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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
 
1600-1699'but went home again by water, by the way reading of the other two stories that are in the book that I read last night, which I do not like so well as that.'Samuel Pepys Paul ScarronThe Fruitlesse PrecautionPrint: Book
1900-1945'But when we read the long speech of the Bishop of London, addressed to his first Diocesan Conference, we were, we confess, filled with disappointment at its lack of defi... Bishop of London[speech]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'But, and it is a big but, I am aware that this opinion has been formed only by reading such books as Louis Goldings' "Jewish Problem", and by making a conscious effort t...Geoffrey Gorer Lewis GoldingsJewish ProblemPrint: Book
1900-1945'By 1944 Lord Lang, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, was supporting the persistent protests of the Bishop of Chichester in the House of Lords, and the ageing Dean Ing...Vera Brittain Evening StandardPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'By a quaint coincidence I received your letter directed (I suppose) by Phillip van Artevelde with Philip himself (not the man but the book) and I wish to tell you that I...Alfred Tennyson Henry TaylorPhilip van ArteveldePrint: Book
1850-1899'By age fourteen Durham collier Jack Lawson ...would find... emancipation at the Boldon Miners' Institute... "And didn't I follow the literary trail, once I found it. Lik...Jack Lawson Charles Reade Print: Book
1850-1899'By age fourteen Durham collier Jack Lawson would find... emancipation at the Boldon Miners' Institute... "And didn't I follow the literary trail, once I found it. Like a...Jack Lawson George Eliot Print: Book
1850-1899'By age fourteen Durham collier Jack Lawson would find... emancipation at the Boldon Miners' Institute... "And didn't I follow the literary trail, once I found it. Like a...Jack Lawson Charlotte Bronte Print: Book
1850-1899'By age fourteen Durham collier Jack Lawson would find... emancipation at the Boldon Miners' Institute... "And didn't I follow the literary trail, once I found it. Like a...Jack Lawson Emily Bronte Print: Book
1850-1899'By age fourteen Durham collier Jack Lawson would find... emancipation at the Boldon Miners' Institute... "And didn't I follow the literary trail, once I found it. Like a...Jack Lawson Thomas Hardy Print: Book
1850-1899'By age fourteen Durham collier Jack Lawson would find... emancipation at the Boldon Miners' Institute... "And didn't I follow the literary trail, once I found it. Like a...Jack Lawson Victor Hugo Print: Book
1850-1899'By age fourteen Durham collier Jack Lawson would find... emancipation at the Boldon Miners' Institute... "And didn't I follow the literary trail, once I found it. Like a...Jack Lawson William Shakespeare Print: Book
1850-1899'By age fourteen Durham collier Jack Lawson would find... emancipation at the Boldon Miners' Institute... "And didn't I follow the literary trail, once I found it. Like a...Jack Lawson The BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'By age fourteen Durham collier Jack Lawson would find... emancipation at the Boldon Miners' Institute... "And didn't I follow the literary trail, once I found it. Like a...Jack Lawson James ThomsonThe SeasonsPrint: Book
1850-1899'By age fourteen Durham collier Jack Lawson... would find... emancipation at the Boldon Miners' Institute... "And didn't I follow the literary trail, once I found it. Lik...Jack Lawson Walter Scott Print: Book
1800-1849'by age twenty [Mary Smith] had read and understood George Payne's Elements of Mental and Moral Science, Thomas Brown's Moral Philosophy, and Richard Whateley's Logic. Bu...Mary Smith George PayneElements of Mental and Moral SciencePrint: Book
1800-1849'by age twenty [Mary Smith] had read and understood George Payne's Elements of Mental and Moral Science, Thomas Brown's Moral Philosophy, and Richard Whateley's Logic. Bu...Mary Smith Thomas BrownMoral PhilosophyPrint: Book
1800-1849'by age twenty [Mary Smith] had read and understood George Payne's Elements of Mental and Moral Science, Thomas Brown's Moral Philosophy, and Richard Whateley's Logic. Bu...Mary Smith Richard WhateleyLogicPrint: Book
1800-1849'by age twenty [Mary Smith] had read and understood George Payne's Elements of Mental and Moral Science, Thomas Brown's Moral Philosophy, and Richard Whateley's Logic. Bu...Mary Smith Ralph Waldo Emerson Print: Book
1800-1849'by age twenty [Mary Smith] had read and understood George Payne's Elements of Mental and Moral Science, Thomas Brown's Moral Philosophy, and Richard Whateley's Logic. Bu...Mary Smith Thomas Carlyle Print: Book


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