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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
 
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 12-15 November 1793: 'I have been reading Courtney Melmoths Liberal Opinions to-day. I know not if you have ever read the boo...Robert Southey Courtney Melmoth [pseud.]Liberal Opinions, upon Animals, Man, and Providenc...Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 14-18 October 1793: 'I copied these four lines from the hospital at Reading {Aye whose hours exempt from sorrow flow {Beh...Robert Southey anon[lines at the Hospital in Reading]Print: Unknown
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 14-18 October 1793: 'I proceeded on sad & solitary to Hounslow & there gave one shilling for Sir Launcelot Greaves to amuse m...Robert Southey Tobias SmollettThe Adventures of Sir Lancelot Greaves Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 14-18 October 1793: 'In the interim you shall have the remarks that occurrd upon reading Sir Launcelot Greaves on the road. B...Robert Southey Tobias SmollettThe Adventures of Humphry ClinkerPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 14-18 October 1793: 'In the interim you shall have the remarks that occurrd upon reading Sir Launcelot Greaves on the road. B...Robert Southey Tobias SmollettThe Adventures of Sir Lancelot Greaves Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 16-17 November 1792: 'I send the epitaph which at present is inscribed upon one of the cankerd sides. Perhaps the production ...Robert Southey Tombstone epitaphPrint: tomb
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 16-21 January 1793: 'I do not know in the annals of history & barbarity any character which I so much abhor as that of the va...Robert Southey Edward GibbonThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman E...Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 16-21 January 1793: 'Of your ode a few words before I set to transcribing. Before I read the last half sheet I wished you to ...Robert Southey Grosvenor Charles BedfordOdeManuscript: Sheet
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 16-21 January 1793: 'This day has been a most unpleasant one all except the earlier part of the morning when I read your favo...Robert Southey HoraceOdes 4:4Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 20-21 July 1794: 'When Coleridges work is published you will see a Latin Poem of Allens which did not gain the praise. the s...Robert Southey Robert AllenLudi Scenici (unpublished)Manuscript: Sheet
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 20-21 July 1794: 'When Coleridges work is published you will see a Latin Poem of Allens which did not gain the praise. the s...Robert Southey Samuel Taylor ColeridgeOde on the slave tradeManuscript: Sheet
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 21 August 1794: 'When your ode reachd me it reminded me of neglect & I blushed as I read.' Robert Southey Grosvenor Charles BedfordOdeManuscript: Sheet
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 21 October 1792: 'Now I am upon the republic system I must tell you that Bristol seems preparing for it. A pamphlet propose...Robert Southey Tom PaineThe Rights of Man. Part the Second Print: Pamphlet
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 21 October 1792: 'Now I am upon the republic system I must tell you that Bristol seems preparing for it. A pamphlet propose...Robert Southey The Reply of the Delegates of the Several Parishes...Print: Pamphlet
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 21 October 1792: 'Some poems have been lately printed here by the Revd. E Holder written between the age of 17 & 20. I only ...Robert Southey Henry Evans HolderMiscellaneous PoemsPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 22 November - 2 December 1793: 'Do not imagine that I am vindicating the stile of Candide when I differ with you in judgement...Robert Southey VoltaireCandide, ou l'OptimismePrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 22 November - 2 December 1793: 'Your plan of a general satire I am ready to partake when you please. Pope Swift & Atterbury y...Robert Southey Martin Scriblerus [pseud.]Memoirs of Martin ScriblerusPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 24 February - 2 March 1796 'Take a sonnet for the Ladies imitated from the Spanish of Bartolomè Leonardo, in which I have gi...Robert Southey Bartolomè Leonardo de ArgensolasonnetPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 24 February - 2 March 1796 'Timothy Dwight an American publishd an heroic poem on the Conquest of Canaan in 1785. I had hear...Robert Southey Timothy DwightThe Conquest of CanaanPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 24 February - 2 March 1796 'Timothy Dwight an American publishd an heroic poem on the Conquest of Canaan in 1785. I had hear...Robert Southey David HumphreysversesManuscript: Sheet


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