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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'[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...Jonathan Swift Alexander PopeDunciadPrint: Book
1700-1799'[start of this passage found in database entries 9840-2] 'I cou'd not avoid remarking to the Dean, that notwithstanding the Friendship Mr [italics] Pope [end italics] p...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan Swift'a Libel on Dr Delany and a Certain Great Lord'Print: Unknown
1700-1799[reported speech of Jonathan Swift] 'In the first Place, Mr [italics] Pilkington [end italics], she had the Insolence this Morning, not only to desire to read the Writing...Matthew Pilkington Alexander Pope[letter to Swift]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'borrowing a Hint from a Story in the [italics] Peruvian [end italics] Tales; I form'd from it the following Poem' [she then gives the text of a long poem called 'The Sta...Laetitia Pilkington Thomas-Simon GueuletteMille et une heures, contes peruviensPrint: Book
1700-1799[Pilkington tells how her poem on 'Paper' was seen by a 'Lady of Distinction'] 'She would examine what I had been scribbling, and seem'd so well pleased with my Rhymes, t...Laetitia Pilkington Laetitia PilkingtonPaperManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Pilkington tells how her poem on 'Paper' was seen by a 'Lady of Distinction'] 'She would examine what I had been scribbling, and seem'd so well pleased with my Rhymes, t...'a Lady of Distinction' Laetitia PilkingtonPaperManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Letter from Jonathan Swift, Pilkington having sent him her verses on paper - printed in a London newspaper, attributed to another, and a poem for his birthday] 'I send y...Jonathan Swift Laetitia PilkingtonPaperPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799[Pilkington tells how her poem on 'Paper' was seen by a 'Lady of Distinction'] 'She would examine what I had been scribbling, and seem'd so well pleased with my Rhymes, t...Anne Wainwright Laetitia PilkingtonPaperManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Pilkington tells how her poem on 'Paper' was seen by a 'Lady of Distinction'] 'She would examine what I had been scribbling, and seem'd so well pleased with my Rhymes, t...John, Baron Wainwright Laetitia PilkingtonPaperManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Letter from Jonathan Swift, Pilkington having sent him her verses on paper - printed in a London newspaper, attributed to another, and a poem for his birthday] 'I send y...Jonathan Swift Laetitia PilkingtonSent with a Quill to Dr SwiftManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Letter from Jonathan Swift, Pilkington having sent him her verses on paper - printed in a London newspaper, attributed to another, and a poem for his birthday] 'I send y...friends of SwiftLaetitia PilkingtonSent with a Quill to Dr SwiftManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'We supp'd at the Dean's, and I had been reading out, by his Command, some of his prosaic Work; he was pleased to say I acquitted myself so well, that I should have a Gla...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan Swift[prose works]Unknown
1700-1799'He [Matthew Pilkington] was one Winter's Evening reading [italics] Horace [end italics], and said he would engage to write an Ode exactly in his Manner; so he directly s...Matthew Pilkington HoraceOdesPrint: Book
1700-1799[Having written an ode in the manner of Horace, she showed it to her husband who had also written one and] 'who, contrary to my Expectation (for I imagin'd he would be pl...Matthew Pilkington Laetitia PilkingtonOde, AnManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Having written an ode in the manner of Horace, she showed it to her husband who had also written one and] 'who, contrary to my Expectation (for I imagin'd he would be pl...Laetitia Pilkington Matthew Pilkington[a Horatian Ode]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Matthew Pilkington was in England and was staying with Pope, upon Swift's recommendation. Having received a letter in which he said Pope was treating him handsomely, Lae...Laetitia Pilkington Alexander Pope[letter to Swift]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799[Matthew Pilkington was in England and was staying with Pope, upon Swift's recommendation. Having received a letter in which he said Pope was treating him handsomely, Lae...Jonathan Swift Matthew Pilkington[letter to Laetitia Pilkington, about Pope]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'The Dean then shew'd me the Poem he wrote on his own death; when I came to that Part of it, [italics] Behold the fatal Day arrive! How is the Dean? He's just alive [...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan SwiftVerses on the Death of Dr SwiftManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'The Dean then shew'd me the Poem he wrote on his own death; when I came to that Part of it, [italics] Behold the fatal Day arrive! How is the Dean? He's just alive [...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan SwiftLife and Genuine Character of Dr Swift, ThePrint: Unknown
1700-1799[Pilkington having annoyed Swift by remembering one of his poems and reciting it to others, he decided to test her memory. She told him] 'I could repeat not only all his ...Laetitia Pilkington William ShakespeareMacbethPrint: Book


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