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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
 
1700-1799Mary 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 Horace WorksManuscript: 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 Francesco Petrarchannotations to manuscript copy of works of HoraceManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799Anne Damer, travelling in France, to Mary Berry, 24 April 1791, on encounter with de Broc, the mayor of Bayonne, 'the most ridiculous [italics]personage[end italics] that...Anne Damer de BrocA L'Orateur FoxManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 15 October 1793: 'I called on the Princesse d'Hennin, who has been in town a week [...] She showed me several pieces of letters, I think fro...Horace Walpole ?Duchesse ?de BouillonLetters on developments in Revolutionary FranceManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 14 November 1793: 'I was grieved this morning to read in the papers that poor Jardin and his family have been taken by a French privateer, a...Horace Walpole NewspapersPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 23 November 1793, on meeting Edward Jerningham ('the Charming Man') at a gathering at the home of their friend Anne Damer the previous eveni...Horace Walpole Edward JerninghamPrologue to The Siege of BerwickPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Collins, 31 March 1793: 'On Wednesday morning about eight o clock we sallied forth. my travelling equipage consisting of my diary — writing book...Robert Southey John MiltonPro Populo Anglicano Defensio Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Collins, 31 March 1793: 'On Wednesday morning about eight o clock we sallied forth. my travelling equipage consisting of my diary — writing book...Robert Southey anonAddress to the major of NottinghamPrint: Handbill
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 21 April 1794: 'I have found on my table a rhapsody in verse on my recovery, so extravagant that, coupled with the post-mark [italics]Islewo...Horace Walpole anonpoem on recovery of Horace Walpole [apparently fro...Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 24 September 1794, 'near one [pm]': 'The Churchills are here in the room while I write [...] just as I was going to begin my letter, the new...Horace Walpole and Mr Churchill newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 27 September 1794: 'I was diverted a few days ago by a paragraph in the "True Briton", which, supposing that the Prince [of Wales] is to res...Horace Walpole The True BritonPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Mary Berry to Horace Walpole, 28 September 1794, regarding remark in the newspapers that the move of the Prince of Wales to Hampton Court would ensure continued social di...Mary Berry The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 22 November 1795: 'I will, while expecting Marchand [...] transcribe the wonderful Sanscrit paragraph which you found t'other morning in Mur...Horace Walpole [probably] James Murphy[probably] Travels in Portugal ... in the Years 17...Print: Book
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 22 November 1795: 'I will, while expecting Marchand [...] transcribe the wonderful Sanscrit paragraph which you found t'other morning in Mur...Mary Berry [probably] James Murphy[probably] Travels in Portugal ... in the Years 17...Print: Book
1700-1799Horace Walpole to Mary Berry, 27 November 1795, 'half after noon': 'Mr. Coxe, whom I could not dismiss, has sat reading to me till this instant, till I can scarce save th...Mr Coxe Life of Robert WalpoleUnknown
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 Lady Isabella King, Bath March 8th 1798 'Have you read "The Pursuits of Literature"? It is a satirical poem. I dislike satire in general, but this appears to me one...Elizabeth Smith Thomas James MathiasThe Pursuits of LiteraturePrint: Book


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