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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
 
1800-1849'Before I arose- read 10 chapters of St. Matthew- still laboured at my new task [studying heraldry] but made less progress than on Thursday.'William Upcott n/aBiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Before I forget again?have you looked into the "History of a Flirt"? [The History of a Flirt, related by Herself ? by the author of "The Manoeuvring Mother"] The name m...Elizabeth Barrett [author of "The Manoeuvering Mother"] anonHistory of a Flirt, ThePrint: Book
1600-1699'Before I went to bed, I sat up till 2 a-clock in my chamber, reading of Mr Hooke's "Microscopicall Observacions", the most ingenious book that I ever read in my life.'Samuel Pepys Robert HookeMicrographia [?]Print: Book
1850-1899'Before leaving BIdeford, he told Osborne, he had read Rossetti's poems "rapturously": "I am mad about Rossetti ever since and I solemnly declare that of all poems tha...Arthur Symons Dante Gabriel Rossetti'Sister Helen'Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Before leaving Kampa we visited Dr Kellas's grave.[...]Then Shebby, the oldest member of the Expedition, read Psalm 121, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills," whil...E.(Edward) O.(Oliver) Shebbeare Psalm 121Unknown
1800-1849'Before leaving the cotton mill I had the good fortune to make my first acquaintance with the earlier works of Charles Dickens. Our manager, who was a reading man, was su...Benjamin Brierley [John] [Cleave]Cleave's Weekly Police GazettePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Before leaving the cotton mill I had the good fortune to make my first acquaintance with the earlier works of Charles Dickens. Our manager, who was a reading man, was su...Benjamin Brierley Charles DickensPickwick PapersPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Before returning home I went to the Reading Room of the Mechanics Institute where after indulging in a little very light reading I returned home.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Before starting this [ie Macaulay's "History of England", v. 2] I read in a library copy two of F. W. Bain's Indian Tales "The Descent of the Sun" & "The Heifer of the...Clive Staples Lewis Francis William BainThe Descent of the SunPrint: Book
1850-1899'before tea I took a stroll to the Athenaeum where I read the papers.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'Before that illumined moment of rich inspiration, Winifred had been experimenting with other kinds of writing, and studying such treasure-troves of style as the travel b...Winifred Holtby Walter RaleighunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Before the deed was done, however, the person in question awakened (I found the said person had been reading a thriller along such lines and had partaken of a somewhat h... [unknown][a thriller]Print: Book
1900-1945'Before the meeting, Larkin had no detailed knowledge of Watkins's work - what he had read, including the newly published "Ballad of the Mari Lwyd", seemed to him too ful...Philip Larkin Vernon WatkinsBallad of the Mari Lwyd, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Before this walk we had service in chapel, in this wise. Two or 3 collects, 3 psalms, 1 lesson out of the apocrypha, a Latin speech in praise of the Civil Law, a list (a...Leslie Stephen The BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'Before this walk we had service in chapel, on this wise. Two or 3 collects, 3 psalms, 1 lesson out of the apocrypha, a Latin speech in praise of the Civil Law, a list (a...Leslie Stephen [a list in Latin of benefactors]Unknown
1850-1899'Before this walk we had service in chapel, on this wise. Two or 3 collects, 3 psalms, 1 lesson out of the apocrypha, a Latin speech in praise of the Civil Law, a list (a...Leslie Stephen the Te DeumUnknown
1900-1945'Before we turned in Raymond, at Hugh's suggestion, read aloud Norton's 1924 despatch, in which he summoned up the possibilities of climbing Everest.'(Charles) Raymond Greene Edward Felix NortondespatchUnknown
1850-1899'Began "Friedrich" to purpose and worked well.'John Ruskin Thomas CarlyleHistory of Friedrich II of Prussia OR Frederick th...Print: Book
1850-1899'Began "Il Principe".'George Eliot [pseud] Niccolo MachiavelliIl PrincipePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Began "Reineke Fuchs"'George Eliot [pseud] Johan Wolfgang von GoetheReineke FuchsPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown


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