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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'Boswell. "I do not know whether there are any well attested stories of the appearance of ghosts. You know there is a famous story of the appearance of Mrs. Veal, prefixe...James Boswell Charles DrelincourtChristians Defense against the Fears of Death Print: Book
1700-1799'Boswell. "I rather think, Sir, that Toryism prevails in this reign." Johnson. "I know not why you should think so, Sir. You see your friend Lord Lyttelton, a nobleman, i...Samuel Johnson George Lyttelton, 1st Baron LytteltonHistory of the Life of Henry the Second Print: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Pray, Sir, is the 'Turkish Spy' a genuine book?" JOHNSON. "No, Sir. Mrs. Manley, in her 'Life', says that her father wrote the first two volumes: and in anothe...Samuel Johnson Delarivier ManleyAdventures of Rivella, or the History of the Autho...Print: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Pray, Sir, is the 'Turkish Spy' a genuine book?" JOHNSON. "No, Sir. Mrs. Manley, in her 'Life', says that her father wrote the first two volumes: and in anothe...Samuel Johnson John DuntonLife and Errours of John Dunton Print: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Pray, Sir, is the 'Turkish Spy' a genuine book?" JOHNSON. "No, Sir. Mrs. Manley, in her 'Life', says that her father wrote the first two volumes: and in anothe...James Boswell Giovanni Paolo MaranaLetters written by a Turkish spy, who lived five a...Print: Book
1700-1799'Boswell. "What do you think of Dr. Young's 'Night Thoughts,' Sir?" Johnson. "Why, Sir, there are many fine things in them".' Samuel Johnson Edward YoungNight ThoughtsPrint: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Yet Cibber was a man of observation?" JOHNSON. "I think not." BOSWELL. "You will allow his 'Apology' to be well done". JOHNSON. "Very well done, to be sure, Si...James Boswell Colley CibberApology for the Life of Mr. Colley CibberPrint: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Yet Cibber was a man of observation?" JOHNSON. "I think not." BOSWELL. "You will allow his 'Apology' to be well done". JOHNSON. "Very well done, to be sure, Si...James Boswell Colley Cibber[Plays]Print: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Yet Cibber was a man of observation?" JOHNSON. "I think not." BOSWELL. "You will allow his 'Apology' to be well done". JOHNSON. "Very well done, to be sure, Si...Samuel Johnson Colley Cibber[Plays]Print: Book
1700-1799'BOSWELL. "Yet Cibber was a man of observation?" JOHNSON. "I think not." BOSWELL. "You will allow his 'Apology' to be well done". JOHNSON. "Very well done, to be sure, Si...Samuel Johnson Colley CibberAn Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley CibberPrint: Book
1700-1799'Boswell. "You have read his [Cibber's] apology, Sir ?" Johnson. "Yes, it is very entertaining. But as for Cibber himself, taking from his conversation all that he ought ...Samuel Johnson Colley CibberApology for the Life of Mr. Colley CibberPrint: Book
1700-1799'Boswell. "You have read his [Cibber's] apology, Sir ?" Johnson. "Yes, it is very entertaining. But as for Cibber himself, taking from his conversation all that he ought ...Colley Cibber Colley Cibber[an ode]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Both ... [Elizabeth and Alice Thompson] were reading voraciously at that time [1854-57] ... guided by ... [their father] they were ranging ... through the works of Dicke...Thompson FamilyCharles DickensunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'Both Jessie and I are very much struck with "[A] Fisher of Men".'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyA Fisher of MenPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Both John Harris and Mary Smith read the "Remains of Henry Kirke White" "with great delight", and Thomas Carter actually saved up a guinea to buy the book. It was, he s...John Harris Henry Kirke WhiteThe Remains of Henry Kirke WhitePrint: Book
1800-1849'Both John Harris and Mary Smith read the "Remains of Henry Kirke White" "with great delight", and Thomas Carter actually saved up a guinea to buy the book. It was, he s...Mary Smith Henry Kirke WhiteThe Remains of Henry Kirke WhitePrint: Book
1800-1849'Both John Harris and Mary Smith read the "Remains of Henry Kirke White" "with great delight", and Thomas Carter actually saved up a guinea to buy the book. It was, he s...Thomas Carter Henry Kirke WhiteThe Remains of Henry Kirke WhitePrint: Book
1900-1945'Both Tuesday and Wednesday editions of "The Syonan Sinbun" have bits cut out - one-and-a-half columns then one column.'Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan SinbunPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Bought book on War [possibly "Ordeal by Battle," by F. S. Oliver] to send to A. C. [Albert Ruskin Cook, her son in Uganda]. Finished reading The Tide on the Morning Bar....Harriet Bickersteth Cook Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Tide on the Morning BarPrint: Book
1700-1799'bought Dodsley's "Trifles", a very entertaining book [in margin] Price 1s which Mr E. gave me to buy it with & has likewise given me the book.'Joseph Hunter Robert DodsleyTriflesPrint: Book


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