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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Mary reads Political Justice all the morning'.Mary Godwin William GodwinAn enquiry concerning political justice and its in...Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday Sept. 19th. Rise late [...] Read the Curse of Kehama & Emile [...] Read the [S]orcerer & Political Justice. Admire the Sorcerer very much'.Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849''Tuesday Oct. 4th. [...] Read Alexy [...] Haimatoff twice through -- more delighted with it [...] In the Evening read Political Justice -- Sit up till twelve.' ...Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849''Wednesday Oct. 5th. [...] Read Political Justice Shelley reads aloud the Ancient Mariner. & Mad [...] Mother.' ...Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849''Thursday Oct. 6th. [...] Read a little of Political Justice [...] Dine at six [...] After dinner [Shelley] reads part of St Godwin aloud -- terrible nonsense [...] Re...Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Friday Oct. 6th. [...] Read Political Justice.' Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Sunday Oct-- 9th [...] Read Political Justice [...] Shelley reads aloud part of Abbe Barruel about the Illuminati'.Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday Oct -- 10th. Read Political Justice [...] sit up till twelve [...] Read through Zastrozzi -- by Shelley.' ...Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday Oct. 11th. [...] Shelley reads [a]loud Abbe Barruel -- the Illuminati [...] read Political Justice & talk with Shelley over the fire till -- 12 o'clock.' ...Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Thursday -- 13th [October]. Read Political Justice.'Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday Oct 19th [...] Read Prince Alexy Haimatoff again -- read also Political Justice [...] In the Evening read Memoires of Voltaire by himself.' Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Oct -- 20th [...] After dinner read Political Justice [...] read Memoires of Voltaire -- & the Life of Alfieri till late [...] I am much delighted with Alfier...Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday Oct. 24th. Rise at eight [...] M. reads aloud She stoops to [C]onquer -- She sets out to see Shelley at eleven -- I stay at home & read Political Justice'.Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday Nov. 2nd. [...] Read Political Justice. Chapter on Necessity.' Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Nov-- 3rd. Rise at nine. Read Political Justice.' Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday Nov. 7th. Rise at nine -- Work. Read Political Justice -- Mary [Wollstonecraft Godwin] dines at one & goes to Shelley. Read King Richard the Third -- Dine by ...Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday Nov. 8th. Rise at nine -- Read through the Man of Feeling who would have just suited Fanny [Godwin] for a husband [...] [Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin] dines at t...Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt Shirley, July 28, 1795 'We have read Mr Gisborne's book aloud ["On the duties of Man"] and all the party was extremely pleased with it.'Elizabeth Smith Thomas GisbourneAn enquiry into the duties of men in the higher an...Print: Book
1800-1849'I am glad you recommended "Gisborne", for having begun, I am pleased with it, and I had quite determined not to read it.'Jane Austen Thomas GisborneAn Enquiry into the Duties of the Female SexPrint: Book
1850-1899'As to your verses. May I keep them? Of course now you say you will not finish the poem — and it may be true — now.[...] But its charm and music are for me. I have read i...Joseph Conrad Edward Lancelot SandersonAn Episode of Southern SeasManuscript: Unknown


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