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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
 
1800-1849[Percy Shelley's Reading List for 1815, compiled by Mary Shelley. Only texts not referred to in journal entries are given separate database entries here] 'Pastor Fido ...Percy Bysshe Shelley Herodotus[unknown]Print: Book
1500-1599'then I walked, and took a Lector, and read tell Lector time: then I hard that, and so went to supper: ... and, after, reed a whill, and so went to bed'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'At tea time however I came down stairs & after reading a while went into the office & attended to some duty'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1500-1599'after, hard Euerill Read, and then praied, so went to supper'Euerill Aske [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1500-1599'After priuat praier and breakfast I did read a whill for beinge not well, partly through myne owne folly'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Went to the Athenaeum & had a look at the papers. In the evening read for a while & played a couple of games of cribbage with Dotty'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1500-1599'after, I walked a while, and read of Babington, and then went to supper'Margaret Hoby Gervase Babington[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849Byron to Augusta Leigh, 15 October 1816, from Milan: 'What has delighted me most is a manuscript collection (preserved in the Ambrosian library), of original love-letters...George Gordon, Lord Byron Lucretia de Borgia[unknown]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read "George [Gaith?]" until Polly & Harry came home went to bed at about half past twelve o'clock'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1500-1599From thence he was sent to Eaton, where he was educated other six years, during all which time he was more than ordinarily studious and industrious; for when other boyes ...William Gouge [unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699When I was at any time from home, she would not pray in the Family, though she could not endure to be without it. She would privately talk to the servants, and read good ...Margaret Baxter [unknown]Print: Book
1500-1599'then hard Mr Rhodes read, and so went to bed'Richard Rhodes [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1500-1599'then, after dinner, I walked, and hard Mr Rhodes Read'Richard Rhodes [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Sheppard, who had sent him a prayer apparently written for him (Byron) by his (Sheppard's) late wife, 8 December 1821: "I have received yr. letter ... the E...George Gordon, Lord Byron John Sheppard[unknown]Manuscript: Letter
1500-1599'after that I walked abroade, then I Cam in and wrought, hard Mr Rhodes read, then I praied with Mr Rhodes'Richard Rhodes [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1500-1599'After priuat praier I wrought a whill and hard Mr Rhodes read'Richard Rhodes [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1500-1599'then I hard Mr Rhodes read tell allmost dinner time'Richard Rhodes [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1500-1599'and reed of Granhame tell supper time'Margaret Hoby Richard Greenham[unknown]Print: Book
1500-1599'after I had supped, I reed of grenhame, and se went to bed'Margaret Hoby Richard Greenham[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The son of a barely literate Derbyshire collier recalled a sister, a worker in a hosiery factory, who was steeped in the poetry of Byron, Shelley, Keats and D.H. Lawrenc...Leo Tolstoy[unknown]Print: Book


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