Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
 
RED International logo

 
 
 

Advanced Search results:



Any results shown below can be ordered in a variety of ways simple by clicking on the column header. To view an individual entry click on the 'Evidence' data.

 

You searched for:




To search again: Click 'Search' in the navigation menu above or use the web browser 'back' button.

30503 records found. (displaying 20 per page)



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

Go to page: [1]   1321 1322 1323 1324 1325  1326  1327 1328 1329 1330 1331   [1526]

 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham, Northcourt Avenue, 13.xii.40
Howard R. Smith in the chair.

1. An apology for absence was read from Mr. & Mrs. Joselyn. 		Mary Pollard Elizabeth T. Alexander[Letter to Mary Pollard]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Letters & Letter writing were then proceeded with. Mrs Burrow read three letters of William Cowper characteristically interesting & amusing. Mrs C. Elliott read in...Francis Pollard George Bernard Shaw[letter to Mrs Patrick Campbell]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Letters & Letter writing were then proceeded with. Mrs Burrow read three letters of William Cowper characteristically interesting & amusing. Mrs C. Elliott read in...Francis Pollard James Matthew Barrie[letter to Mrs Patrick Campbell]Print: Unknown
1. Apologies for absence were received from Margaret and A. Bruce Dilks, Alice and Arnold Joselin, Sylvanus A. Reynolds, Kenneth F. Nicholson, Francis H. Knight. Rosamund Wallis J. M. Barrie[Letter to Mrs. Scott]Print: Book
1600-1699'all morning at the office finishing my letter to Sir Rob Brookes, which I did with great content; and yet at noon, when I came home to dinner, I read it over again after...Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys[letter to Sir Robert Brookes]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'P.'s roving eye fell upon your letter of today, & read the beginning of the sentence about "Poor old Phyllis & her poems!" Which led to demands to know how it ended. Whi...Phyllis Reid Ford Madox Ford[letter to Stella Bowen]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799[reported speech of Jonathan Swift] 'In the first Place, Mr [italics] Pilkington [end italics], she had the Insolence this Morning, not only to desire to read the Writing...Matthew Pilkington Alexander Pope[letter to Swift]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799[Matthew Pilkington was in England and was staying with Pope, upon Swift's recommendation. Having received a letter in which he said Pope was treating him handsomely, Lae...Laetitia Pilkington Alexander Pope[letter to Swift]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945

Meeting held at Hillsborough :- 14. 9. 37.

Reginald H. Robson in the Chair.


1. Minutes of last read & approved

2. Charles St...

Victor Alexander Edgar Castle[Letter to the Secretary of the XII Book Club]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 17.1.39 Charles E. Stansfield in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read & approved.
[...]
3. A letter from R. H....		Victor Alexander Reginald H. Robson[Letter to the XII Book Club concerning suppers]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'A letter from Mrs Stansfield was read inviting the club to 29 Upper Redlands Rd for the next meeting'.Ernest E. Unwin Pattie Stansfield[letter to the XII Book Club]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'There is, in the B. Museum, a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr Birch, on the subject of biography; which, though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully ra...James Boswell Dr Warburton[Letter to Thomas Birch]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'A letter from Miss Ethel C. Stevens offering to entertain the Book Club for the Sept meeting was read'Ernest E. Unwin Ethel C. Stevens[letter to XII Book Club]Manuscript: Letter
1600-1699'This evening comes Mr Billup to me to read over Mr Wren's alterations of my draft of a letter for the Duke of York to sign, to the board; which I like mighty well, they ...Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys[letter with corrections by Matthew Wren]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'A new officer has been censoring our letters the last two days. I fancy the C.O. gave orders that they were to be much more strict. He seems needlessly and brutally inqu... [letters addressed to conscientious objectors in c...Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'The censoring here has become such an unpleasant occasion as almost to take away the joy of receiving letters — chiefest of guard-room amenities. The new officer b... [letters addressed to conscientious objectors in c...Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'I remember once to have seen a little collection of letters and poetical scraps of Swift's, which passed between him and Mrs Van Homrigh, this same Vanessa, which the bo...Samuel Richardson Jonathan Swift[letters and poetical scraps]Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I must tell you that Lord Byron said Mrs Lee [Augusta Leigh?] & Lady Byron had read all my letters [and] verses'.Augusta Leigh Lady Caroline Lamb[letters and verses]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'I must tell you that Lord Byron said Mrs Lee [Augusta Leigh?] & Lady Byron had read all my letters [and] verses'.Lady Annabella Byron (n?e Milbanke) Lady Caroline Lamb[letters and verses]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849[Crabbe relates how he had fallen in love with Charlotte Williams and written her various letters, before she revealed she loved another] 'there was all this Time a Frien...Charlotte Ridout George Crabbe[letters from Crabbe to Charlotte Ridout's friend ...Manuscript: Letter


Go to page: [1]   1321 1322 1323 1324 1325  1326  1327 1328 1329 1330 1331   [1526]



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

OU logo
   
AHRC logo
   
Green Turtle Web Design