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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[LP reproduces her lengthy poem 'To Mr Cibber'] 'This met with a very favourable Reception, and Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] shewed it to all the Noblemen at [italic...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo Mr CibberManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her lengthy poem 'To Mr Cibber'] 'This met with a very favourable Reception, and Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] shewed it to all the Noblemen at [italic...gentlemen at White's ClubLaetitia PilkingtonTo Mr CibberManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'to the Hon. Colonel Duncombe', which she sent to Lord Augustus Fitz Roy] 'Lord Augustus did not fail to shew the Lines to all the Noblemen at [it...gentlemen at White's ClubLaetitia PilkingtonTo The Hon. Colonel DuncombeManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'to the Hon. Colonel Duncombe', which she sent to Lord Augustus Fitz Roy] 'Lord Augustus did not fail to shew the Lines to all the Noblemen at [it...Augustus, Lord Fitzroy Laetitia PilkingtonTo The Hon. Colonel DuncombeManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Having agreed to let her landlady lodge a Dr Turnbull in her (LP's) bedchamber] 'I went up to my own Apartment, where I found the Doctor reading'George Turnbull [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'A short while after he went down Stairs, he sent his Compliments up, and begg'd I would lend him a Book to amuse himself till Bed-time, so being willing to cultivate the...George Turnbull Laetitia Pilkington[Poems]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'To the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq.] 'I shewed these lines to Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics], who liked them so well, that he undertook to de...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq.Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'To the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq.] 'I shewed these lines to Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics], who liked them so well, that he undertook to de...Henry Pelham Laetitia PilkingtonTo the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq.Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'To Colley Cibber, Esq.] 'Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] received these Lines with his usual Partiality to me, and my Performances'.Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo Colley Cibber, EsqManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP recounts her first meeting with Colley Cibber] '"Sit down", said he, "be less ceremonious to be better bred; come, shew me your Writings". I obeyed; and, upon his rea...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonSorrowManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I was going to proceed, when Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] interrupted me; I was, said he, at the Duke of [italics] Richmond[end italics]'s last Summer, when his Dau...Emilia, Lady Lennox [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'Every Poem, as I occasionally introduced them, he [Colley Cibber] made me give him a Copy of, and communicated them to the Earl of [italics] Chesterfield [end italics], ...Colley Cibber Laetitia Pilkington[Poems]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Every Poem, as I occasionally introduced them, he [Colley Cibber] made me give him a Copy of, and communicated them to the Earl of [italics] Chesterfield [end italics], ...Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Laetitia Pilkington[Poems]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I ventured to communicate to him [Dr Turnbull] Mr [italics] Walsh[end italics]'s Letter; the Doctor lifted up his Hands and Eyes to Heaven, and seem'd as much shocked by...George Turnbull J. Walsh[letter professing to be from Matthew Pilkington's...Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'I ingenuously told him [Mr Parkinson], I had no other Fortune than my Pen, and, at his request, shewed him some of my Writings' [Parkinson introduced her to a patron, Si...Mr Parkinson Laetitia Pilkington[Poems]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I grew so melancholy at the Loss of my Companion, that I did not even care for writing, but amused myself entirely with reading; and my not having a Library of my own, m...Laetitia Pilkington [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799[Mr Rooke tells LP] 'as I had, in the Shop, read your [italics] Apology for the Minister [end italics], I was greatly surprized to hear it was the Product of a Lady's Pen...George Rooke Laetitia PilkingtonApology for the Minister, AnPrint: Pamphlet
1700-1799'Here entered our kind Host, and brought us a Paper called the [italics] Champion [end italics], in which was a very humorous Piece of Advice to all who went to Court, to...Laetitia Pilkington [n/a]Champion, ThePrint: Newspaper, Pamphlet
1700-1799[Mr Rooke gives an account of his average day] 'I rise about Nine, drink Coffee, not that I like it, but that it gives a Man the Air of a Politician, for the same Reason ...George Rooke [n/a][newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799[Mr Rooke gives an account of his average day] 'I rise about Nine, drink Coffee, not that I like it, but that it gives a Man the Air of a Politician, for the same Reason ...George Rooke [unknown][unknown]Print: Book


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