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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'Tuesday Sept. 27th. Read Smellie. Pack up all morning. Remove about five o'clock to Pancrass. Read Smellie in the Evening.' ...Claire Clairmont William SmellieThe Philosophy of Natural HistoryPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday Sept. 27th. Read Smellie. Pack up all morning. Remove about five o'clock to Pancrass. Read Smellie in the Evening.' ...Claire Clairmont William SmellieThe Philosophy of Natural HistoryPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday Sept. 27th. Read Smellie.' Claire Clairmont William SmellieThe Philosophy of Natural HistoryPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday Sept. 29th. [...] Read Smellie.' Claire Clairmont William SmellieThe Philosophy of Natural HistoryPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the course of the summer of this year [1856] an article appeared in the pages of the "Quarterly Review," upon Mr. Grote's "History of Greece," taken collectively as...George Grote William SmithArticle on George Grote's History of GreecePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Mr Smith read a paper on Shelley & Mrs Ridges selections from a paper by Dr Scott on the poet's literary characteristics while other members read selections from his wor...William Smith William Smith[paper on Shelley]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte postscript to letter to William Smith Williams, 12 May 1848: 'I find -- on glancing over yours, that I have forgotten to answer a question you ask respec...Charlotte Bronte William Smith Williamsletter to Charlotte BronteManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 22 November 1848: 'I put your most friendly letter [recommending homeopathic treatments] into Emily's hands as soon as I had m...Charlotte Bronte William Smith WilliamsletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to William Smith Williams, 22 November 1848: 'I put your most friendly letter [recommending homeopathic treatments] into Emily's hands as soon as I had m...Emily Bronte William Smith WilliamsletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'On 6 Feb. 1827 W[ordsworth] told Sotheby: "I was gratified the other day by meeting in Mr Alaric Watt's Souvenir with a very old acquaintance, a Sonnet of yours, whch ...William Wordsworth William SothebyI knew a gentle maidPrint: Book
1700-1799'On 6 Feb. 1827 W[ordsworth] told Sotheby: "I was gratified the other day by meeting in Mr Alaric Watt's Souvenir with a very old acquaintance, a Sonnet of yours, whch ...William Wordsworth William SothebyI knew a gentle maidUnknown
1800-1849'On 18 April 1807, C[oleridge] told Sotheby: "I read yesterday in a large company, where W. Wordsworth was present, about 150 lines of your Saul, respecting your countr...Samuel Taylor Coleridge William SothebySaul, a PoemUnknown
1700-1799Mary Berry to Mrs Cholmeley, 19 February 1799: 'Mr. Sotheby sent me his "Battle of the Nile." [...] There seems to be a number of good lines in the poem, but the conduct ...Mary Berry William Sotheby"The Battle of the Nile"Unknown
1800-1849'To His Majesty's Ship Barham, appointed by the King to convey Sir Walter Scott to Naples. By William Sotheby Esq.'Bowly groupWilliam SothebyTo His Majesty's Ship BarhamUnknown
1900-1945'Copies of "The Solitary Way" came along: looks quite nice. Looking at this handful of lyrics of unequal quality, one is tempted to question if they are worth all the bot...William Soutar William SoutarThe Solitary WayPrint: Book
1900-1945'Reading over the adjoining note, on Gibbon's death, today, leaves me with a sense of inhumanity.'William Soutar William SoutarjournalManuscript: Codex
1900-1945'Advance copy of "Brief Words" came along; looks very well - scarcely anything that could be improved upon - excepting the actual contents. I can understand something of ...William Soutar William SoutarBrief WordsPrint: Book
1800-1849I have been pleased with some tracts on political Economy by William Alias Entomology Spence esq. F.L.S. Just reprinted since 1806, or 1808, but the reasoning not out of ...Anne Lister William SpenceTracts on Political Economy: Viz I. Britain IndepePrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 31 January 1808: 'Read through Roscoe's pamphlet and Spence's "England Independent of Commerce."'Mary Berry William SpenceEngland Independent of CommercePrint: Unknown
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, 28 November 1807: 'I attribute my cold to going to Jermyn Street [grandmother's London residence] last ni...William Spencer William SpencerLatin epitaph on Mr SargentManuscript: Unknown


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