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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
 
1600-1699
1700-1799		[List of books read to Sir Thomas Browne by Elizabeth Lyttelton]. Headed in commonplace book: 'The books which my daughter Elizabeth hath read unto me at nights till she ...Elizabeth Lyttelton SpeedChronicle of the Life of King JamesPrint: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		[List of books read to Sir Thomas Browne by Elizabeth Lyttelton]. Headed in commonplace book: 'The books which my daughter Elizabeth hath read unto me at nights till she ...Elizabeth Lyttelton PurchasHis Pilgrimage or Relations of the World and the R...Print: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		[List of books read to Sir Thomas Browne by Elizabeth Lyttelton]. Headed in commonplace book: 'The books which my daughter Elizabeth hath read unto me at nights till she ...Elizabeth Lyttelton unknownSermonsPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of favourite things of 1945]: 'My favourite Books: The Keys of the Kingdom. The Good Companions Authors: Daphne du Maurier Poems: Squinency Wort. The Hound of ...Hilary Spalding Daphne du MaurierunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945[List of favourite things of 1945]: 'My favourite Books: The Keys of the Kingdom. The Good Companions Authors: Daphne du Maurier Poems: Squinency Wort. The Hound of ...Hilary Spalding A.J. CroninKeys of the Kingdom, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945[List of favourite things of 1945]: 'My favourite Books: The Keys of the Kingdom. The Good Companions Authors: Daphne du Maurier Poems: Squinency Wort. The Hound of ...Hilary Spalding J.B. PriestleyGood Companions, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945[List of favourite things of 1945]: 'My favourite Books: The Keys of the Kingdom. The Good Companions Authors: Daphne du Maurier Poems: Squinency Wort. The Hound of ...Hilary Spalding Francis ThompsonHound of Heaven, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945[List of favourite things of 1945]: 'My favourite Books: The Keys of the Kingdom. The Good Companions Authors: Daphne du Maurier Poems: Squinency Wort. The Hound of ...Hilary Spalding unknownSquinency WortPrint: Book
1800-1849[Lloyd transcribed 16 lines from this 24 line Hymn onto the verso of a printed form with the title 'Duties Returned in Arrear Under Property Act ... 1815.'. The sheet is ...Edward Lloyd Isaac WattsHymn 69: Christ Appearing to His ChurchUnknown
1700-1799[LP gives the text of a poem 'To Mr Cibber'] 'I sent these Lines to my dear Gentleman, who presently came to me, as I was once more in his Neighbourhood, - and in his che...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo Mr CibberManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP having written to Lord Kingsborough in warm terms after he, having heard bad things of her, ordered her to destroy his letters, she sent him a poem pleading forgivene...Robert, Lord Kingsborough Laetitia Pilkington[letter]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799[LP having written to Lord Kingsborough in warm terms after he, having heard bad things of her, ordered her to destroy his letters, she sent him a poem pleading forgivene...Robert, Lord Kingsborough Laetitia PilkingtonTo the Right Hon. the Lord KingsboroughManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP received a letter from Lord Kingsborough, in response to her Dedication to him] 'I return you my Thanks for the Favour of your Dedication, which tho' I am sensible is...Robert, Lord Kingsborough Laetitia Pilkington[Dedication to her 'Memoirs']Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP recounts her first meeting with Colley Cibber] '"Sit down", said he, "be less ceremonious to be better bred; come, shew me your Writings". I obeyed; and, upon his rea...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonSorrowManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP recounts, addressing Matthew Pilkington, how she was invited to a Dublin widower's house and in the parlour] 'a Gentleman sat reading my first Volume. I did not inter...a gentleman Laetitia PilkingtonMemoirsPrint: Book
1700-1799[LP reproduces her lengthy poem 'To Mr Cibber'] 'This met with a very favourable Reception, and Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] shewed it to all the Noblemen at [italic...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo Mr CibberManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her lengthy poem 'To Mr Cibber'] 'This met with a very favourable Reception, and Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] shewed it to all the Noblemen at [italic...gentlemen at White's ClubLaetitia PilkingtonTo Mr CibberManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'To Colley Cibber, Esq.] 'Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] received these Lines with his usual Partiality to me, and my Performances'.Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo Colley Cibber, EsqManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'to the Hon. Colonel Duncombe', which she sent to Lord Augustus Fitz Roy] 'Lord Augustus did not fail to shew the Lines to all the Noblemen at [it...gentlemen at White's ClubLaetitia PilkingtonTo The Hon. Colonel DuncombeManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'to the Hon. Colonel Duncombe', which she sent to Lord Augustus Fitz Roy] 'Lord Augustus did not fail to shew the Lines to all the Noblemen at [it...Augustus, Lord Fitzroy Laetitia PilkingtonTo The Hon. Colonel DuncombeManuscript: Unknown


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