Berry Homer The IliadPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry to the Countess of Morley, 24 December 1848: 'Talking of Macaulay, I hope you have got his book, as the [italics]very[end italics] most entertaining reading I ...Mary Berry Thomas Babington MacaulayThe History of England from the Accession of James...Print: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry to Thomas Babington Macaulay, 15 October 1834: 'Have they sent you among your books "Victor Jaquemont's Letters?" they are perfectly original [...] I never kne...Mary Berry Victor JaquemontLetters describing a journey in IndiaPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry, 'Notes of Early Life': 'My dear grandmother [...] made me read the Psalms and chapters to her every morning; but, as neither explanation nor comment was made ...Mary Berry Addison and Steele (ed.)The SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Mary Berry, 'Notes of Early Life': 'My dear grandmother [...] made me read the Psalms and chapters to her every morning; but, as neither explanation nor comment was made ...Mary Berry Psalms and chaptersPrint: Book
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1800-1849		Mary Berry, in letter of 2 January 1800: 'I have been reading [...] a new novel of Godwin's, in four vols., called "The Travels of St. Leon." it is an odd work, like all...Mary Berry William GodwinSt LeonPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, in letter of August 1820: 'I have been reading after dinner, when it is too hot to write, "Anastatius." It is, as I had supposed, the substance of the MS. tr...Mary Berry ?Anastatius work on travels in EastPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry, in reflections on reading (1798): 'When I read "Paradise Lost," I am no more able to conceive the powers of imagination and genius exerted by Milton in the co...Mary Berry John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book


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