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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
 
1700-1799'Began with eagerness, and read, with increasing avidity, the first four Chapters of Roscoe's "Life of Lorenzo de Medici"...'Thomas Green William RoscoeThe life of Lorenzo de' Medici, called the Magnifi...Print: Book
1700-1799'Read, after a long interval, with much delight, the first two Books of Caesar's "Commentaries"....'Thomas Green Julius CaesarCommentariesPrint: Book
1700-1799'Began, with a view of comparing notes, Macchiavel's "Historie Fiorentino"...'Thomas Green Niccolo MachiavelliHistory of FlorencePrint: Book
1700-1799'Pursued Boswell's "life of Johnson"....'Thomas Green James BoswellLife of JohnsonPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read Hawkesworth's "Life of Swift"....'Thomas Green John HawkesworthLife of Swift [in Works of Swift?]Print: Book
1700-1799'Finished Sheridan's "Life of Swift"....'Thomas Green Thomas SheridanLife of SwiftPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished Jortin's "Life of Erasmus"....'Thomas Green John JortinLife of ErasmusPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read the first two books of "Livy's History"...'Thomas Green LivyHistory of RomePrint: Book
1700-1799'Read Bp. Watson's "Apology for the Bible", in reply to Paine....'Thomas Green Richard WatsonApology for the BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799'Read Burke's "Letters on a Regicide Peace"...'Thomas Green Edmund BurkeThoughts on the prospect of a regicide peacePrint: Book
1700-1799'Read with interest and curiosity, Hurd's "Life of Warburton"...'Thomas Green Richard HurdLife of Warburton [in Warburton, Works]Print: Book
1700-1799'Looked into Gibbon's "Miscellaneous Works"...'Thomas Green Edward GibbonMiscellaneous WorksPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished Robertson's "History of Scotland"...'Thomas Green William RobertsonHistory of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished Robertson's "History of Scotland"....'Thomas Green William RobertsonHistory of Charles V.Print: Book
1700-1799'Read the 1st Book of Macchievel's "Discorsi sopra Livio"...'Thomas Green Niccolo MachiavelliDiscourses on LivyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished the first three Books of Robertson's "America"...'Thomas Green William RobertsonHistory of AmericaPrint: Book
1700-1799'Looked over, by a cursory perusal, Beattie's "Essay on Truth"...'Thomas Green James BeattieAn essay on the nature and immutability of truthPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read the "Castle of Otranto", which grievously disappointed my expectations...'Thomas Green Horace WalpoleThe Castle of OtrantoPrint: Book
1700-1799'Looked over Malone's "Enquiry into the Authenticity of Ireland's Shakesperian Papers"; a learned and decisive piece of criticism...'Thomas Green Edmond MaloneAn inquiry into the authenticity of certain papersPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished the "Italian"...'Thomas Green Ann RadcliffeThe ItalianPrint: Book



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