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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
 
1850-1899'Eyes more weary than usual in reading a little by candlelight'John Ruskin [unknown][unknown]Unknown
1850-1899'Terribly difficult bit of Plato'John Ruskin Plato[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'In reading Horace at breakfast, planned the form in which to gather my work on him'John Ruskin Horace[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read also Cardinal Wiseman on Chartres and the Chemise - very wonderful and delightful.'John Ruskin Cardinal Wiseman[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'read St Francis' Hymn of the Creatures to my infinite delight'John Ruskin [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read Sir T. More in evening'John Ruskin Sir Thomas More[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Reading by gaslight at breakfast - unwholesome'John Ruskin [unknown][unknown]Unknown
1850-1899'Slept well, though Joan teazing in evening playing with beads when I was reading.'John Ruskin [unknown][unknown]Unknown
1900-1945'We are to make roads for the next few days. Out occasionally on work parties. Those officers not on duty all stayed in bed (valises!) and so did the men. We ate, slept...Robert Lindsay Mackay [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Unknown
1900-1945'I've read so many descriptions in newspapers of the ruin and desolation caused in this war. Famous literary men have tried their powers of description and All (with th...Robert Lindsay Mackay Gilbert Frankau[unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'I wish you would send me the Daily Mail every other day, & also magazines (Pearsons etc) would be immensely appreciated. I see by a paper of the 18th that Whitby and S...Henry William Williamson [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'The newspapers amuse us here immensely — we read of the Ger[mans] being driven back by our chaps — in reality he is walking away of his own free will, as slowly...Henry William Williamson [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I received on the 3rd a parcel from you with biscuits and bulls eyes, and same time books and jersey with letter. The books are very welcome. I shall enjoy reading wha...Henry William Williamson [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942 J. Knox Taylor in the Chair.
1. In the absence of the Secretary the minutes of the last meeting wer...		Kenneth F. Nicholson William Butler Yeats[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942 J. Knox Taylor in the Chair.
1. In the absence of the Secretary the minutes of the last meeting wer...		Kenneth F. Nicholson T. S. Eliot[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942 J. Knox Taylor in the Chair.
1. In the absence of the Secretary the minutes of the last meeting wer...		Kenneth F. Nicholson Wilfred Owen[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942 J. Knox Taylor in the Chair.
1. In the absence of the Secretary the minutes of the last meeting wer...		[a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] William Butler Yeats[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942 J. Knox Taylor in the Chair.
1. In the absence of the Secretary the minutes of the last meeting wer...		[a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Wystan Hugh Auden[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942 J. Knox Taylor in the Chair.
1. In the absence of the Secretary the minutes of the last meeting wer...		[a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Cecil Day Lewis[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942 J. Knox Taylor in the Chair.
1. In the absence of the Secretary the minutes of the last meeting wer...		[a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Steven Spender[unknown]Print: Book


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