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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'Mary Lepel Hervey, although Pope's friend before her marriage,disparaged the poet in her mature correspondence. Attributing his polished style to Lord Bolingbroke's infl...Mary Lepel Hervey Alexander Pope[poetry]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'[Mary] Jones particularly admired Pope's letters. In August 1735, not long after the publication of "Letters of Mr Pope and Several Eminent Persons", she wrote Martha Lo...Mary Jones Alexander PopeLetters of Mr Pope and Several Eminent PersonsPrint: Book
1700-1799Horace Walpole (as 'Thelyphthorus') to Mary Berry, 28 April 1789: 'I send you the most delicious poem upon earth [Erasmus Darwin, "The Botanic Garden"] [...] This is only...Horace Walpole Erasmus DarwinThe Botanic Garden (part 1)Print: Unknown
1700-1799Mary Berry to Horace Walpole [1789]: 'A thousand thanks for the "Botanic Garden." the first thirty lines, which I have just read, are delicious, and make me quite anxiou...Mary Berry Erasmus DarwinThe Botanic Garden (first thirty lines)Print: Unknown
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 10 July 1789: 'I enclose a most beautiful copy of verses which Miss H[annah]. More wrote very lately when she was with [the Bishop of London...Horace Walpole Hannah More[verses on opening of walk by Bishop of London]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799In letter to Mary Berry and family of July 10 1790, Horace Walpole transcribes two passages from the Times of 8 July, concerning political developments in Italy.Horace Walpole The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 29 July 1790: 'I have most seriously been house-hunting for you. I saw two bills on doors in Montpellier-row, but neither are furnished.'Horace Walpole anonbills advertising houses for sale/to letPrint: Advertisement, Poster
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 29 July 1790: 'I do hope you will be staggered about a longer journey [in Italy] for some time. But two days ago I saw a new paragraph of T...Horace Walpole newspaper report on political developments in Ital...Print: Newspaper
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 29 July 1790, 'at night': 'While I write, Mr. Lysons has been turning over Le Neve's "Monumenta Anglicana," and has found that [italics]nine...Mr Lysons John le NeveMonumenta Anglicana: Inscriptions on the Monuments...Print: Book
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 16 October 1790, on concerns for her and her family's safety on return from travels in Europe: 'I saw in yesterday's newspaper that two hoys...Horace Walpole newspaper report of shipwreckPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 17 October (in letter begun 16 October) 1790, on visit from his friend, and Berry's cousin, Miss Seton that day: 'As she was going she desir...Horace Walpole Matthew PriorThe Turtle and the Sparrow: A TalePrint: Book
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 17 October (in letter begun 16 October) 1790, on visit from his friend, and Berry's cousin, Miss Seton that day: 'As she was going she desir...Horace Walpole Matthew PriorApollo and DaphnePrint: Book
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 31 October 1790: 'Burke's pamphlet is to appear tomorrow, and Calonne has published a thumping one of 440 pages [Lettre sur l'Etat de la Fra...Horace Walpole CalonneLettre sur l'Etat de la France, present et a venirPrint: Pamphlet
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 8 November 1790: 'In this country the stock of the National Assembly is fallen down to bankruptcy [...] the fatal blow has been at last give...Horace Walpole Edmund BurkeReflections on the Revolution in FrancePrint: Pamphlet
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 11 March 1791: 'I saw in today's newspaper, that the wife of the Margrave of Anspach is dead.'Horace Walpole newspaper report of death of wife of Margrave of A...Print: Newspaper
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 4-20 April 1793: 'I have lately read the Man of Feeling — if you have never yet read it — do now from my recommendation — few...Robert Southey Henry MackenzieThe Man of FeelingPrint: Book
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 12 July 1791: ' Mr. Batt [...] dined with me yesterday, and stayed till after breakfast today [...] Last night I redde to him certain remini...Horace Walpole unknownreminiscencesUnknown
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 20 July 1791: 'I inclose the best printed account, I have seen, of the riots at Birmingham from yesterday's paper.'Horace Walpole newspaper reports of Birmingham riotsPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799In letter to Mary Berry of 17 August 1791, Horace Walpole transcribes anonymously-authored, sixteen-line verse, sent to him by General Conway, on Sir W. Hamilton's mistre...Horace Walpole anon 'Attitudes -- A Sketch'Unknown
1700-1799Mary Berry, Journal, 27 April 1791: 'Florence. -- Went to see the Laurentian Medicean Library [...] The librarian, a very civil Canonico Bandini, showed us the Virgil of ...Mary Berry Virgil WorksManuscript: Unknown


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