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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[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge William WordsworthThe Excursion, being a portion of the Recluse,Print: Book
1800-1849'Annabella was now [in 1812] reading Cowper's Iliad and annotating every second line; she was studying Alfieri with the family-solicitor's daughter; for relaxation condes...Anne Isabella Milbanke William Wordsworth Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'Then, when I was twelve we had a really good poetry book which contained extracts from "The Excursion", part of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", "The Eve of Saint Agnes", "...Edwin Muir William WordsworthThe ExcursionPrint: Book
1900-1945'Our syllabus was large, covering at least twelve set books: two plays of Shakespeare's, two volumes of Milton and two of Keats; Chaucer, Sheridan, Lamb, Scott's "Old Mor...Norman Nicholson William Wordsworth[poems extracts]Print: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley ...Percy Bysshe Shelley William Wordsworth[Poems]Print: Book
1900-1945'Lately I have been reading Wordsworth with joy, for almost the first time. "Michael" quite overcame me by its perfect simplicity & power. I have read it about ten time...Arnold Bennett William Wordsworth'Michael'Print: Book
1800-1849'After dinner look over W. W.[ordsworth]'s Poems'.Mary Godwin William Wordsworth[Poems]Print: Book
1850-1899'This modern fashion [in the study of poetry in schools] of treating noble thoughts, feelings, and principles, set forth in prose or verse, merely as the material for gra...anon William WordsworthThe Excursion (excerpts)Print: Book
1800-1849'S. reads Wordsworths Poems aloud in the evening'.Percy Bysshe Shelley William Wordsworth[Poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'There is nothing in nature that you may not get a quotation out of Wordsworth to suit, and a quotation too that breathes the very soul of poetry. There are only three bo...James Hogg William WordsworthExcursion, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Sept. 15th. Read Emile -- Write i[n] my Common Place Book [...] Shelley reads us the Ancient Mariner [...] Read in the Excursion -- the Story of Margaret ver...Claire Clairmont William WordsworthThe Excursion, Being a Portion of the Recluse, a P...Print: Book
1800-1849''Wednesday Oct. 5th. [...] Read Political Justice Shelley reads aloud the Ancient Mariner. & Mad [...] Mother.' ...Percy Bysshe Shelley William Wordsworth'The Mad Mother'Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday March 16th. Go in the Morning to the Gardens of the Villa Borghese -- sit on the steps of the temple of Esculapius and read Wordsworth'.Claire Clairmont William WordsworthunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'Sunday Nov. [...] 27th. [...] Mr. Armfeld & the little Bielfeld spent the Evening -- we read Wordsworth's Ballad of Simon Lee & then we talked.' Claire Clairmont William Wordsworth'Simon Lee'Print: Book
1800-1849'Read 2 book of Horace - Read Undine & c - S. finishes the 3 vol of Carendon aloud & reads Peter Bell - he reads Plato's republic'Percy Bysshe Shelley William WordsworthPeter Bell: a tale in versePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, 13 April 1842: 'I send you back the [italics]two[end italics] books with a great many thanks. 'The Tragedy will be considered prob...Elizabeth Barrett William WordsworthPoems, Chiefly of Early and Late Years; Including ...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 13 April 1842: 'Dear Mr Kenyon lent me Wordsworth's new volume two days ago -- & I have read the last line & end gratefull...Elizabeth Barrett William WordsworthPoems, Chiefly of Early and Late Years; Including ...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 25 March 1843: 'Mr Kenyon came to see me yesterday [...] and he brought & read to me a letter from Mr Wordsworth to Mr Cra...John Kenyon William Wordsworthletter to Crabbe RobinsonManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 18 May 1843: '[William Wordsworth] had the kindness to send me the poem upon Grace Darling when it first appeared: and with a ...Elizabeth Barrett William WordsworthGrace DarlingUnknown
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 27 December 1843: 'On my return from a long, weary walk through mud & mist, yesterday morning, my eyes were gladdened by the si...Elizabeth Barrett William Wordsworthepitaph for Robert SoutheyPrint: Serial / periodical


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