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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
 
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, April 7 1794 'I am very rich in German books right now for Dr Randolph, who has a great many, has given me his entire library, to take whatever I like. I...Elizabeth Smith HuntEssay on the happiness of the life to comePrint: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, April 7, 1794 'At present I am puzzling at Persian and Arabic, and I mean to begin Hebrew. I get on at least with Spanish, for I have been able to meet w...Elizabeth Smith Miguel de CervantesDon QuixottePrint: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, April 7, 1794 'At present I am puzzling at Persian and Arabic, and I mean to begin Hebrew. I get on at least with Spanish, for I have been able to meet w...Elizabeth Smith Garcilaso de la VegaHistory of the IncasPrint: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, Bath Sept 27, 1794 'I have the great store of Spanish lately; the "Teatro Critico Universale" by Feyjoo, a very clever work in 14 volumes; and I am now r...Elizabeth Smith FeyjooTheatro critico universalePrint: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, Bath Sept 27, 1794 'I have the great store of Spanish lately; the "Teatro Critico Universale" by Feyjoo, a very clever work in 14 volumes; and I am now r...Elizabeth Smith Juan de MarianaHistory of SpainPrint: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, December 12 1792 'The "Lusiad" I never read. It was Middleton's "Life of Cicero" that I meant. I was not tired with its length because the chief of its c...Elizabeth Smith Conyeds MiddletonHistory of the life of Marcus Tullius CiceroPrint: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, December 12 1792 'The "Lusiad" I never read. It was Middleton's "Life of Cicero" that I meant. I was not tired with its length because the chief of its c...Elizabeth Smith Tobias George SmolettHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, July 7, 1792 'At present I am engaged in an argument with my dear Miss Bowdlen concerning Ossian. I support him against all other poets. You may easily g...Elizabeth Smith Ossian[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, July 7, 1792 'At present I am engaged in an argument with my dear Miss Bowdlen concerning Ossian. I support him against all other poets. You may easily g...Elizabeth Smith Homer[poetry]Print: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, July 7, 1792 'At present I am engaged in an argument with my dear Miss Bowdlen concerning Ossian. I support him against all other poets. You may easily g...Elizabeth Smith John Milton[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, July 7, 1792 'Can you find anything equal to his [Ossian's] descriptions of nature; his address to the Sun in Carthos, that to the Moon in Darthula, and ...Elizabeth Smith OssianhymnsPrint: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, St Winifred's Dale, August 18 1793 'I admire the German you sent me extremely. I have read none since you left me, except two books of Dr Randolph's "Den...Elizabeth Smith WiessenLyrische GedischtePrint: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, St Winifred's Dale, August 18 1793

'I admire the German you sent me extremely. I have read none since you left me, except two books of Dr Rando...		Elizabeth Smith [unknown]Den golden spiegelPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		To my mind Hugo is far more dramatic in spirit than Fielding, though his method involves (as you show exceedingly well) a use of scenery & background wh. would hardly be ...Leslie Stephen Victor Hugo Print: Book
1800-1849To our young ploughman, who, when I went to him where he was digging in atrench at the foot of the lawn, read the resolutions over carefully, then most reverently uncover...A Young Ploughman [series of 'Resolutions' in manuscript, drawn up bManuscript: Sheet
1700-1799Took phisick. Mary read Cyrus.Mary Stancliff Andrew Michael RamsayThe Travels of CyrusPrint: Book
1700-1799Took Phisick. Rise at 10. Mary read Cyrus.Mary Stancliff Andrew Michael RamsayThe Travels of CyrusPrint: Book
1700-1799Transcribed (not entirely accurately) in Reading Notes of Edward Pordage (c.1710): Notes from a later edition of the grammar by Edward Leedes, headmaster of King Edwar...Edward Pordage Edward LeedesEnglish Examples. To be Turned into LatinPrint: Book
1900-1945Transcribed by E. M. Forster in his Commonplace Book (1944): 'On Hydon's top there is a cup And in that cup there is a drop Take up the cup and drink the drop And p...Edward Morgan Forster A Handbook for Travellers in Surrey, Hampshire and...Print: Book
1800-1849Transcribed from title page to edition of Don Quixote in 30 May 1813 letter from William Wordsworth to Basil Montagu: 'The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight Er...William Wordsworth Miguel CervantesDon QuixotePrint: Book


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