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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Wednesday April 5th. [...] Read Memoires of Voltaire written by himself [notes anecdote from this]'.Claire Clairmont Voltaire MemoirsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday October 1st. [...] Begin Voltaire's Life of Charles XII. [...] Read Tarlton to Johnny in the Evening. [...] 'Sunday [...] October 2nd. read the life of...Claire Clairmont Voltaire Histoire de Charles XII, roi de SuedePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning, 15 January 1846: 'Papa used to say .. "Dont read Gibbon's history -- it's not a proper book -- Dont read "Tom Jones" -- & none of...Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Voltaire Philosophical DictionaryPrint: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 5 March 1905: 'De Vigny has come. I haven't read him all, but I'm rather disappointed: isn't he rather metallic? I read a good deal i...Leonard Woolf Voltaire La Dictionnaire PhilosophiquePrint: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 13 January 1906: 'I have practically settled down for two weeks here [...] it is one immense sea of hills [...] I walk out onto these...Leonard Woolf Voltaire LettersPrint: Book
1900-1945Texts from which passages quoted in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book, 1931-32, include remarks on animal genitalia in Voltaire, Des Singularites de la Nature (incorporati...Edward Morgan Forster Voltaire Des Singularites de la NaturePrint: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed at length in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1932) include extract from Voltaire, Charles XII Book 3 (on the execution of Jean Reginald Patkul, amb...Edward Morgan Forster Voltaire Histoire de Charles XII (Book 3)Print: Book
1900-1945[under heading Voltaire's Zaide] 'The warmth of feeling between Z. and Orasmane, the easiness of the action (except in the frigid double-recognition scene) suprised me, a...Edward Morgan Forster Voltaire ZaidePrint: Book
1800-1849From George Grote's Journal, 4 December 1822: 'Rose at 6. Read Goguet on the different Arts until breakfast; after breakfast read some articles in Voltaire's Diction...George Grote Voltaire Dictionnaire [?philosophique]Print: Book
1800-1849From George Grote's Journal, 6 December 1822: 'Continued the perusal of Wolf's Prolegomena, which contains very much instruction as to the literature and MSS. of ant...George Grote Voltaire Dictionnaire [?philosophique]Print: Book
1800-1849From George Grote's Journal, 9 December 1822: 'Rose at 6. Employed all my reading-time this day upon Diodor., and got through 80 pages, taking notes. He seems a more...George Grote Voltaire 'Miracles'Print: Book
1700-1799Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgina Cavendish (November 1797): 'You can't imagine, G. how tourty [sic] we are of an afternoon, my aunt reads and tells us st...Harriet Ponsonby Voltaire L'Enfant prodigePrint: Book
1700-1799'Besides studying Greek and Latin, Gifford learnt French and Spanish while at Oxford. He went through Moliere's plays twice and Voltaire's works once.'William Gifford Voltaire worksPrint: Book
1800-1849'A very fair measure of French and some skill in drawing appear to have been the most striking accomplishments which Charlotte carried back from Roe Head [school] to Hawo...Charlotte Bronte Voltaire HenriadePrint: Book
1900-1945'Howard R. Smith then read a paper on the history of the House of Lords which was followed by considerablee discussion. Mr Binns then followed with an exhaustive paper wh...W. Binns W Binns[a paper on an unknown subject]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Mr Binns then read a paper on W.S. Landor which was followed by a reading by Mrs Edminson, a paper by William [?] Harris & other readings by other members'.W Binns[paper on W.S. Landor]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Mr Binns opened the subject of folklore with an excellent paper & Sybil Heelas & W.J. Rowntree gave readings'.W Binns[paper on folklore]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The programme on Thos Hardy & his works was as follows Mr Binns read an interesting account of the author's life & H.M. Wallis one on the minor poems. F.E. Reynolds rea...W Binns[paper on Thomas Hardy's Life]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Some notes on the subject of Christian Science by E.A. Smith were read & C.E. Stansfield described some of the literature on the subject. The Secretary read a letter of...Alfred Rawlings W Binns[letter of resignation from XII Book Club]Manuscript: Letter
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1800-1849		An Essay on Old Maids. 3 vols. Has my approbation, although, or because, I am an Old Maid. What is the public opinion, I never heard - nor any opinion - but shall take t...Ellen Weeton W HayleyA Philosophical, Historical and Moral Essay on Old...Print: Book


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