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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945That I understood very little of what I read did not really matter to me (Washington Irving's 'Life of Columbus' was as awful as the dictionary because of the long words)...Victor Sawdon Pritchett Washington IrvingLife of ColumbusPrint: Book
1600-1699That was carried by Tymothie Code,a scrivenor in Chelmsford, to the coffeehouse, and there read by on Mr. Johnson, curat at that tyme of the parish, in presence of Thomas...  Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849The Bishop of Exeter to John Wilson Croker, 13 April 1849: 'I was not satisfied with one reading of your article. 'The repetition has more than doubled my gratifica...Bishop of Exeter John Wilson Crokerarticle on Thomas Babington Macaulay's History of ...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849The Bishop of St David's to George Grote, 21 June 1847: 'My expectations, though they had been raised very high, were more than fulfilled by your first two volumes; ...Bishop of St David's George GroteA History of Greece (vols 1 and 2)Print: Book
1800-1849The Bishop of St David's to George Grote, 21 June 1847: 'My expectations, though they had been raised very high, were more than fulfilled by your first two volumes; ...Bishop of St David's George GroteA History of Greece (vols 3 and 4)Print: Book
1800-1849The book seems to have been used in an educational context, probably at home. Pencilled crosses, dates and slash marks in the margins and within the text at regular inter...Olive Heath anonPreliminary lessons on the history of EnglandPrint: Book
1800-1849The books which I am reading to myself are [...] in French, Fenelon's Dialogues of the Dead.'Thomas Babington Macaulay FenelonDialogues of the DeadPrint: Book
1600-1699The boy is 'discontented ... because I cannot understand that which I reade'. The Devil Magirus 'expounded the places that were difficult', and for this reading expertise...anon [a boy] [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899The Bronte enthusiast Sidney Biddell to Charlotte Bronte's former schoolfriend, Ellen Nussey, 15 May 1883:

'Miss Robinson's "Emily Bronte" is prettily enou...		Sidney Biddell Agnes Mary Frances RobinsonEmily BrontePrint: Book
1850-1899The Bronte enthusiast Sidney Biddell to Charlotte Bronte's former schoolfriend, Ellen Nussey, 15 May 1883:

'Miss Robinson's "Emily Bronte" is prettily enou...		Sidney Biddell Emily Brontė'No Coward Soul Is Mine'Print: Book
1850-1899The Bronte enthusiast Sidney Biddell to Charlotte Bronte's former schoolfriend, Ellen Nussey, 15 May 1883:

'Miss Robinson's "Emily Bronte" is prettily enou...		Sidney Biddell Thomas Wemyss ReidCharlotte Bronte: A MonographPrint: Book
1850-1899The Bronte enthusiast Sidney Biddell to Charlotte Bronte's former schoolfriend, Ellen Nussey, 15 May 1883:

'Miss Robinson's "Emily Bronte" is prettily enou...		Sidney Biddell Elizabeth GaskellLife of Charlotte BrontePrint: Book
1850-1899The Bronte enthusiast Sidney Biddell to Charlotte Bronte's former schoolfriend, Ellen Nussey, 15 May 1883:

'Miss Robinson's "Emily Bronte" is prettily enou...		Sidney Biddell Peter BayneTwo Great EnglishwomenPrint: Book
1850-1899The Bronte enthusiast Sidney Biddell to Charlotte Bronte's former schoolfriend, Ellen Nussey, 24 November 1882:

'I have lately been much interested in read...		Sidney Biddell William Michael RossettiA Memoir of ShelleyPrint: Book
1850-1899The circulating record of the Cardigan Book Society suggests that this reader read the work, as the "Remarks" section of the record is filled in (although the remarks are...Mrs Miles Temple BarPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945The Club was then much impressed by a reading from Christopher Marlows Doctor Faustus parted as under Thos. C Elliot Faustus R H Robson Metistopholes [sic] A Rawl...Live dramatic reading featuring T. C. Elliott, R. H. Robson, and A. Rawling of XII Book ClubChristopher MarloweDoctor FaustusUnknown
1900-1945The Club was then much impressed by a reading from Christopher Marlows Doctor Faustus parted as under Thos. C Elliot Faustus R H Robson Metistopholes [sic] A Rawl...Reginald H. Robson Christopher MarloweDoctor FaustusUnknown
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1800-1849		The Cottagers of Glenburnie. 1 vol. by Miss Hamilton. A little tale tending to shew the folly of adhering to old customs merely because they have been habitual for many g...Ellen Weeton Miss Elizabeth HamiltonThe Cottagers of Glenburnie: A Tale for the FarmerPrint: Book
1850-1899The Crown Princess of Prussia to Alfred Tennyson, 23 February 1862: 'The first time I ever heard the "Idylls of the King" was last year, when I found both the Queen an...Prince Albert Alfred TennysonGuineverePrint: Book
1900-1945The Daily Telegraph interview with Mussolini makes me sick. What fools they are. Every word M. said was just vague nonsense: anyone who knows Italians can see how h...Freya Stark [n/a] [n/a]Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper


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