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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
 
1850-1899
1900-1945		MS notes in all vol. other than I, XI and XVI. Some are copied from Macaulay's own copy of Cicero which he read between 1835-7: "transferred by me from his Bipontine edit...George Otto Trevelyan Marcus Tullius CiceroM. Tullii Ciceronis OperaPrint: Book
1900-1945MS notes in vols. I and II, including some copied from Lord Macaulay's copy of the text. Dates of reading include: "May 28 1917 Welcombe The most interesting military sto...George Otto Trevelyan Julius CaesarOpera omniaPrint: Book
1900-1945MS notes including dates of reading, e.g.: "July 18 1916 Welcombe"; "March 29 1923 with Anna [i.e. Anna Philips, George Otto Trevelyan's sister-in-law]; "Read aloud to C ...George Otto Trevelyan Arnold BennettThese twainPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		MS notes including various dates of reading from Feb 16, 1899 - March 25 1901. Final volume summarised as: "A fine, compact story; disfigured by a delight in the loathsom...George Otto Trevelyan Jules MicheletHistoire de FrancePrint: Book
MS notes throughout, mainly taken for Sir George's own research into Charles James Fox. One reads (v.2.p.376): "I am glad he liked shooting as much as I do."George Otto Trevelyan Charles James FoxMemorials and correspondence of Charles James FoxPrint: Book
1900-1945MS notes, some evidently copied from Lord Macaulay's own marginalia in another volume. On p.145 Sir George writes: "I used to think this very fine at school. It now seems...George Otto Trevelyan Sallust Opera omniaPrint: Book
1900-1945Much marginalia in pencil in English throughout the volume. 'Finished reading Giovedi Santi 1929' written on the half-title page. Received from Evelyn Wimbush, Christmas ...Vernon Lee Henry FordMy Life and WorkPrint: Book
1900-1945Much marginalia in pencil, mainly in French but some in English, throughout the volume; summary notes on the rear end papers.Vernon Lee Jacques VontadeL??me des Anglais (Hypoth?ses Impertinentes)Print: Book
1850-1899Mustered in the afternoon & spent the evening reading & disagreeing'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1800-1849My brother and I rose in the mornings about four o'clock, to pray with each other and read the Scriptures; and oh what a power was at work in our hearts!Anne Lutton 'Scriptures'Print: Book
My brother and I rose in the mornings about four o'clock, to pray with each other and read the Scriptures; and oh what a power was at work in our hearts! 'Scriptures'Print: Book
1800-1849My circumstances were perhaps well fitted to the task of self-culture - too straitened to admit of much expenditure on books, but sufficiently easy to afford me plenty of...Anne Lutton Virgil Print: Book
1800-1849My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat...John Cole Salomon GessnerThe Death of AbelPrint: Book
1800-1849My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat...John Cole John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1800-1849My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat...John Cole Alexander PopeHomerPrint: Book
1800-1849My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat...John Cole CiceroLettersPrint: Book
1800-1849My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat...John Cole Elizabeth, or the Exile of SiberiaPrint: Book
1800-1849My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may be enumerated "The Death of Abel" which I read emphat...John Cole Samuel JohnsonRasselasPrint: Book
1850-1899My dear Mrs Oliphant, I address you freely, because I have a full heart just now; and I had rather speak foolishly out of my enthusiasm than hold my tongue afterwards in ...Robert Louis Stevenson Margaret OliphantA Beleaguered City.Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799My desire for information was however too strong to be turned aside and often have I been sent away from a book stall when the owner became offended at my standing readin...Francis Place variousPrint: Book


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