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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799[Pilkington tells of how she wrote poems for a Mr Worsdale to pass off as his own and reproduces the Song 'Stella, Darling of the Muses'] 'Mr Worsdale shewed this Ballad ...James Worsdale Laetititia Pilkington[verses on 'Stella']Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849[present at dinner at Mr Murray's was] 'The Mrs Graham who wrote the lively India Journal, a delightful woman!'George Crabbe Maria GrahamJournal of A Residence in IndiaPrint: Book
1700-1799[Proceedings of the London Corresponding Society] The usual mode of proceeding at these weekly meetings was this. The chairman read from some book a chapter or part of a ...Members of the London Corresponding Society  Print: Book
1800-1849[quotes from 4 separate stories] 'Stamford Mercury' '"A black birds nest with four young ones was found a few days ago in Yorkshire" - "Stamford Mercury"'John Clare [n/a]Stamford MercuryPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849[Reading list by Mary Shelley of Percy Shelley's reading in 1820. All texts are mentioned in journal entries so do not receive separate entries based on this list] 'Sh...Percy Bysshe Shelley New TestamentPrint: Book
1800-1849[reading the Bible], Robert Story, an early nineteenth century shepherd-poet, described the experience: "The unconsumed bush burned before me - the successive plagues tha...Robert Story [Bible]Print: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Burton's Queen Anne'.George Eliot [pseud] John Hill Burtonhistory of the reign of Queen Anne, APrint: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Chaucer's Prologue'.George Eliot [pseud] Geoffrey ChaucerCanterbury Tales, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Hebrew and Algebra'George Eliot [pseud] unknownHebrew textsPrint: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Hebrew and Algebra'George Eliot [pseud] unknown[Algebra]Print: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Iliad in Munro's edition'.George Eliot [pseud] HomerIliadPrint: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Purgatorio'.George Eliot [pseud] Dante AlighieriPurgatorioPrint: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Romanes, 'Theism'. Tiele, History of Religions. Odyssey.'George Eliot [pseud] George John RomanesCandid Examination of Theism, APrint: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Romanes, 'Theism'. Tiele, History of Religions. Odyssey.'George Eliot [pseud] Cornelis Petrus TieleOutlines of the History of ReligionPrint: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Romanes, 'Theism'. Tiele, History of Religions. Odyssey.'George Eliot [pseud] HomerOdysseyPrint: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Sayce and Promessi Sposi'.George Eliot [pseud] [probably] Archibald Henry Sayce[if this Sayce then work of Assyriology]Print: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Sayce and Promessi Sposi'.George Eliot [pseud] Alessandro ManzoniI Promessi SposiPrint: Book
1850-1899[reminiscing about the Ugly Duckling, first story he remembers reading when he was 6 or so] 'When the ugly duckling at last flew away on his strong pinions, and when he m...Arnold Bennett AnonUgly DucklingPrint: Book
1700-1799[reported speech of Jonathan Swift] 'In the first Place, Mr [italics] Pilkington [end italics], she had the Insolence this Morning, not only to desire to read the Writing...Matthew Pilkington Alexander Pope[letter to Swift]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799
1800-1849		[review of the novel. Noted but not reproduced by the editor]Ellen Weeton Anne Louise Stael-HolsteinCorinna, or ItalyPrint: Book


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