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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 22 November 1848:

'I have read "Madeleine." It is a fine pearl in a simple setting. Julia Kavanagh has my esteem; I would...		Charlotte Brontë Eliza LynnAmymone (extracts)Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799 'You did not tell me before, that you had read "the Hermit" and "Alfrida". There are charming Things in both. I read them when they first came out, having a great opinio...Samuel Richardson David MallettAmyntor and Theodora, or, The HermitPrint: Book
1700-1799'You did not tell me before, that you had read the Hermit and Alfrida. There are charming Things in both. I read them when they first came out, having a great opinion of...Lady Bradshaigh David MallettAmyntor and Theodora, or, The HermitPrint: Book
1700-1799At night I read some of the lives and characters of the Ejected ministers in Dr Calamys account and was much affected with their piety, Zeal and steadiness[...] concluded...James Clegg Richard BaxterAn abridgement of Mr Baxter's life and times. WithPrint: Book
1700-1799'Brought from the Library as a pamphlet Bunbury's "Academy for Grown Horsemen"; in some parts he is exceedingly humurous.'Joseph Hunter Henry William BunburyAn Academy for Grown HorsemenPrint: Pamphlet
1700-1799' [letter from Sir Alexander Dick to Johnson] I had yesterday the honour of receiving your book of your "Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland", which you was so goo...Alexander Dick James BoswellAn Account of Corsica: The Journal of a Tour to Th...Print: Book
1800-1849'? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was finished. When not strongly tempted to play I was almos...Samuel Bamford anonAn account of the Apparition of the Laird of CoolPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'He was covered with a fine cloth of a manufacture totally new to us; it was tied on exactly as represented in Mr. Dalrymple's book, p. 63; his hair was also tied in a kn...Joseph Banks Alexander DalrympleAn Account of the Discoveries made in the South Pa...Print: Book
1800-1849"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...John Haslemere Gerard LangbaineAn Account of the English Dramatic PoetsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...Richard Wright Gerard LangbaineAn Account of the English Dramatic PoetsPrint: Book
1700-1799"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...Thomas Percy Gerard LangbaineAn Account of the English Dramatic Poets (Oxford, ...Print: Book
1700-1799"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...William Oldys Gerard LangbaineAn Account of the English Dramatic Poets (Oxford, ...Print: Book
1700-1799'After the breakdown of her marriage in 1752, Sarah Scott read voraciously and eclectically, the "History of Florence" and Lord Bacon's essays, and the Old Plays, Christi...Sarah Scott an account of the government in VenicePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Julia Martin, 7 September 1833: 'Dr Clarke's doctrines are not always & altogether and strictly Scriptural; but on all essential doctrines, he i...Elizabeth Barrett An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary ...Print: Book
1800-1849'? with the exception of Bible lessons at Sunday school, all my reading was done at home, after the daily task was finished. When not strongly tempted to play I was almos...Samuel Bamford anonAn account of the Inquisition in SpainPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Robert PercivalAn Account of the Island of CeylonPrint: Book
1800-1849Thursday, 2 March 1826: 'Slept indifferently and dreamd of Napoleon's last moments and last illness of which I was reading a medical account last night by Dr. Arnott...Walter Scott Dr ArnottAn Account of the Last Illness, Decease, etc. of N...Print: Book
1800-1849My uncle has got the life of Doctor Beattie from the library [Halifax Subscription library?], I have not had time to read much of it yet, but I think he must have been ...Samuel Lister Alexander BowerAn Account of the Life of James BeattiePrint: Book
1800-1849I send you by George (who in Fred?s absence on business, is kind enough to be the bearer of this) the volume which contains the Life of Savage. I have turned down the lea...Charles Dickens Samuel JohnsonAn account of the life of Mr. Richard SavagePrint: Book
1800-1849'I read Wood's Isle of Man because I knew nothing of it and he has said little from there being very little to say'.Benjamin Newton George WoodsAn account of the past and present state of the Is...Print: Book


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