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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
 
1850-1899Sir Henry Bedingfield, Bart., to Alfred Tennyson, 20 August 1875: 'As a great admirer of your genius, I eagerly read your drama "Queen Mary," but was so surprised and ...Sir Henry Bedingfield, Bart. Alfred TennysonQueen MaryPrint: Book
1700-1799Sir Henry Ellis to John Wilson Croker, from the British Museum, 29 October 1829: 'I understand from Mr. Murray that you are engaged [as editor] upon a "Life of Dr. Joh...Samuel Johnson Horace  Print: Book
1800-1849Sir James Graham to John Wilson Croker, 18 September 1847: 'I have read in the newspapers with great regret, but without surprise, the report of the death of Lady Foll...Sir James Graham report of death of Lady FollettPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899
1900-1945		Sir John Hammerton looking back on his early days in Glasgow when he left school and became a correspondence clerk, he said of Cassell's Library "What an Aladdin's cave i...Sir John Hammerton Francis Bacon[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Sir John Hammerton looking back on his early days in Glasgow when he left school and became a correspondence clerk, he said of Cassell's Library "What an Aladdin's cave i...Sir John Hammerton Charles Lamb[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Sir John Hammerton looking back on his early days in Glasgow when he left school and became a correspondence clerk, he said of Cassell's Library "What an Aladdin's cave i...Sir John Hammerton Joseph Addison[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Sir John Hammerton looking back on his early days in Glasgow when he left school and became a correspondence clerk, he said of Cassell's Library "What an Aladdin's cave i...Sir John Hammerton Oliver Goldsmith[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Sir John Hammerton looking back on his early days in Glasgow when he left school and became a correspondence clerk, he said of Cassell's Library "What anAladdin's cave it...Sir John Hammerton Richard Steele[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		Sir John Hammerton looking back on his early days in Glasgow when he left school and became a correspondence clerk, he said of Cassell's Library "What anAladdin's cave it...Sir John Hammerton Thomas De Quincey[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849Sir Robert Peel to John Murray, 7 July 1840: 'I forgot to thank you for the last edition of the Handbook, but I have found leisure to look into it, and have read man...Sir Robert Peel 'Handbook'Print: Book
1800-1849Sir Robert Peel to John Murray, 7 July 1840: 'I forgot to thank you for the last edition of the Handbook, but I have found leisure to look into it, and have read man...Sir Robert Peel 'account of places in the neighbourhood of Paris'Print: Book
1800-1849Sir Robert Peel to John Wilson Croker, 29 September 1833: 'Strange as it may seem, I have not read nor have I seen the Ministerial pamphlet. I saw some extracts from i...Sir Robert Peel Lord Brougham and others'The Reformed Ministry and the Reformed Parliament...Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Sir Uvedale Price to Mary Berry, 29 March 1814: 'Since I wrote to you last, I have read "L'Allemagne," not in the usual way of reading, [italics]car je ne commencais pas,...Sir Uvedale Price Germaine de StaelL'Allemagne (vols 1-3)Print: Book
1800-1849Sir Uvedale Price to Mary Berry, 29 March 1814: 'Since I wrote to you last, I have read "L'Allemagne," not in the usual way of reading, [italics]car je ne commencais pas,...Sir Uvedale Price Germaine de StaelL'Allemagne (vol.3)Print: Book
1800-1849Sir Uvedale Price to Mary Berry, 29 March 1814: 'Since I wrote to you last, I have read "L'Allemagne," not in the usual way of reading, [italics]car je ne commencais pas,...Germaine de StaelL'AllemagnePrint: Book
1800-1849Sir W. Follett to John Wilson Croker, from Paris, 6 October 1840: 'We saw in Galignani yesterday that George Giffard [Follett's brother-in-law, and a ward of Croker's]...Sir W. Follett Galignani['s Messenger?]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Sir William Molesworth to Harriet Grote, September 1838, regarding his planned edition of the works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury: 'I have written this day to Mr. G...William Molesworth Thomas Hobbes Print: Book
1700-1799Slept in the chair - knew not what to do with myself. Read a New Tragidy in Maniscript that has not been acted; the story of the first Brutus that putt his 2 sons to deat...Gertrude Savile 'Brutus' OR 'A Tragedy'Manuscript: Codex
1800-1849So we read together ... a part of the beautiful "Gerusalemme Liberata", of Tasso, in that most beautiful tongue.Thomas Cooper TassoGerusalemme LiberataPrint: Book
1900-1945So, after riding with friends on Dartmoor by old ways known and loved since childhood, I would sit on their tennis court through the afternoons and read Philby's Ar...Freya Stark St John PhilbyThe Heart of Arabia: A Record of Travel and Explor...Print: Book


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