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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799Two very long quotations: 1. 'Speech is as subject to interpretation there is so great a difference between indescretion and malice...' 2. 'Mythology. The promiscuo...Frances Hamilton M. de Secondat, Baron de MontequieuSpirit of LawsPrint: Book
1700-1799Remark that this publication was 'Abt the Test Act', so presumably read it.Frances Hamilton John Mead[Sermon about Wakefield's Address to the Inhabitan...Print: Book, Pamphlet
1700-1799an Observation 'By those who profess a knowledge of human Nature, the real causes of deep and continued dissension will rarely be sought...'Frances Hamilton [unknown]The Christian Church from the Earliest Period to t...Print: Book
1700-1799content of this letter described 'as objected' in a pamphlet recommended by his Lordship 1789 (presumably the reader had read the letter)Frances Hamilton [unknown]A Letter to Earl StanhopePrint: Pamphlet
1700-1799'Vol 1 containing Prometheus Chain'd, The Supplicants, The Seven Chiefs against Thebes. 'Vol 2 Agamemnon. N.B. A Speech of Cassandra. This is the state of man: in pr...Frances Hamilton AeschylusThe Tragedies of AeschylusPrint: Book
1700-179924 Oct 1788: 'Smith's version of Longinus on the Sublime, a translation with notes and observations - is a credit to the author and reflects lustre on Longinus himself. ...Frances Hamilton Rev William SmithPoetic Works including his version of Longinus on ...Print: Book
1700-179913 Dec 1788 Another long quotation from Smith's translation: 'The Sublime is a certain force in discourse... from these three particulars joined together.' Also listed...Frances Hamilton Rev William SmithPoetic Works including his version of Longinus on ...Print: Book
1700-1799Long description of character of Sir Keneth (?) Digby. 'By his eager pursuit of knowledge seemed to be born only for contemplation, but he was thought to be so well qua...Frances Hamilton Rev J GrangerBiographical History of England from Egbert the Gr...Print: Book
1700-1799Long description of the character of Duke Sully by Henry 4th of France: 'his temper harsh, unpatient, obstinate, too enterprizing, presuming too much upon his own opinio...Frances Hamilton [unknown]Memoirs of Maximillion de Baltiure, Duke of Sully,...Print: Book
1700-1799'Got the "Monthly Mag" & "Rev." from Miss Haynes. They appear to be two very entertaining no's. I am much pleased with the account of Mr Lambton in the "Monthly Mag". the...Joseph Hunter [n/a]Monthly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I was astonished at the luxuriousness of his [Allan Cunningham's] fancy. it was boundless; but it was the luxury of a rich garden overrun with rampant weeds. he was like...Mr Morrison Allan Cunningham'Mermaid of Galloway, The'Print: Book
1700-1799'I suffered unjustly in the eyes of the world with regard to that tale ['The Brownie of Bodsbeck'], which was looked on as an imitation of the tale of "Old Mortality", an...James Hogg Walter ScottOld MortalityPrint: Book
1700-1799'I mentioned to Mr Blackwood that I had two tales I wished to publish, and at his request I gave him a reading of the manuscript. One of them was "The Brownie", which, I ...William Blackwood James HoggBrownie of BodsbeckManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Young as he [Allan Cunnigham] was, I had heard of his name, although slightly, and, I think, seen one or two of his juvenile pieces. Of an elder brother of his, Thomas M...James Hogg Allan Cunningham Print: Unknown
1700-1799'I mentioned to Mr Blackwood that I had two tales I wished to publish, and at his request I gave him a reading of the manuscript. One of them was "The Brownie", which, I ...William Blackwood James HoggBridal of PolmoodManuscript: Unknown
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 Old TestamentPrint: 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 Shakespeare Print: Book
1700-1799When 8 or 9, 'my Father seeing I took Pleasure in learning my Book, he bestowed a Tutor on me ...' Reads Talmud etc. -- 'in all those Books, I made such Progress, that I ...Moses Marcus Bible (New Testament)Print: Book
1700-1799From his diary, 29th September [1797]: 'Newspaper "Kelso Mail" begun to be taken this first week of October between Knox, James and David Herriots and me twice a week, M...John Hastie [n/a]Kelso MailPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799From Rev. John Hastie's diary, 29th September [1797]: 'Newspaper "Kelso Mail" begun to be taken this first week of October between Knox [William Knox, schoolmaster, Edro...William Knox [n/a]Kelso MailPrint: Newspaper


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