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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
 
1800-1849Byron to Francis Hodgson, 3 October 1810: 'I have seen some old English papers up to the 15th. of May, I see the "Lady of the Lake" advertised[;] of course it is in his o...George Gordon Lord Byron Anonadvertisement for Scott, The Lady of The LakePrint: Advertisement, NewspaperUnknown
1800-1849'Our mother started with joy at the sight of 'great fall in Tea' printed in the last newspaper, at the head of an advertisement by, I think, one Melrose in South-Bd stree...Margaret Carlyle Advertisement for TeaPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 9 April 1814: 'I see Sotheby's tragedies advertised ... ' George Gordon Lord Byron advertisement for William Sotheby, Five Tragedies ...Print: Advertisement
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 12 June 1813: 'In yesterday's paper immediately under an advertisement on "Strictures in the Urethra" I see most appropriately consequent - a poem w...George Gordon, Lord Byron anonadvertisement for William Wadd, Practical Observat...Print: Advertisement, Newspaper
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 13 June 1761:] 'I never had the least doubt but Mrs Phillips's Letters to Sir Charles Cotterel were genuine; it is so long since...Elizabeth Carter advertisement for work by 'Mr Hanway'Print: Unknown
1800-1849Byron to Thomas Moore, 8 August 1822: 'I have not seen the thing you mention [John Watkins, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Honourable Lord Byron] ... nor h...George Gordon Lord Byron Advertisement for [John Watkins], Memoirs of the L...Print: Advertisement
1900-1945'I see that a new volume of the Dizzy life is announced.'Algernon Cecil Advertisement of book on Disraeli's Life in the Qu...Print: Advertisement, Serial / periodical
1900-194515 February 1922: 'I thought to myself, as Lytton was talking, Now I will remember this & write it down in my diary tomorrow [...] "Latest Racine" he had read on the post...Lytton Strachey anonadvertisement/announcement on racingPrint: Poster
1800-1849William Wordsworth to Viscount Lowther, [mid December 1819]: 'The Guardian a loyal Newspaper has found its way here. It promises well but a weekly London paper crowded w...William Wordsworth advertisementsPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1900-1945'She goes on: "I read the advertisements stating margarine's superiority to butter with a quiet smile, and a mental thought of 'I don't think!' I think my sales-resistanc... advertisements about margarinePrint: Advertisement
1800-1849Felicia Hemans to John Murray, 26 February 1817, having just sent to him the MS of "Modern Greece": 'Had I been aware of the very limited taste for the Arts which you inf...Felicia Hemans advertisements for books on the artsPrint: Advertisement
1850-1899Robert Sherard on Oscar Wilde's work as a lecturer, in Oscar Wilde: The Story of an Unhappy Friendship (1902; 1908) 87-9: 'It was a real penance to him, and I could under...Robert Sherard advertisements for Oscar Wilde's lecturesPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1900-1945'18th February, Thursday. The packet steamed into the harbour backwards. Another rush across the quay and through the Customs Shed ? pas d?emb?tements ? and, having f...Gerald Moore Advertisements in FrenchPrint: Advertisement
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for for theft: Samuel Spencer: "The next day about 11 o'clock I read in the 'Advertiser', 'A silver pint mug, marked E.M.M. stole out of the...Samuel Spencer AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for shoplifting: Elias Mordecai: "I set my Basket one Day upon a post, and saw Moses show a Watch to two Gentlemen... five or six days after...Elias Mordecai AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for theft: Josiah Howard: The 19th of May I and three journeyman-packers left work and came to the Bull-head in Jewin-street; I get much in ...Josiah Howard AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799Witness statement in trial for highway robbery: James Palace: "A night or two after I read in the Advertiser a watch, name Ingraham, describing it to be the same as I ...James Palace AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1600-1699'and so up and by the fireside we read a good part of the "Advice to a Daughter", which a simple Coxcombe hath wrote against Osborne; but in all my life I never did nor c...Samuel Pepys John HeydonAdvice to a daughter in opposition to the advice t...Print: Book
1600-1699'and so up and by the fireside we read a good part of the "Advice to a Daughter", which a simple Coxcombe hath wrote against Osborne; but in all my life I never did nor c...John Creed John HeydonAdvice to a daughter in opposition to the advice t...Print: Book
1800-1849[Maria Branwell to her fiance, the Rev. Patrick Bronte, 5 December 1812:] 'Since I began this [letter] Jane put into my hands Lord Lyttleton's Advice to a Lady. When I...Maria Branwell George LytteltonAdvice to a LadyPrint: Book


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