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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
 
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 2 November 1832: 'I have read, since I spoke to you last about my Greek reading, the last line of the last ode of Pindar, & ha...Elizabeth Barrett AlcestisPrint: Book
1900-1945

'A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue 19/10/29 Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair

1. Minutes of last time read and approved


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<...		Sylvanus A. Reynolds EuripidesAlcestisPrint: Book
1900-1945A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue 19/10/29
Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved
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5 F E Pollard th...		Charles I. Evans EuripidesAlcestisPrint: Book
1900-1945A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue 19/10/29
Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved
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5 F E Pollard th...		Charles E. Stansfield EuripidesAlcestisPrint: Book
1900-1945A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue 19/10/29
Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved
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5 F E Pollard th...		E. Dorothy Brain EuripidesAlcestisPrint: Book
1900-1945A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue 19/10/29
Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved
[...]
5 F E Pollard th...		Thomas C. Elliott EuripidesAlcestisPrint: Book
1900-1945A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue 19/10/29
Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved
[...]
5 F E Pollard th...		Mary Pollard EuripidesAlcestisPrint: Book
1900-1945A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue 19/10/29
Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved
[...]
5 F E Pollard th...		Francis Pollard EuripidesAlcestisPrint: Book
1900-1945A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue 19/10/29
Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved
[...]
5 F E Pollard th...		Mrs C. Elliott EuripidesAlcestisPrint: Book
1900-1945A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue 19/10/29
Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved
[...]
5 F E Pollard th...		Howard Smith EuripidesAlcestisPrint: Book
1900-1945A Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue 19/10/29
Miss E. C. Stevens in the chair
1. Minutes of last time read and approved
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5 F E Pollard th...		George Burrow EuripidesAlcestisPrint: Book
1850-1899After listing some canonical writers discussed by Pound and whom Ford had never read he then goes on to write: 'On the other hand I possess a certain patience and, if I...Ford Madox Ford EuripidesAlcestisPrint: Book
1850-1899'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things...George Eliot [pseud.] Ben JonsonAlchemist, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read the Quarterly review & Remorse - an unhappy day - S. reads one act of the alchemist to the G[isborne]'s in the evening - read 2 Canto of the Purgatorio'Percy Bysshe Shelley Ben JonsonAlchemist, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read a little of Tacitus - Several of Beaumont and Fletchers Plays - S. reads Volpone and the Alchymist aloud and begins Lalla Rookh'Percy Bysshe Shelley Ben JonsonAlchymist, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899"Read my birthday book from Walter. 'Alec Forbes of Howglen' by Mac Donald."Agnes Blanche Hemming George MacDonaldAlec Forbes of HowglenPrint: Book
1850-1899"Had a long morning to read 'Alec Forbes of Howglen'".Agnes Blanche Hemming George MacDonaldAlec Forbes of HowglenPrint: 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
1900-1945'I cannot tell you with what delight I found your lovely history of Alexandria, and your most kind letter, awaiting me when I returned here on Thursday. ( I was delayed i...Edith Sitwell E M ForsterAlexandria: A History and GuidePrint: Book
1700-1799'Mrs. Thrale disputed with him on the merit of Prior. He attacked him powerfully ; said he wrote of love like a man who had never felt it: his love verses were college ve...Samuel Johnson Matthew PriorAlexis shunn'd his fellow swainsPrint: Unknown


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