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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
 
1500-1599'praied with Mr Rhodes, hard one read, and then went to priuat praier'Richard Rhodes [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1500-1599'then I reed a hard readinge a whill'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1500-1599'then reed a whill of perkins, and so went to bed'Margaret Hoby William Perkins[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read to the youngsters in the evening'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'[editor's words] without literary pretensions, Mrs Marshall had a genuine love of reading, and when no other engagement intervened, it was one of her domestic regulation...Mrs Marshall [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'History and travels are our chief favourites; but with them we intermix a variety of miscellaneous literature, with now and then a favourite novel, to relish our graver ...Elizabeth Hamilton and her uncle, Mr Marshall [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties'.Samuel Johnson Thomas Birch[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Th authours of the essays in prose [in "Miscellanies" published by Elizabeth Harrison] seem generally to have imitated or tried to imitate, the copiousness and luxurianc...Samuel Johnson Elizabeth Rowe[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Th authours of the essays in prose [in "Miscellanies" published by Elizabeth Harrison] seem generally to have imitated or tried to imitate, the copiousness and luxurianc...Samuel Johnson Isaac Watts[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'At home there were daily Bible-readings in the family circle for many years, but secular reading aloud happily also found a place. Lucy was "A good reader" and gave them...Lucy Housman William Makepeace Thackeray[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'At home there were daily Bible-readings in the family circle for many years, but secular reading aloud happily also found a place. Lucy was "A good reader" and gave them...Lucy Housman Walter Scott[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'At home there were daily Bible-readings in the family circle for many years, but secular reading aloud happily also found a place. Lucy was "A good reader" and gave them...Lucy Housman Thomas Moore[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'He talked very contemptuously of Churchill's poetry, observing, that "it had a temporary currency, only from its audacity of abuse, and being filled with living names, a...Samuel Johnson Charles Churchill[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'"Bayle's Dictionary is a very useful work for those to consult who love the biographical part of literature, which is what I love most." Talking of the eminent writer...Samuel Johnson John Arbuthnot[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'"Bayle's Dictionary is a very useful work for those to consult who love the biographical part of literature, which is what I love most." Talking of the eminent writer...Samuel Johnson Joseph Addison[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'On Tuesday, July 18, I found tall Sir Thomas Robinson sitting with Johnson. Sir Thomas said, that the King of Prussia valued himself upon three things;—upon being a hero...Samuel Johnson Frederick II King of Prussia[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'The conversation now turned upon Mr. David Hume's style. Johnson. "Why, Sir, his style is not English; the structure of his sentences is French. Now the French structure...Samuel Johnson David Hume[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'[Johnson said] "Sir, in my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as I do now. My judgment, to be s...Samuel Johnson [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'His Majesty having observed to him that he supposed he must have read a great deal; Johnson answered, that he thought more than he read; that he had read a great deal in...Samuel Johnson [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'The King then asked him what he thought of Dr. Hill. Johnson answered, he was an ingenious man, but had no veracity; and immediately mentioned, as an instance of it, an ...Samuel Johnson Dr Hill[unknown]Print: Book


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