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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'I do not perfectly understand Fabricius always, but I think his Genera more natural than those of any other Author; it is indeed almost impossible to follow him in the s...George Crabbe Johan Christian FabriciusSystema entomologiaePrint: Book
1700-1799'we know nothing of mankind, but from letters and Neswpapers, to the latter of which, in spite of my Verses & Witticisms, I have recourse for Information: sad Information...George Crabbe [newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'Having been upon a tour in Scotland I did not receive your book till my arrival at York & was unwilling to answer your very obliging letter till I had read the Parish re...Henry Vassal Fox, Lord Holland George CrabbeParish Register, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Having been upon a tour in Scotland I did not receive your book till my arrival at York & was unwilling to answer your very obliging letter till I had read the Parish re...Henry Vassal Fox, Lord Holland George CrabbeLibrary, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Having been upon a tour in Scotland I did not receive your book till my arrival at York & was unwilling to answer your very obliging letter till I had read the Parish re...Henry Vassal Fox, Lord Holland George CrabbeVillage, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Mary Leadbeter! - Yes indeed I do well remember You! not Leadbeter then, but a pretty demure Lass, standing a timid Auditor while her own Verses were read by a kind Frie...Mary Shackleton Mary Shackleton[verses]Unknown
1700-1799'[editor's words] In the evening Elizabeth had often to repeat a long elaborate task extracted from the now obsolete page of scholastic divinity, which must have been bet...Elizabeth Hamilton [unknown][scholastic divinity essays]Print: Book
1700-1799'[her mother having forbidden her to learn to read due to her weak eyes] I was at this time about five Years of Age, and my Mother being one Day abroad, I had happily lai...Laetitia van Lewen John DrydenAlexander's FeastPrint: Book
1700-1799'[her mother having forbidden her to learn to read due to her weak eyes] I was at this time about five Years of Age, and my Mother being one Day abroad, I had happily lai...Laetitia van Lewen Alexander PopeSacred Eclogue in Imitation of Virgil’s 'Pollio'Print: Book
1700-1799'chiefly was I charm'd and ravish'd with the Sweets of Poetry; all my Hours were dedicated to the Muses; and from a Reader, i quickly became a Writer'.Laetitia van Lewen [unknown][poetry]Print: Book
1700-1799'During my Stay in the Country, he wrote me a great many poetical Compliments, and subscrib'd himself, [italics] Amintas [end italics]: as they were really very elegant; ...Laetitia van Lewen Matthew Pilkington[letters]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'During my Stay in the Country, he wrote me a great many poetical Compliments, and subscrib'd himself, [italics] Amintas [end italics]: as they were really very elegant; ...Elizabeth van Lewen Matthew Pilkington[letters to her daughter]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'Whether it was owing to her own Desire, or the Envy of those who survived her, I know not; but of her various and beautiful Writings, except one poem of her's in Mrs [it...Laetitia Van Lewen Constantia Grierson[poems]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Whether it was owing to her own Desire, or the Envy of those who survived her, I know not; but of her various and beautiful Writings, except one poem of her's in Mrs [it...Laetitia Van Lewen Mary BarberPoems on Several OccasionsPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Pilkington reproduces her poem 'The Petition of the Birds', written for her fiance] This little poetical Essay met with more Applause than it really merited, on Account...Matthew Pilkington Laetitia Van LewenPetition of the Birds, TheManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I had him [Dean Swift] all to myself for near three hours, during which time he made me read to him the Annals of the four last years of the Reign of Queen [italics] Ann...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan SwiftHistory of the Four Last Years of the QueenManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Pilkington tells how Swift cut out many pages of an edition of Horace and made her paste letters between the covers instead] 'I told him, I was extreamly proud to be ho...Laetitia Pilkington Henry St John Bolingbroke[letters to Swift]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'[Pilkington tells how Swift cut out many pages of an edition of Horace and made her paste letters between the covers instead] 'I told him, I was extreamly proud to be ho...Laetitia Pilkington [unknown][letters to Swift from various correspondents]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'[Pilkington tells how Swift cut out many pages of an edition of Horace and made her paste letters between the covers instead] 'I told him, I was extreamly proud to be ho...Laetitia Pilkington Alexander Pope[letters to Swift]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'[start of this passage found in database entries 9840-2] 'It was a letter from Lord [italics] Bolingbroke [end italics], Dated six o'Clock in the Morning; it began with...Laetitia Pilkington Alexander PopeDunciadPrint: Book


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