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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Elizabeth Missing Sewell, on books lent to herself and her siblings, when children, during visits to her uncle Edwards (a barrister): 'My uncle was so particular about ...Elizabeth Sewell anonArabian Nights' EntertainmentsPrint: Book
1850-1899From Elizabeth Missing Sewell's Journal, 15 July 1870, from Eisenach: 'War [apparently the Franco-Prussian war] is actually declared. We heard the news this morning as ...Elizabeth Missing Sewell anonslip of paper printed with news of declaration of ...Print: loose slip of paper
1800-1849'"Guy Mannering" is reviewed in the same number [ of the Quarterly Review]. Tho' we have still more reason to question their competency here - you will probably admit tha...Thomas Carlyle anon[review in the Quarterly Review of Scott's Guy Man...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have looked into the Belfast Town and Country Almanack - and consulted several cunning men upon the subject - and from all quartrs, I collect - that the moon will be f...Thomas Carlyle anonBelfast Town & County AlmanackPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'When we arrived at Turin, we had no hope of being present at a sitting of Parliament, but our Sicilian friend [a friend of Cavour and acquaintance of Garibaldi, previous...Elizabeth Missing Sewell anon[novel]Unknown
1800-1849'Sunday May [...] 2nd Rainy -- Read Floris & Fleur Blanche [sic] -- Cleomades et Clarimonde et Pierre de Provence et la Belle Maguelone -- Also 1st Chapter of Winkelmann...Claire Clairmont anon'Flores et Blanche-fleur'Print: Book
1800-1849'Sunday May [...] 2nd Rainy -- Read Floris & Fleur Blanche [sic] -- Cleomades et Clarimonde et Pierre de Provence et la Belle Maguelone -- Also 1st Chapter of Winkelmann...Claire Clairmont anon'Cleomades et Claremonde'Print: Book
1800-1849'Sunday May [...] 2nd Rainy -- Read Floris & Fleur Blanche [sic] -- Cleomades et Clarimonde et Pierre de Provence et la Belle Maguelone -- Also 1st Chapter of Winkelmann...Claire Clairmont anon'Pierre de Provence et la belle Maguelone, Fille d...Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday April 16th. [...] Read I Piffari di Montagna a pamphlet upon the Carbonari.'Claire Clairmont anonI Piffari di montagna, ossia cenno estemporaneo su...Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849'Friday June 29th. [...] Read the Quarterly. Review of Southey's Life of Wesley [notes several anecdotes given in this]'.Claire Clairmont anonreview of Robert Southey, The Life of Wesley (1820...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Monday Oct. 29th. [...] The following passage is from Thistlewood's Defence 'A few hours hence and I shall be no more; but the nightly breeze which will whistle over ...Claire Clairmont anonThe Trials of Arthur Thistlewood, James Ings, John...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, March 1828: 'I send you three notices of my poem [An Essay on Mind] [...] They are the only ones I have [italics]seen[end italic...Elizabeth Barrett anonReview of Elizabeth Barrett, An Essay on Mind with...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, March 1828: 'I send you three notices of my poem [An Essay on Mind] [...] They are the only ones I have [italics]seen[end ital...Elizabeth Barrett anonReview of Elizabeth Barrett, An Essay on Mind with...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 1-3 May 1828: 'Saturday, eight o' clock. Our dinner hour was rather later than usual today [...] we have only just left the t...Elizabeth Barrett anon'Review'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 March 1843: 'I have [italics]tried[end italics] to read "Duty and Inclination" -- I tried twice & failed. the first ti...Elizabeth Barrett anonDuty and Inclination (volume 1)Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 14 March 1843: 'I have [italics]tried[end italics] to read "Duty and Inclination" -- I tried twice & failed. the first ti...Elizabeth Barrett anonDuty and InclinationPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tell me - did you write the critic [critique] on his [Edward Irving's] book, which appeared in the Sunday Times - I had not read two sentences of it till I said to mysel...Jane Baillie Welsh AnonReview of Edward Irving's The Orations and the Arg...Print: NewspaperManuscript: Letter
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c 26 December 1793: 'Forgive egotism if I mention one circumstance which happened above twelve years ago. I was struck with t...Robert Southey anon['sixpenny history of England']Print: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Robert Lovell, 5-6 April 1794: 'I have not yet seen Priestleys reasons for quitting this country. from the review I collect that he compares the presen...Robert Southey anonReviews of William Belsham's Remarks on the Nature...Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799Robert Southey to Robert Lovell, 5-6 April 1794: 'I have not yet seen Priestleys reasons for quitting this country. from the review I collect that he compares the presen...Robert Southey anonReview of Joseph Priestley, The Present State of E...Print: Serial / periodical


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