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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
 
1700-1799Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter [c. July 1752, following illness with fever]: 'What have I been doing since I came here [a 'pretty place in Surry']? giving troubl...Catherine Talbot William ChaigneauThe History of Jack ConnorPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 4 December 1792: 'I have already said too much. I have an old poem of the heroic class before me. Pharonnida — one of the Can...Robert Southey William ChamberlaynePharonnida, a Heroick PoemPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Uvedale Price, 30 December 1826, in response to his remarks on the description of a storm in George Robert Greig's The Subaltern: 'There is undoub...Elizabeth Barrett William ChamberlaynePharonnida, an Heroic PoemPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir William Chambers, that great Architect, whose works shew a sublimity of genius, and who is esteemed by all who know him for his social, hospitable, and generous qual...Samuel Johnson William ChambersDesigns of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, ...Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge William ChillingworthThe WorksPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge William ChillingworthThe WorksPrint: Book
1700-1799'We were talking of people who read awkwardly not knowing what they were about: Mr Johnson protested he knew two Lads at Pembroke who lived in the same department and one...William ChillingworthReligion of Protestants a Safe Way to SalvationPrint: Book
1800-1849'The article which I inclose "The History of Tom M. Fribble" is not mine. It is written by a Mr William Clerk a teacher here who copies a good many things for me therefor...James Hogg William Clerk'True, but Stupid History of Tom MacFribble, The'Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'he was receptive to the radical anticlericalism of William Cobbett, T.J. Wooler and Richard Carlile... "These books seemed to be founded upon Scripture and Condemned all...Joseph Mayett William Cobbett Print: Book
1800-1849'I had read in Cobbett's "Advice to Young Men" a caution not to depend upon the Muses for substantial support ... he illustrated the sufferings of Bloomfield ...'John Teer William CobbettAdvice to Young Men, and, incidentally, to Young WPrint: Book
1800-1849Upon on of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which display their leafy banners along the quays of the seine, I picked up a Cobbett's French Grammar for ...Charles Manby Smith William CobbettA French Grammar, Or plain Instructions for the LePrint: Book
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1800-1849		'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, classic histories and voyages and, ultimately, Willi...Samuel Bamford William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Book
1800-1849'C[oleridge] consulted ... [the Weekly Political Register] while working on the Friend ... 'Samuel Taylor Coleridge William CobbettWeekly Political Register, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'merchant seaman Lennox Kerr ditched overboard his early experiments in authorship:"... writing isn't for the working man. It sets him apart. He isn't such a toiler if he...Lennox Kerr William CobbettA Grammar of the English Language in a Series of L...Print: Book
1800-1849??we were soon in a free conversation on the subject of parliamentary reform. When objections were stated, they listened candidly to our replies, and a good-humoured disc...Samuel Bamford William CobbettWeekly RegisterPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Read the last Nos of Cobbett to the 24th Feb he has no compassion for Lord Liverpool; The Elegy on Bric is as ludicruous as can be well concieved. He still persuades his...Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Cobbett tells a very plausible tale of being deceived by the man who was to have been his surety...Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849I just peeped into Cobbett last night but had not time to read much I looked over the Dialogue between the King and the seven sages... It is a curious concern is this sam...Robert Sharp William CobbettThe Political RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Cobbett thinks that Mr Canning would not have pressed on the Corn Bill in the manner it is, if he had not been threatened...Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I see Cobbett has been calling the toll collectors to account...'Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical


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