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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
 
1850-1899'Read in Machiavelli's "Florence" Cosmo de' Medici's sad saying before his death: keeping his eyes shut, his wife asking why - "To get them into the way of it."'John Ruskin MachiavelliFlorencePrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry, letter of 26 December 1799: 'What little I could read during two days and part of two nights has been Mercier's "Nouveau Paris", a sort of continuation of his...Mary Berry Mackintosh[unidentified "accounts of hs proposed lectures on...Print: Book
1850-1899Lord Lyndhurst to Lord Strangford [1854]: 'I never hear Disraeli speak in any way unfriendly of [John Wilson] Croker, and was very much surprised and annoyed when I re...Lord Lyndhurst MacknightBenjamin Disraeli: A BiographyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I was greatly diverted by your specimen of Mr. Maclaurin's prose-run-mad. He seems to have imbibed, in the full sense of the word, the melody of his native mountains; - ...Thomas Carlyle Maclaurin[writings quoted in a letter from Thomas Murray to...Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849John Barrow to John Murray, 1 September 1830: 'I sat up last night over Mr. Macleod's narrative till I had nearly got through it, which proves at least that it interes...John Barrow MacleodVoyage of the Alceste to ChinaManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 27 March 1818: 'I went with the Comte Bardi to the Laurentian Library. Saw the travels (MSS.) of Cosmo III. in England in the year 167-, accompanied...Mary Berry MagalottiTravels of Cosmo III in EnglandManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'I am reading Madame de Maintenon's letters, and though I have neither respect nor admiration for her character, I find so many sentiments and feelings that I have myself...Elizabeth Wedgwood MaintenonThe Letters of Madame de Maintenon
1850-1899'Read the Malmantile'George Eliot [pseud] Malmantile[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849[Mary's reading list for Percy Shelley for 1818. Most volumes mentioned here are also mentioned in the journal so database entries are based on those references.] 'S Hu...Percy Bysshe Shelley MalthusEssay on PopulationPrint: Book
1800-1849'On my return to Scarborough was busily employed in preparing for the season, & in editing the work called The Scarborough Album, and in soliciting contributions of a poe...John Cole Malvina [pseud.][poetry]Manuscript: Unknown
1600-1699
1700-1799		[List of books read to Sir Thomas Browne by Elizabeth Lyttelton]. Headed in commonplace book: 'The books which my daughter Elizabeth hath read unto me at nights till she ...Elizabeth Lyttelton MandeliloTravels (unidentified)Print: Book
1700-1799?After having read the great champions for Christianity, I next read the works of Lord Hesbert, Tindal, Chubb, Morgan, Collins, Woolston, Annet, Mandeville, Shaftesbury, ...James Lackington MandevilleunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's reading list for 1820, with texts also read by Percy Shelley marked with an x. Only texts not mentioned in the journal are given separate entries based on...Mary Shelley MandevilleFable of the BeesPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Missing Sewell recalls studies at the second school she attended (to the age of 15): 'Our subjects of study included -- besides English history and exercises...Elizabeth Missing Sewell MangallQuestionsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read... Manni's Life of Burchiello, copying extracts'.George Eliot [pseud.] Manni[Life of Burchiello]Print: Book
1850-1899'This week I have read a satire of Juvenal, some of Cicero's "De Officiis", part of Epictetus' Enchiridion, two cantos of Pulci, part of the Canti Carnascialeschi, and fi...George Eliot [pseud] ManniVeglie PiacevolePrint: Book
1850-1899'During our stay [in Malvern] I read Mrs Jameson's book on the Legends of the Monastic orders... and began Marchese's Storia di San Marco'.George Eliot [pseud.] MarcheseStoria di San MarcoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday June [...] 29th. [...] Begin Mendelsohn's [sic] translation of Plato's Phaedon. and Memoirs of Marmontel.' [further readings from latter text recorded in...Claire Clairmont MarmontelMemoirsPrint: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. Before his time they were careless of arrangement, and did not mind whether a senten...David Garrick MartialEpigramsPrint: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. Before his time they were careless of arrangement, and did not mind whether a senten...David Garrick MartialEpigramsPrint: Book


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