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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
 
1700-1799John Playfair to Mary Berry, 8 May 1796: 'I waited with much impatience for the "Life and Miscellaneous Works of Gibbon," and if I have not been quite so much delighted a...John Playfair The Life and Miscellaneous Works of GibbonPrint: Book
1700-1799John Playfair to Mary Berry, 8 May 1796: 'I have lately seen a posthumous work of Condorcet's; it is a very curious book, full of false views and unsound principles, ming...John Playfair Condorcet[unidentified posthumously-published work]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mr Brand' to Mary Berry, January 1798: 'Lady Ossory, to alleviate my confinement with a very bad cold, has treated me to Lord Orford's letters to her, tho' in a very mut...Mr Brand Horace Walpole, Lord OrfordLetters to Lady OssoryManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799Mary Berry to Bertie Greathead, 2 August 1798, on having got to know Mrs Siddons the previous winter: 'She read "Hamlet" to us one evening, in N. Audley-street, which was...Sarah Siddons William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Anne Damer, October 1798: 'Do you know that I have been working as hard at Greek for this week past as you could possibly desire? The parson who I mentione...Mary Berry Isocrates orationPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Anne Damer, October 1798: 'Do you know that I have been working as hard at Greek for this week past as you could possibly desire? The parson who I mentione...Mary Berry and parsonIsocrates orationPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to a friend, 19 November 1798: 'Don't let me forget to advise you to to read the "Natural Son," or "Lovers' Vows;" it is the entire and literal translation of ...Mary Berry August von KotzebueLovers' VowsPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry, in reflections on reading (1798): 'When I read "Paradise Lost," I am no more able to conceive the powers of imagination and genius exerted by Milton in the co...Mary Berry John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to a friend, 19 November 1798: 'Don't let me forget to advise you to to read the "Natural Son," or "Lovers' Vows;" it is the entire and literal translation of ...Mary Berry Thomas Robert MalthusEssay on the Principle of PopulationPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to a friend, 14 December, 1798: 'During my illness I have finished the 2nd vol. of Wraxhall which I had just begun at Brandsby, and which I like better and bet...Mary Berry Wraxhallwork on period of Henry III (second volume)Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to a friend, 14 December, 1798: 'During my illness I have finished the 2nd vol. of Wraxhall which I had just begun at Brandsby, and which I like better and bet...Mary Berry Wraxhallwork on period of Henry III (second volume)Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to a friend, 14 December, 1798: 'During my illness I have finished the 2nd vol. of Wraxhall which I had just begun at Brandsby, and which I like better and bet...Mary Berry Michel de MontaigneEssaysPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to a friend, 14 December, 1798: 'During my illness I have finished the 2nd vol. of Wraxhall which I had just begun at Brandsby, and which I like better and bet...Mary Berry Condorcet[book including discussion on population]Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to a friend, 14 December, 1798: 'During my illness I have finished the 2nd vol. of Wraxhall which I had just begun at Brandsby, and which I like better and bet...Thomas Robert MalthusEssay on the Principle of PopulationPrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 11 December 1798: '[William] Roscoe has just sent us a poem of his translation from an Italian poet whose very name was unknown to my shadowy...Mary Berry Luigi Tansillo"The Nurse"Unknown
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 12 January 1799: 'Somerville's "Anne" is, I think, more dry than his "William," but clear, distinct, impartial, and wonderfully informing; hi...Mary Berry Thomas SomervilleHistory of Great Britain During the Reign of Queen...Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 3 February 1799: 'I hope you have read the Irish debates on the Union. I think you will have found in them much abuse, little eloquence, and...Mary Berry Colonel MathewletterManuscript: Letter
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 3 February 1799: 'I hope you have read the Irish debates on the Union. I think you will have found in them much abuse, little eloquence, and...Mary Berry Cease your FunningPrint: Pamphlet
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 3 February 1799: 'In compliance with your request and my own wishes, I have been and am reading with much attention Mr. Wilberforce's book, a...Mary Berry Wilberforce?Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System...Print: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 3 February 1799: 'In compliance with your request and my own wishes, I have been and am reading with much attention Mr. Wilberforce's book, a...Mary Berry Thomas BelshamA Review of Mr. Wilberforce's Practical View of th...Print: Unknown


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