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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799Mrs Newton, Lady Palmerston, Lady Clavering and 2 daughters (great fortunes), and 3 Mrs Fox's here. While the last 2 were here, and Mrs D'Enly alone in Mother's room, I r...Gertrude Savile John GayThe Beggar's OperaPrint: Book
1700-1799Mrs Prade set me down past 9. Read Dr Clark 1/2 hour after supper. Bed 11.Gertrude Savile Samuel ClarkeA Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of GodPrint: Book
1850-1899Mrs Robinson's journal of Oct 7 1854, reprinted in the Times June 15 1856: '..we sat and read Athenaums aloud, chatting meanwhile. There was something unusual in his man...Mrs Robinson [n/a]AthenaumPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Mrs Winn told us our fortunes out of the Almanick, some things to me very strange...(Mrs) Winn 'Almanack' OR 'Almanick'Print: Book, almanack
1800-1849Mrs. Martin lent me Dr. Channing?s treatise ?On the importance & means of a national Literature?, & I ought to be grateful to her. I have been reading it this morning. ...Elizabeth Barrett ChanningOn the importance & means of a national LiteraturePrint: Book
1900-1945MS annotations and marginal marks incl. v.1 p.503, in reply to the author's comment "we must now throw a glance to the external", Sir George writes: "High time that you d...George Otto Trevelyan John Lothrop MotleyHistory of the United NetherlandsPrint: Book
1850-1899MS annotations incl. v.1 p.534: "A ludicrous map, palpably incorrect at every point. Malplaquet is on the wrong side of the French line, and the attack on the French left...George Otto Trevelyan James GrantBritish battles on land and seaPrint: Book
1900-1945MS date of reading by G.O. Trevelyan: Sep 2 1922. Also: "The pencil notes in this volume, which are cut off partially in the re-binding of it, are by a previous possessor...George Otto Trevelyan Cicero The treatises of M.T. CiceroPrint: Book
1800-1849ms journal of Sophia de C-, one of the ladies of the Visiting Society for Newgate, entry dated 1 May 1817: 'Most of the prisoners were collected in a room newly appointed... [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849ms journal of Sophia de C-, one of the ladies of the visiting Society for Newgate, entry dated 1 May 1817: 'We next proceeded to the sick ward (it was in good order) and ...Sophia de C [n/a]Bible (New Testament)Print: Book
1800-1849ms journal of Sophia de C-, one of the ladies of the Visiting Society for Newgate, entry dated 1 May 1817: '[school room] about twenty young women rose on our entrance an...Sophie de C [n/a][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849ms journal of Sophia de C-, one of the ladies of the visiting Society for Newgate, entry dated 1 May 1817: '[school room] about twenty young women rose on our entrance an...Sophia de C [n/a]Bible (New Testament)Print: Book
1800-1849ms journal of Sophia de C-, one of the ladies of the visiting Society for Newgate, entry dated 2 May 1817: 'Rose early and visited Newgate where most of the Committee met...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]Bible (Psalms)Print: Book
1800-1849ms journal of Sophia de C-, one of the ladies of the visiting Society for Newgate, entry dated 24 May 1817: 'I read to Woodman, who is not in the state of mind we could w...Sophia de C [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945MS note at the end of "The man of destiny": "Dec 5 1926 Read aloud to C, [i.e. Lady Caroline Trevelyan] - as I once did to poor George Vanderbilt".George Otto Trevelyan George Bernard ShawPlays: pleasant and unpleasantPrint: Book
1900-1945MS note on final flyleaf: "This book gets very poor towards the end. The omissions in the Shield of Achilles, - both in the key and the index, - are nothing less than dis...George Otto Trevelyan John WalkerClavis HomericaPrint: Book
1850-1899MS notes and dates of reading include: "Top of Beamerside while electioneering at Melrose, July 6th, 1868"; p.40: "Weybridge 1872. St. George's Hill, returning from takin...George Otto Trevelyan Horace Works; ed by MacleanePrint: Book
1900-1945MS notes and marginal marks throughout the book, in the hand of Sir George Otto Trevelyan. Dates of reading include "Sept. 21 1914 Aloud to C[aroline]"; "Dec 30 1920 with...George Otto Trevelyan John Lothrop MotleyThe rise of the Dutch republic: a historyPrint: Book
1900-1945MS notes and marginalia throughout book, including the thoughts of Sir George Otto Trevelyan on visiting the grave who had died young while climbing p.425.George Otto Trevelyan Mark TwainA tramp abroadPrint: Book
1900-1945MS notes and marks throughout, including: "May 2 1919. Exquisite book! I seem to hear my dear friend [Henry James] talk, - oh so slowly - as we stroll arm in arm in the W...George Otto Trevelyan Henry JamesPortraits of placesPrint: Book


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