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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
 
1700-1799'of Elphinstone's specimen of Martial he [Johnson] said, there was too much Folly in them for Madness, and too much Madness for Folly'. Samuel Johnson MartialEpigramsPrint: Book
'I could not help thinking the other Day as I read the Epigram of Martial ending thus Iam dic Posthume de tribus Capellis. that it would have a good effect enough i...Hester Lynch Thrale MartialEpigramsPrint: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's Journal, 1869: 'Sept. 13th. [...] Read the "Idylls" through in their proper sequence during these months, also Tom Hughes' Alfred the Great, Pres...Emily Tennyson MartineauEndeavours After a Christian LifePrint: Book
1850-1899 'began Marullus. In the evening read Pettigrew on Medical Superstitions.'George Eliot [pseud.] MarullusunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the [italics]Spectator[end italics] and [italics]The Ram...Elizabeth Sewell MasonPlaysPrint: Book
1800-1849'My chief acquaintance with the writers of the eighteenth century is derived from reading to Aunt Lyddy papers in the "Spectator" and "The Rambler", Mason's plays, Addiso...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Mason[Plays]Print: Book
1700-1799'As soon as I had learned to read, my great delight was that of learning epitaphs and monumental inscriptions. A story of melancholy import never failed to arrest my atte...Mary Darby MasonElegy upon the death of the beautiful Countess of ...Print: Book
'[from the 1780 Johnsoniana passed to Boswell by Bennet Langton] 'Mattaire's account of the Stephani is a heavy book. He seems to have been a puzzle-headed man, with a la...Samuel Johnson Mattaire[various works including Latin verses]Print: Book
1800-1849'As for his private occupations [during 1834], my father was still reading his Racine, Moliere, and Victor Hugo among other foreign literature; and had also dipped into M...Alfred Tennyson MauriceEustace ConwayPrint: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's Journal, 1869: 'Dec. 11th. Farringford. A. read me some of Maurice's Social Morals; "a noble book" it seemed to me, as A. called it.'Alfred Tennyson MauriceSocial MoralsPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry to a friend, [1841]: 'I have read every word of Mazzini, and agree entirely with him in his views of what civil liberty ought to be, and with most of his state...Mary Berry MazziniunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her former governess, Selina Trimmer, 13 November 1803: 'I have been reading M'Cormick's [sic] Life of Burke, a violent and abusive book, but...Lady Harriet Cavendish McCormickLife of BurkePrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau on reading for research toward her series of 'Tales', during 1832: 'The scenery was furnished by books of travel obtained from the Public Library [...] ...Harriet Martineau McCulloch"Highlands and Islands of Scotland"Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		The Earl of Lonsdale to John Wilson Croker, 4 September 1849: 'I am a [italics]worshipper[end italics] of Arthur Young's, and from me you will hear only his praises. I...Earl of Lonsdale Mechi Print: Book
1850-1899'today I have been reading a book often referred to by Hallam: Meiner's "Lives of Picus von Mirandola and Politian". They are excellent. They have German industry and are...George Eliot [pseud] Meiner[lives of Politian and Pico della Mirandola]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Diary entry, August 22, 1831: "And then we read merely the Greek of a passage in the poem next to my favorite poem; and then Mr. Boyd gave me Meleager’s ode to Spring...Elizabeth Barrett Browning MeleagerOde to SpringPrint: Book
1800-1849From the diary kept by George Grote for his fiancee, Harriet Lewin (1819): 'January, 1819. 'Sunday -- Rose about 9. After reading Ricardo for some little time, I set ...George Grote Melon'Essai sur le commerce'Print: Unknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		'As one participant recalled, "Many exceptional debates come back to mind on such subjects as Jane Austen, Charles Lamb, Victorian Novelists, George Eliot, Meredith, Pepy...Ladies' Edinburgh Debating Society MeredithunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. Transcription of two lines from 'On a Laurel, cut down by a Hatchet. Merivale', beginning 'Oh! where was Phoebus... MerivaleOn a Laurel, cut down by a HatchetUnknown
1850-1899'Read [Mrs Merritt's] recollections of Mr Merritt.'George Eliot [pseud] Merritt (Mrs)[recollections of her husband]Unknown


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