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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
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1800-1849		?My father, as before stated, was a reader, and amongst other books which he now read, was Pain?s [sic] "Rights of Man". He also read Pain?s [sic] "Age of Reason", and hi...Daniel Bamford Thomas PaineAge of ReasonPrint: Book
1800-1849?? the shining events in Paris and the newer literature that began to be issued saw the young men of my age wild with excitement and enthusiasm. I had previously read the...William Edwin Adams Thomas PaineThe Rights of ManPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		?My father, as before stated, was a reader, and amongst other books which he now read, was Pain?s [sic] "Rights of Men". He also read Pain?s [sic] "Age of Reason", and hi...Daniel Bamford Thomas PaineRights of ManPrint: Book
1700-1799'Paine's "Rights of Man, or Answer to Burke" being now lately come out & much talked of, we got it in our society and on Monday the 25th. I began reading it, but was much...John Marsh Thomas PaineRights of ManPrint: Book
1800-1849'The Coventry ribbon weaver Joseph Gutteridge [...] had read and pondered Voltaire's "Dictionary of Philosophy" and Paine's "Age of Reason", but remained unconvinced [by ...Joseph Gutteridge Thomas PaineThe Age of ReasonPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads rights of Man. C. in an ill humour - she reads the Italian'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Thomas PaineRights of Man; being an answer to Burke's attack o...Print: Book
1700-1799'One afternoon his eye caught Paine's "Rights of Man", and he picked it up and began to study it intently. Absorbed, he "continued reading for half an hour", the booksell...King George III Thomas PaineThe Rights of ManPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads Rights of man.'Percy Bysshe Shelley Thomas PaineRights of Man, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday Jany. 31st. [...] Read Common Sense by Paine and two numbers of the Crisis a Paper which he published during the American War.'Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineThe American CrisisPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Monday Jany. 31st. [...] Read Common Sense by Paine and two numbers of the Crisis a Paper which he published during the American War.'Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineCommon SensePrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday February 1st. [...] Read Paine [...] In Paine I find an account of the English cruelties in America and India'.Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineThe American CrisisPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Wednesday Feb. 2nd. [...] Read Paine's Works.'Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineworksPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Saturday Feb. 5th. [...] Read Paine's Letter to the Abbe Raynal. Read Travels before the Flood which I like much [makes detailed notes on this text].'Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineLetter to the Abbe RaynalPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Friday Feb. 4th Read Paine [goes on to make detailed notes of issues concerning the American War of Independence, based on The American Crisis no.10] [...] Walk with La...Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineThe American CrisisPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Monday Feb. 7th. [...] Read and finish Paine's Letter to the Abbe Raynal the feeling of this letter I admire exceedingly -- it is truly cosmopolitan -- Finish the trave...Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineLetter to the Abbe RaynalPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Tuesday Feb. 8th. Read Paine's Rights of Man. 'Wednesday Feb 9th. [...] Read Rights of Man first part -- 'Thursday Feb. 10th [...] Finish the first part of Rights...Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineRights of Man (Part 1)Print: Book
1800-1849'Friday Feb. 11th. [...] Begin La Cisma de Ingalaterra de Calderon della Barca [...] In the Evening read [...] the second part of Paine's Rights of Man [goes on to commen...Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineRights of Man (Part 2)Print: Book
1800-1849'Saturday Feb. 12th. [...] Read La Cisma de Ingalaterra de Calderon de la Barca. Finish the second part of Paine's Rights of Man [goes on to comment on this].'Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineRights of ManPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday Feb. 14th. [...] Begin 1st part of Paine's Age of Reason. Also read part of his trial for that publication. [...] 'Tuesday Feb. [...] 15th. [...] Finish 1s...Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineThe Age of ReasonPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Common Sense'Mary Shelley Thomas PaineCommon SensePrint: Book


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