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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'After dinner our conversation first turned upon Pope. Johnson said, his characters of men were admirably drawn, those of women not so well. He repeated to us, in his for...Samuel Johnson William Shakespeare[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Johnson proceeded :— "The Scotchman has taken the right method in his 'Elements of Criticism.' I do not mean that he has taught us any thing; but he has told us old thin...Samuel Johnson William ShakespeareMacbethPrint: Book
1800-1849'The [Tennyson] boys had one great advantage [as home-educated pupils], the run of their father's excellent library. Amongst the authors most read by them were Shakespear...Tennyson children (boys)William Shakespeare Print: Book
1800-1849'Many friends of Somersby days have told me of the exceeding consideration and love which my father showed his mother [...] and how he might often be found in her room re...Alfred Tennyson William Shakespeare Print: Book
1850-1899'On his [Tennyson's] return [to Farringford] the evening books were Milton, Shakespeare's Sonnets, Thackeray's Humourists, some of Hallam's History and of Carlyle's Cromw...Alfred and Emily TennysonWilliam ShakespeareSonnetsPrint: Book
1700-1799'I observed the great defect of the tragedy of "Othello" was, that it had not a moral; for that no man could resist the circumstances of suspicion which were artfully sug...Samuel Johnson William ShakespeareOthelloPrint: Book
1700-1799'I observed the great defect of the tragedy of "Othello" was, that it had not a moral; for that no man could resist the circumstances of suspicion which were artfully sug...James Boswell William ShakespeareOthelloPrint: Book
1900-1945'He was certainly a keen student of literature, as can be seen from some 1907-8 exercise books which show him working on the "Faerie Queene", at least ten Shakespeare pla...Wilfred Owen William Shakespeare[plays]Print: Book
1800-1849From William Allingham's 'Reminiscences' of Tennyson (1863-64): 'Oct. 4th [1863] I walked over alone to Farringford [...] Tennyson at luncheon [...]we went down and wa...Alfred Tennyson William ShakespeareOthelloPrint: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's Journal, 1872: 'June 22nd. Farringford. Every night A. has read Shakespeare, or Pascal, or Montesquieu (Decadence des Romains).' Alfred Tennyson William Shakespeare Print: Book
1900-1945'During our Oxford years the works to which she turned most frequently were Shakepeare's "Richard II", Raleigh's "Discovery of Guiana", Milton's "Areopagitica", the writi...Winifred Holtby William ShakespeareRichard IIPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was just nine Years old when having got the play of Hamlet to read in his Father's Kitchen, he read on very qu[i]etly till he came to the Ghost scene, when ...Samuel Johnson William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's survey of his father's 'Criticisms on Poets and Poetry': 'After reading Pericles, Act v. aloud: '"That is glorious Shakespeare: most of the r...Alfred Tennyson William ShakespearePericles (Act V)Print: Book
1850-1899'When we were tired of singing we went into the house & did some Shakespearian Readings. Harry & I read the Grave-diggers. Harry read the Gravediggers very well. Afterwar...Castieau familyWilliam ShakespeareTaming of the ShrewPrint: Book
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's account of his father's last days: 'On Sept. 3rd [1892] he complained of weakness and of pain in his jaw [...] 'On Wednesday the 29th we tele...Alfred Tennyson William ShakespeareKing Lear, Cymbeline, Troilus and CressidaPrint: Book
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's account of his father's last days: 'On Sept. 3rd [1892] he complained of weakness and of pain in his jaw [...] 'On Wednesday the 29th we tele...Hallam Tennyson William Shakespeare Print: Book
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's account of his father's last day: 'At 2 o'clock [p.m., on Wednesday 5 October 1892] he again asked for his Shakespeare and lay with his hand res...Alfred Tennyson William Shakespeare Print: Book
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's account of his father's last day: 'At 2 o'clock [p.m., on Wednesday 5 October 1892] he again asked for his Shakespeare and lay with his hand res...Alfred Tennyson William Shakespeare Print: Book
1850-1899'Progress was so slight [in Charles Schreiber's recovery following disorder of lungs in spring 1883] that the doctors recommended a sea journey to South Africa. On Octobe...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William Shakespeare Print: Book
1700-1799'I was reading Congreve's Way of the World two Evenings ago, the character of Petulant is borrowed from Shakespear's Nym in Henry V: and the Expressions are in no few Pas...Hester Lynch Thrale William ShakespeareHenry VPrint: Book


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