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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'Dr Franklyn, the famous Franklyn contrived a Stove in such a Manner as to make the Flame descend instead of rising upward. it was in the Form of an Urn: here are some pr...Hester Lynch Thrale Jonathan Odell[verses on Franklin's stove]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Dr Franklyn, the famous Franklyn contrived a Stove in such a Manner as to make the Flame descend instead of rising upward. it was in the Form of an Urn: here are some pr...Samuel Johnson Jonathan Odell[verses on Franklin's stove]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Dr John Campbell, the celebrated political and biographical writer, being mentioned, Johnson said, "Campbell is a man of much knowledge, and has a good share of imaginat...Samuel Johnson John CampbellHermippus Redivivus: Or, the Sage's Triumph Over O...Print: Book
1800-1849'Dr Marwick advertises again.'Joseph Hunter [n/a]The IrisPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1800-1849'Dr Nott has lent me a Work that I find very interesting, & which comes well after reading Wilkinson's Manners & Customs of the Ancient Egyptians; - It is, Lane's Manners...Sarah Harriet Burney Edward William LaneAccount of the manners and customs of the Modern E...Print: Book
1800-1849'Dr Nott has lent me a Work that I find very interesting, & which comes well after reading Wilkinson's Manners & Customs of the Ancient Egyptians; - It is, Lane's Manners...Sarah Harriet Burney John Gardner WilkinsonManners and Customs of the Ancient EgyptiansPrint: Book
1700-1799'Dr Percy, the Bishop of Dromore, who was long intimately acquainted with him, and has preserved a few anecdotes concerning him, regretting that he was not a more diligen...Samuel Johnson [romances of chivalry]Print: Book
1700-1799'Dr Percy, the Bishop of Dromore, who was long intimately acquainted with him, and has preserved a few anecdotes concerning him, regretting that he was not a more diligen...Samuel Johnson Melchor de OrtegaFelixmarte de HircaniaPrint: Book
1700-1799'Dr Rennel has published two or three Sermons lately which I would advise you to buy: they are written in a style of fine animated declamation. The Bishop of London's hav...Sydney Smith Thomas Rennel [ed.][Sermons]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'Dr Scudamore, recommended and has just sent me to look at Thomsons Conspectus of the Pharmacopeias, a nice little 42mo. Price 5/-, 5th edition.Anne Lister Anthony Todd ThomsonA Conspectus of the pharmacopeias of the London [ePrint: Book
1700-1799'Dr Taylor told me, that Johnson sent his [italics] Plan [end italics; for Johnson's dictionary] to him in manuscript, for his perusal; and that when it was lying on his ...Dr Taylor Samuel Johnson[Plan or prospectus for his dictionary]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Dr Taylor told me, that Johnson sent his [italics] Plan [end italics; for Johnson's dictionary] to him in manuscript, for his perusal; and that when it was lying on his ...William Whitehead Samuel Johnson[Plan or prospectus for his dictionary]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Dr Young once told me, that Dr Hartley's Two Volumes on Man were the Most Original of any thing he had seen published of many years. He praised them; but owned, that one...Dr (Edward?) Young David HartleyObservations on ManPrint: Book
1700-1799'Dr. Burney related to Dr. Johnson the partiality which his writings had excited in a friend of Dr. Burney's, the late Mr. Bewley, well known in Norfolk by the name of th...William Bewley Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Dr. Burney related to Dr. Johnson the partiality which his writings had excited in a friend of Dr. Burney's, the late Mr. Bewley, well known in Norfolk by the name of th...William Bewley Samuel JohnsonPlan of a Dictionary of the English LanguagePrint: Book
1700-1799'Dr. Johnson and Mr. Wilkes talked of the contested passage in Horace's "Art of Poetry", "[italics] Difficile est proprie communia dicere.[end italics]' Mr. Wilkes accord...Samuel Johnson HoraceArs poeticaPrint: Book
1700-1799'Dr. Johnson and Mr. Wilkes talked of the contested passage in Horace's "Art of Poetry", "[italics] Difficile est proprie communia dicere.[end italics]' Mr. Wilkes accord...John Wilkes HoraceArs poeticaPrint: Book
1700-1799'Dr. Johnson and Mr. Wilkes talked of the contested passage in Horace's "Art of Poetry", "[italics] Difficile est proprie communia dicere.[end italics]' Mr. Wilkes accord...John Wilkes James Boswell[notes of conversation between Wilkes and Dr Johns...Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Dr. Johnson said, "Thomson had a true poetical genius, the power of viewing every thing in a poetical light. His fault is such a cloud of words sometimes, that the sense...Samuel Johnson James Thomson[Poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'Dr. Johnson, as usual, spoke contemptuously of Colley Cibber. "It is wonderful that a man, who for forty years had lived with the great and the witty, should have acquir...Samuel Johnson Colley CibberCareless Husband, ThePrint: Book


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