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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'The dews of the evening most carefully shun Being tears of the sky for the loss of the sun! Chesterfield'Carey/Maingay group[P.D.] [Stanhope]Advice to a Lady in AutumnPrint: UnknownUnknown
1600-1699'...which makes me remember my father Osborne's rule for a gentleman, to spare in all things rather than in that.'Samuel Pepys Francis OsborneAdvice to a sonPrint: Book
1600-1699'Up and spent the morning till the Barber came in reading in my chamber part of Osborne's "Advice to his Son" (which I shall not ever enough admire for sense and language...Samuel Pepys Francis OsborneAdvice to his sonPrint: Book
1800-1849'Much is being said and written now-a-days about the influence of books on the formation of character; let me therefore mention that my prime favourites while at Tait's w...James Glass Bertram William CobbettAdvice to young menPrint: Book
1800-1849'I had read in Cobbett's "Advice to Young Men" a caution not to depend upon the Muses for substantial support ... he illustrated the sufferings of Bloomfield ...'John Teer William CobbettAdvice to Young Men, and, incidentally, to Young WPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Francis Hodgson, 8 December 1811: 'I have gotten a book by Sir William Drummond (printed, but not published), entitled Oedipus Judaicus, in which he attempts to ...George Gordon, Lord Byron Sir William DrummondAedipus JudaicusPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 15 December 1811: 'I have been living quietly, reading Sir W. Drummond's book on the bible ... 'George Gordon, Lord Byron Sir William DrummondAedipus JudaicusPrint: Book
1700-1799'On the inside cover of D[ove] C[ottage] MS 2, in use during 1786-7, a faint pencil inscription survives from c.1786: "Non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula," from Virgil, ...William Wordsworth VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1700-1799Frances Burney to Esther Burney: 'Well I recollect your reading with our dear Mother all Pope's Works, & Pitt's "Aeneid".'Esther Sleepe Burney and Esther Burney VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1700-1799'I admire you for what you say of the fierce fighting "Iliad"... I am afraid this poem, noble as it truly is, has done infinite mischief for a series of ages; since to it...Samuel Richardson Virgil AeneidPrint: Book
1800-1849?Milton?s miscellaneous works were still my favourites. I copied many of his poems into a writing book, and this I did, not only an account of the pleasure which I felt i...Samuel Bamford VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1700-1799'I walked into Robson's Shop the other day, and seeing a very fine Virgil was tempted to open it with something of Superstitious Intention by way of trying the "Sortes Vi...Hester Lynch Thrale VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
'I was very well pleased with having seen this entertainment [a marksmanship contest for the ladies of the Austrian court], and I do not know but it might make as good a ...Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu VirgilAeneidUnknown
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 24 May, 1796: 'The reliance that I can place on my own application renders me little anxious for the future — & for the pr...Robert Southey Virgil AeneidPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1818. As far as possible texts mentioned in journal entries are not given separate database entries] Clarke's travels Aeneid Terence...Mary Shelley VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read S. the 6th & 1st book of the Aeneid'Mary Shelley VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 2nd book of the Aeneid - read Dr Clarke's travels'Mary Shelley VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read part of the 7th book of Virgil - walk - finish the 3rd vol of Clarke'Mary Shelley VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads the Memorabilia - walk out & Read 250 lines of the 8th book of the Aenied[sic]'.Mary Shelley VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 37 Canto - Virgil - & Perigrine Proteus'Mary Shelley VirgilAeneidPrint: Book


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