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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, Journal, 9 June 1808: 'Dined at Lady Donegal's with Agnes [Berry, her sister]. Philippa (Godfrey), Charles Moore, and Anacreon [ie Thomas] Moore at dinner. ...Mary Berry Thomas Moore'Corruption'Print: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 9 June 1808: 'Dined at Lady Donegal's with Agnes [Berry, her sister]. Philippa (Godfrey), Charles Moore, and Anacreon [ie Thomas] Moore at dinner. ...Mary Berry Thomas Moore'Intolerance'Print: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 9 March 1808: 'I went in the evening to Mrs. D[?amer]. Read "Marmion," just come out, to her.'Mary Berry Walter ScottMarmionPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 9 March 1814: 'I dined with Madame de Stael; nobody but Campbell the poet, Rocca, and her own daughter [...] After dinner, Campbell read to us a disc...Thomas Campbell Thomas Campbelldiscourse on English poetry and poetsUnknown
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 9 October 1812: 'Read the newspapers, which contained the extraordinary letter of Lord Cathcart announcing the great defeat of the French, and their ...Mary Berry Lord Cathcartaccount of Battle of BorodinoPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, August 1809: 'I have been reading a strange poem -- the "Columbiad" of Poet [Joel] Barlow. Who or what he is I know not, except that he is an Americ...Mary Berry Joel BarlowThe ColumbiadPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry, Journal, Friday 9 April [Good Friday] 1784: 'In the evening [...] To the Academy of Arcadians, which was a great crowd of abbati in a room much too samll for ...Mary Berry unknownSonnets on the Passion of ChristUnknown
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1800-1849		Mary Berry, Journal, October 23 1821: 'Went on a visit to Sir John and Lady Oswald. Sir John had given me a collection of his grandfather's letters to Ministers and seve...Mary Berry OswaldLetters to ministers and 'distinguished persons', ...Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, Saturday 18 May 1811: 'I went with Joanna Baillie to Hampstead, to remain till Monday. Dined before four, and went out upon the Heath. Sat for abov...Mary Berry and Joanna BaillieMary BerryThe Two MartiusManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, Saturday 18 May 1811: 'I went with Joanna Baillie to Hampstead, to remain till Monday. Dined before four, and went out upon the Heath. Sat for abov...Mary Berry and Joanna BaillieMary Berry["scraps" of writings]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, Sunday 14 October 1810, on stay in Greathead household at Guy's Cliff: '[After church attendance] The blind Miss Williams played much of Handel's mus...Mr Greathead ClarkeTravelsPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry, letter of 26 December 1799: 'What little I could read during two days and part of two nights has been Mercier's "Nouveau Paris", a sort of continuation of his...Mary Berry Mackintosh[unidentified "accounts of hs proposed lectures on...Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry, letter of 26 December 1799: 'What little I could read during two days and part of two nights has been Mercier's "Nouveau Paris", a sort of continuation of his...Mary Berry Bartholomew MercierLe Nouveau ParisPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry, letter of 26 December 1799: 'What little I could read during two days and part of two nights has been Mercier's "Nouveau Paris", a sort of continuation of his...Mary Berry Bartholomew MercierTableau de ParisPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Delany to Samuel Richardson, 16 August 1751: 'I am now reading Dr Young's Night Thoughts, and can hardly forbear sending him a rapture of thanks for the entertain...Mary Delany Edward YoungNight ThoughtsPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Hunter (aged 10) to Elizabeth Barrett, quoted in letter of Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 2 May 1837: '"I read today in a magazine a tale of Miss Mi...Mary Hunter Mary Russell Mitford"The Widow's Dog"Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Mary Lamb to Mrs Morgan and Charlotte Brant, 22 May 1815: 'Godwin has just published a new book ... Wordsworth has just now looked into it and found these words "All mod...William Wordsworth William GodwinLives of Edward and John Philips, Nephews and Pupi...Print: Book
1800-1849Mary Moulton-Barrett to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett, 11 April 1826: 'Mrs. Campbell & her lovely children quite well. They all have the poem. Mrs. D[effell] says it has ...Mrs Deffell Elizabeth BarrettAn Essay on Mind, with Other PoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Moulton-Barrett to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett, 14 October 1821: 'I read her [invalid Elizabeth Barrett's] prayers to her today in the bible, & she has altogether b...Mary Moulton-Barrett prayersPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Moulton-Barrett to her daughter Elizabeth Barrett, on receiving advance copies of the latter's first published volume of poetry the previous evening, 28 February 182...Edward and Mary Moulton-BarrettElizabeth BarrettAn Essay on Mind with Other PoemsPrint: Book


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