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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'[editor's words] without literary pretensions, Mrs Marshall had a genuine love of reading, and when no other engagement intervened, it was one of her domestic regulation...Elizabeth Hamilton Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book
1700-1799'My mind was early formed (or half formed) by the old exploded "Spectator", and Addison's assertion that he had seen "A woman's face break out into heats as she was raili...Louisa, Lady Stuart Joseph AddisonSpectator, ThePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799[from SHR's intro] 'It was probably Day's "Sandford and Merton" which induced her [Maria Edgeworth] to apply her natural gifts to the writing of books of an educational n...Maria Edgeworth Thomas DaySandford and MertonPrint: Book
1700-1799'In this [producing a biography of Johnson] he has not been very successful, as I have found upon a perusal of those papers, which have been since transferred to me. Sir ...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[papers left at his death]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'In this [producing a biography of Johnson] he has not been very successful, as I have found upon a perusal of those papers, which have been since transferred to me. Sir ...James Boswell John HawkinsLife of Samuel JohnsonPrint: Book
1700-1799'There is, in the B. Museum, a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr Birch, on the subject of biography; which, though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully ra...James Boswell Dr Warburton[Letter to Thomas Birch]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'There is, in the British Museum, a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr Birch, on the subject of biography; which, though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artful...Dr Warburton John TolandLife of John MiltonPrint: Book
1700-1799'There is, in the British Museum, a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr Birch, on the subject of biography; which, though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artful...Dr Warburton Pierre DesmaiseauxLa vie de Boileau-DespréauxPrint: Book
1700-1799'Instead of melting down my materials into one mass, and constantly speaking in my own person, by which I might have appeared to have more merit in the execution of the w...James Boswell William MasonMemoirs of GrayPrint: Book
1700-1799'That the conversation of a celebrated man, if his talents have been exerted in conversation, will best display his character, is, I trust, too well established in the ju...James Boswell William Mason[Memoir of William Whitehead]Print: Book
1700-1799'He was first taught to read English by Dame Oliver, a widow, who kept a school for young children in Lichfield. He told me she could read the black letter, and asked him...Samuel Johnson [reading lessons]Print: Book
1700-1799'When he [Johnson] was a child in petticoats, and had learnt to read, Mrs Johnson one morning put the common prayer-book into his hands, pointed to the collect for the da...Samuel Johnson Book of Common Prayer [collect for the day]Print: Book
1700-1799'He was first taught to read English by Dame Oliver, a widow, who kept a school for young children in Lichfield. He told me she could read the black letter, and asked him...Dame Oliver Bible Print: Book
1700-1799'Dr Percy, the Bishop of Dromore, who was long intimately acquainted with him, and has preserved a few anecdotes concerning him, regretting that he was not a more diligen...Samuel Johnson [romances of chivalry]Print: Book
1700-1799'Dr Percy, the Bishop of Dromore, who was long intimately acquainted with him, and has preserved a few anecdotes concerning him, regretting that he was not a more diligen...Samuel Johnson Melchor de OrtegaFelixmarte de HircaniaPrint: Book
1700-1799'he read a great deal in a desultory manner, without any scheme of study, as chance threw books in his way, and inclination directed him through them. He used to mention ...Samuel Johnson Petrarch[works]Print: Book
1700-1799'what he read during these two years [between Stourbridge school and Oxford] , he told me, was not works of mere amusement, "not voyages and travels, but all literature, ...Samuel Johnson [various works of classics and literature]Print: Book
1700-1799'what he read during these two years [between Stourbridge school and Oxford] , he told me, was not works of mere amusement, "not voyages and travels, but all literature, ...Samuel Johnson Anacreon Print: Book
1700-1799'what he read during these two years [between Stourbridge school and Oxford] , he told me, was not works of mere amusement, "not voyages and travels, but all literature, ...Samuel Johnson Hesiod Print: Book
1700-1799'His figure and manner appeared strange to them [the company on the night of Johnson's arrival in Oxford]; but he behaved modestly, and sat silent, till upon something wh...Samuel Johnson Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius Print: Book


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