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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'By and by I got him to read part of my Lord Cooke's chapter of Treason, which is mighty well worth reading and doth inform me in many things; and for aught I see, it is ...Henry Moore Sir Edward CokeInstitutes of the laws of EnglandPrint: Book
1600-1699'By and by the Duke of York comes and we had a meeting; and among other things, I did read my declaration of the proceedings of the Victualling action this year, and desi...Samuel Pepys Samuel PepysDeclaration of the proceedings of the victualling ...Manuscript: Sheet
1800-1849'By courtesy of a friend I had the loan of Mr. Pope's poetical works together with his translations of Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey". I also read Mr. Hervey's "Theron and...Thomas Carter Alexander Pope[poems]Print: Book
1800-1849'By courtesy of a friend I had the loan of Mr. Pope's poetical works together with his translations of Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey". I also read Mr. Hervey's "Theron and...Thomas Carter HomerIliadPrint: Book
1800-1849'By courtesy of a friend I had the loan of Mr. Pope's poetical works together with his translations of Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey". I also read Mr. Hervey's "Theron and...Thomas Carter HomerOdysseyPrint: Book
1800-1849'By courtesy of a friend I had the loan of Mr. Pope's poetical works together with his translations of Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey". I also read Mr. Hervey's "Theron and...Thomas Carter James HerveyTheron and AspasiaPrint: Book
1800-1849'By favour of my friendly draper I also had the satisfaction of looking over the elegantly written and very entertaining "Letters" of Mr. Gray together with M. Sismondi's...Thomas Carter GrayLettersPrint: Book
1800-1849'By favour of my friendly draper I also had the satisfaction of looking over the elegantly written and very entertaining "Letters" of Mr. Gray together with M. Sismondi's...Thomas Carter J.-C.-L. Simonde de SismondiHistorical View of the Literature of the South of ...Print: Book
1850-1899'By leave of the Colonial Office I have obtained copies of a MS journal, never published or edited, kept by Jas Hastie, the Civil Agent of Governor Farquhar at the court ...S.P. Oliver Jas (James) HastieJournalManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'By reading Frances' letters to Tom I have learnt a great deal about Frances and a great deal about Tom. They are not very agreeable things'.Antonia White Frances Grigson[letters to Tom Hopkinson]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'By some one of these publications, but most probably from the last-mentioned [i.e. Withering], Mr.Aikin was inspired with a taste for this delightful study...'John Aikin Dr. WitheringBotanical description of British PlantsPrint: Book
1850-1899'By Swinburne's conversion, I meant no reference to his divagations about 'Rizpah', which I did not honour with perusal, but to other matter in that article which I shall...Robert Louis Stevenson Fortnightly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'By the age of ten he had gone through E.W. Lane's three-volume translation of "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night", Scott's Waverley novels, Carroll's "Alice ...William Somerset Maugham [anon.]Thousand Nights and One Night, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'By the age of ten he had gone through E.W. Lane's three-volume translation of "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night", Scott's Waverley novels, Carroll's "Alice ...William Somerset Maugham Lewis Carroll (pseud.)Alice's Adventures in WonderlandPrint: Book
1850-1899'By the age of ten he had gone through E.W. Lane's three-volume translation of "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night", Scott's Waverley novels, Carroll's "Alice ...William Somerset Maugham Lewis Carroll (pseud.)Alice Through the Looking GlassPrint: Book
1850-1899'By the age of ten he had gone through E.W. Lane's three-volume translation of "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night", Scott's Waverley novels, Carroll's "Alice ...William Somerset Maugham Walter Scott[Waverley novels]Print: Book
1850-1899'By the age of ten he had gone through E.W. Lane's three-volume translation of "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night", Scott's Waverley novels, Carroll's "Alice ...William Somerset Maugham Frederick Marryat[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'By the age of ten he had gone through E.W. Lane's three-volume translation of "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night", Scott's Waverley novels, Carroll's "Alice ...William Somerset Maugham William Harrison Ainsworth[works]Print: Book
1850-1899'By the Argus of this morning I saw that Mr Wintle died last evening.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]ArgusPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'By the Argus we found that the Mail had been telegraphed at midnight. The Prince had been most dangerously ill but the last telegrams represented him to be apparently re...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]ArgusPrint: Newspaper


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