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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'In the course of the winter I read some of Mr. Dugald Stewart's "Essays on the Human Mind", together with a part of Dr. Reid's on the same subject. I also read Mr. Cary'...Thomas Carter Thomas ReidEssays on the Powers of the Human MindPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read the first five chapters of Reid's "Enquiry into the Human Mind": in which he examines the senses of Smell, Taste, Hearing, and Touch...'Thomas Green Thomas ReidAn inquiry into the human mindPrint: Book
1700-1799'Dr Rennel has published two or three Sermons lately which I would advise you to buy: they are written in a style of fine animated declamation. The Bishop of London's hav...Sydney Smith Thomas Rennel [ed.][Sermons]Print: Unknown
1600-1699'in the after none, when she was Gon, I reed a Little of Mr Rogers book to Anne france'Margaret Hoby Thomas RogersA pretious book of heavenly meditations, called a ...Print: Book
1700-1799'Read part of Salmon "On Marriage".'Thomas Turner Thomas SalmonA critical essay concerning marriagePrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even finished reading Salmon "On Marriage", which I think to be a very indifferent thing, for the author appears to me to be a very bad logician.'Thomas Turner Thomas SalmonA critical essay concerning marriagePrint: Book
1700-1799'[After sighting land believed by captain and crew of Jamaica Packet to be Graciosa, island in the Azores] the next thing was to get the Captain to ly to, as it was very ...Janet Schaw and other passengers on board Jamaica PacketThomas SalmonA New Geographical and Historical Grammar Print: Book
1800-1849'At church twice today as usual; the Parson at his work amongst the children, armed with a huge octavo which he called Archbishop Secker's Lectures on the Church Catechis...'The Parson' Thomas SeckerLectures on the Catechism of the Church of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'At other times we studied Shakespeare, Milton and some other English poets as well as some of the Italians. We took long walks and often drew from nature. We read with g...Elizabeth Smith Thomas SeckerLectures on CatechismPrint: Book
1800-1849'In this state of affairs I sent to my late partners for Secker's Lectures on the Catechism, Gilpin's Lectures on the same, Wilson's Sermons, 4vols. and Gilpin's Sermons....James and Mary LackingtonThomas SeckerLectures on the Catechism of the Church of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 8 December 1773:] 'When I recommended Sherlock's Sermons, I believe I did it with some exception; many, indeed most of them, are ...Elizabeth Carter Thomas SeckerSermonsPrint: Book
1800-1849'The propaganda of Robert Owen alone did not convert printer Thomas Frost to socialism: "The poetry of Coleridge and Shelley was stirring within me and making me 'a Chart...Thomas Frost Thomas Second Lord LytteltonLettersPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished Sheridan's "Life of Swift"....'Thomas Green Thomas SheridanLife of SwiftPrint: Book
1850-1899'I could not but smile, at the same time that I was offended, to observe Sheridan, in "The Life of Swift", which he afterwards published, attempting, in the writhings of ...James Boswell Thomas SheridanLife of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, The Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799
1800-1849		'She read sermons and other religious books, her favourite sermons being "professedly practical", without too much "Regeneration and Conversion", especially Sherlock's'.Jane Austen Thomas Sherlock[sermons]Print: Book
1700-1799'In the even and the day read 6 of Bishop Sherlock's sermons, which I think extremely good, there being sound reasoning in them and seem wrote with an ardent spirit of pi...Thomas Turner Thomas SherlockSermons on various subjects, moral and theological...Print: Book
1800-1849'I have been keeping rather different hours--though the Priory is far from a late place [...] Wm. [Lady Caroline's husband William Lamb] & I get up about ten or 1/2 after...Lady Caroline Lamb Thomas SherlockSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'I am very fond of Sherlock's Sermons, prefer them to almost any.'Jane Austen Thomas SherlockSeveral Discourses Preached at the Temple ChurchPrint: Book
1800-1849'When I returned to Annan, it occurred to me, that it would be proper to see what was become of my Hall discourses. It occurred to me, much about the same time, that it w...Thomas Carlyle Thomas SimpsonA Treatise of FluxionsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, on life as a teacher at Miss Wooler's school, Dewsbury Moor, June 1837:] 'My life since I saw you last has passed on as monotonously...Charlotte Bronte Thomas SimsBrief Memorials of Jean Frédéric OberlinPrint: Book


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