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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'The "Odes to Obscurity and Oblivion," in ridicule of "cool Mason and warm Gray", being mentioned, Johnson said, "They are Colman's best things." [Boswell reports a conve...Samuel Johnson William MasonElfridaPrint: Book
1700-1799'The "Odes to Obscurity and Oblivion," in ridicule of "cool Mason and warm Gray", being mentioned, Johnson said, "They are Colman's best things." [Boswell reports a conve...James Boswell William MasonElfridaPrint: Book
1700-1799'I often wondered at his [Johnson's] low estimation of the writings of Gray and Mason. Of Gray's poetry I have, in a former part of this work, expressed my high opinion; ...James Boswell William MasonElfridaPrint: Book
1700-1799'I often wondered at his [Johnson's] low estimation of the writings of Gray and Mason. Of Gray's poetry I have, in a former part of this work, expressed my high opinion; ...James Boswell William MasonCaractacus: A Dramatic PoemPrint: Book
1700-1799'I often wondered at his [Johnson's] low estimation of the writings of Gray and Mason. Of Gray's poetry I have, in a former part of this work, expressed my high opinion; ...James Boswell William Mason[minor poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Murphy said, that "The Memoirs of Gray's Life" set him much higher in his estimation than his poems did; "for you there saw a man constantly at work in literature". ...Samuel Johnson William Mason[Poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson and Shebbeare were frequently named together, as having in former reigns had no predilection for the family of Hanover. The authour of the celebrated "Heroick Ep...James Boswell William MasonHeroick Epistle to Sir William ChambersPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Johnson and Shebbeare were frequently named together, as having in former reigns had no predilection for the family of Hanover. The authour of the celebrated "Heroick Ep...Oliver Goldsmith William MasonHeroick Epistle to Sir William ChambersPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'It was on the 18: day of July 1773 that we were sitting in the blue Room at Streatham and were talking of Writers - Steele's Essays were mentioned - but they are too thi...Samuel Johnson William Mason Print: Book
1700-1799'He had however no Taste for Modern Poetry - Gray Mason &c - Modern Poetry says he one day at our house, is like Modern Gardening, every thing now is raised by a hot bed;...Samuel Johnson William Mason Print: Book
'There was a very pleasant Copy of Verses ran about the Town that Year [1776], but I forgot to lay them up, & now I have lost Sight of them: they celebrated Mr Rudd's Fam...Hester Lynch Thrale William Mason 'Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers' Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Taxi driver Herbert Hodge...knew that years on the dole only produced apathy, and that out-of-work men wanted practical help in dealing with the Board of Guardians far m...Herbert Hodge William McDougall Print: Book
1900-1945'The Last Post has hitherto had rather a bad press. There were two most violent attacks - on that and N.Y.i. N. A. in the [underlined] Times [end underlining] last Sunday...Ford Madox Ford William McFeeNew York Herald Tribune BooksPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 20 February 1840: 'I never received Mr Merry's book until a very few days since. Wasn't it too bad of my dear people in W...Elizabeth Barrett William MerryThe Philosophy of a Happy Futurity est. on the Sur...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to William Merry, 2 November 1843: 'Your book [...] is written in a spirit so amiable & conciliating, .. so Christian-heartedly [...] that it almo...Elizabeth Barrett William MerryPredestination and Election, Considered Scriptural...Print: Book
1800-1849I have been steadily & delightedly reading Mitford's History. First of all, he is an Historian after my own heart, and I really believe a perfectly upright & honest man ...Sarah Harriet Burney William MitfordThe History of GreecePrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 5 January 1821: 'Read Mitford's History of Greece -- Xenophon's Retreat of the Ten Thousand.'George Gordon Lord Byron William MitfordHistory of GreecePrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 6 January 1821: Read Spence's Anecdotes ... Corrected blunders in nine apophthegms of Bacon -- all historical -- and...George Gordon Lord Byron William MitfordHistory of GreecePrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 6 January 1821: 'Came home [after going visiting at 8pm], and read Mitford again, and played with my mastiff ...'George Gordon Lord Byron William MitfordHistory of GreecePrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 8 January 1821: 'Came home [from ?Guicciolis', where visited at 8pm] -- read History of Greece -- beore dinner had r...George Gordon Lord Byron William MitfordHistory of GreecePrint: Book


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