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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 24 August 1797: '...tis in the translation of the huge romance Cleopatra by a Robert Loveday, who from the recommendatory...Robert Southey Robert Loveday CléopâtrePrint: Book
1700-1799'We have had a very blowing night [...] I was set this morning very gingerly by the fire-side in an elbow chair I had made lash to for me close by the Cabin Stove, with m...Janet Schaw unknownunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799'The dead lights [shutters used to protect ships' interiors during storms at sea]were no sooner up and a candle made fast to the table by many a knot and twist of small c...Fanny Rutherfurd Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book
1700-1799'The dead lights [shutters used to protect ships' interiors during storms at sea]were no sooner up and a candle made fast to the table by many a knot and twist of small c...Fanny Rutherfurd Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book
1700-1799'[After sighting land believed by captain and crew of Jamaica Packet to be Graciosa, island in the Azores] the next thing was to get the Captain to ly to, as it was very ...Janet Schaw and other passengers on board Jamaica PacketThomas SalmonA New Geographical and Historical Grammar Print: Book
1700-1799'Several of the officers [participating in military review at Wilmingtown] came up to dine, amongst others Coll: Howe, who with less ceremony than might have been expecte...Janet Schaw William ShakespeareHenry IVPrint: Book
1700-1799'Several of the officers [participating in military review at Wilmingtown] came up to dine, amongst others Coll: Howe, who with less ceremony than might have been expecte...Robert Howe William ShakespeareHenry IVPrint: Book
1700-1799'I have seen a newspaper published by the [Wilmington] committee's order, where the whole story of the battle [of Bunker Hill] is denied, tho' it is said that the America...Janet Schaw newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'I was yesterday at Belleim, the winter palace of the King [of Portugal] [...] The house is by no means fine, and did not the garden and other appurtenances atone for it,...Janet Schaw Sir William ChambersA Dissertation on Oriental GardeningPrint: Book
1700-1799'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him...Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia [plays]Print: Book
1700-1799'I continued two years with this man [an apothecary to whom he was apprenticed], I read Romances and learned to Bleed'.George Crabbe [Romances]Print: Book
1700-1799'I read novels and poetry and began to contribute to Magazines and Diaries.'George Crabbe [Novels and poetry]Print: Book
1700-1799'I read much, collected Extracts & translated Latin Books of physic with a view of double improvement; I studied the Materia Medica, & made some progress in Botany; I dis...George Crabbe [Latin medical books]Print: Book
1700-1799'I read much, collected Extracts & translated Latin Books of physic with a view of double improvement; I studied the Materia Medica, & made some progress in Botany; I dis...George Crabbe [botany books]Print: Book
1700-1799'I read much, collected Extracts & translated Latin Books of physic with a view of double improvement; I studied the Materia Medica, & made some progress in Botany; I dis...George Crabbe Gilbert KnowlesMateria medica botanicaPrint: Book
1700-1799'The Frenchman who wrote Maxims says 'there is hardly anyone who does not repay great obligations with Ingratitude'.George Crabbe Francois de La RochefoucauldMaximesPrint: Book
1700-1799'I am desired by the Duchess of Rutland to Print a Discourse which I read at Belvoir-Chapel at the Funeral of the late Duke'.George Crabbe George Crabbe[funeral address for Duke of Rutland]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I think Drayton's Verses have a peculiar propriety in such work; his Subject being the same and his Poetry now becoming antient.' [Crabbe is alluding to his writing o...George Crabbe Michael DraytonPolyolbionPrint: Book
1700-1799'With this parcel we return Messrs Marshall and Young. some Observations from the former I lay by as matters to be inquired into but have taken nothing by way of Extract,...George Crabbe Arthur YoungSix Month's Tour Through the North of England, APrint: Book
1700-1799'With this parcel we return Messrs Marshall and Young. some Observations from the former I lay by as matters to be inquired into but have taken nothing by way of Extract,...George Crabbe William MarshallRural Economy of the Midland Counties, The; Includ...Print: Book


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