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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'Doctor Marriott wrote the prettiest Verses in French of any Englishman I know'.[she then gives lengthy examples]Hester Lynch Thrale Dr Marriott[French poems]Unknown
1700-1799'How difficult it is to come at petty Literature! the long Note at the end of Pope's Odyssey is it seems written purposely to mislead one; Pope translated but two of the ...Hester Lynch Thrale Alexander PopeOdysseyPrint: Book
1700-1799'The Tag at the close of the last Act of Cato is written by Mr Pope, and is apparently the worst Tag in the whole Play, cold spiritless & dull - did Pope write them ill o...Hester Lynch Thrale Joseph AddisonCatoPrint: Book
1700-1799'Doctor Burney said prettily of James Harris's Book that it was the pourquoi de Pourquoi'.Charles Burney James HarrisPhilosophical ArrangementsPrint: Book
1700-1799'A Tutor was reading Lectures of Morality to his pupil at Oxford; one of the Lectures ended thus - Ubi desenit ethicus, incipit I:C:T:U:S. which is an Abbreviation though... Lectures of MoralityPrint: Book
1700-1799'A Tutor was reading Lectures of Morality to his pupil at Oxford; one of the Lectures ended thus - Ubi desenit ethicus, incipit I:C:T:U:S. which is an Abbreviation though...Hester Lynch Thrale Lord Corke[Letters]Print: Book
1700-1799'Here is an odd Book come out to prove Falstaff was no Coward, when says Dr Johnson will one come forth to prove Iago an honest Man?'Hester Lynch Thrale Maurice MorganEssay on the Dramatic Character of Sir John Falsta...Print: Book
1700-1799'Baretti used to read here with vast Avidity - do you remember all you read said I one day - Scarce a word replyed Baretti but it produces a general Effect: if you dip yo...Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti  Print: Book
1700-1799'[Mr Pepys] is admirably described by the same Words with which Menage describes Mr de Costar; C'est (dit il), le Galant le plus Pedant, et le Pedant le plus galant qu'on...Hester Lynch Thrale Mr Pepys[verses on Mrs Greville and Mrs Crewe]Unknown
1700-1799'[Mr Pepys] is admirably described by the same Words with which Menage describes Mr de Costar; C'est (dit il), le Galant le plus Pedant, et le Pedant le plus galant qu'on...Hester Lynch Thrale Gilles MenageMenagianaPrint: Book
1700-1799'The Famous Sonnet of Sir H: Wooton beginning. Ye meaner Beauties of the Night is likewise exquisitely pretty, and I shall never forget Baretti's Critique upon it as I th...Hester Lynch Thrale Henry Wooton'Ye meaner beauties of the night'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'The Famous Sonnet of Sir H: Wooton beginning. Ye meaner Beauties of the Night is likewise exquisitely pretty, and I shall never forget Baretti's Critique upon it as I th...Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti Henry Wooton'Ye meaner beauties of the night'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale is about to give 'an Ode written when I was between sixteen and seventeen Years old'] As I read it over this Moment I resolved once to burn it, but recollect...Hester Lynch Thrale Hester Lynch Salusbury'Irregular Ode on the English Poets'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale is about to give 'an Ode written when I was between sixteen and seventeen Years old'] As I read it over this Moment I resolved once to burn it, but recollect...John Salusbury Hester Lynch Salusbury'Irregular Ode on the English Poets'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale gives her 'Verses on the Fall of the Great Ash Tree in Offley Park'] This trifling performance brought Tears into my Uncle's Eyes, and Money into my Pocket f...Thomas Salusbury Hester Lynch Salusbury'Verses on the Fall of the Great Ash Tree in Offle...Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Having given some verses 'To Miss Salusbury', thought to be by Sarah Fielding] These verses are nothing extraordinary God knows, but I dare say they are hers; though th...Hester Lynch Thrale Sarah Fielding'To Miss Salusbury'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Dr Johnson] used to mention Harry Fielding's behaviour to her [his sister Sarah] as a melancholy instance of narrowness; while she read only English Books, and made Eng...Sarah Fielding Virgil Print: Book
1700-1799'Doctor Beattie, author of the celebrated book on Truth, was much the Subject of Conversation, the whole company concurring in the Praise of so able and useful a Writer; ...Dr Johnson, Mrs Thrale, Oliver Goldsmith and othersJames BeattieEssay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth Print: Book
1700-1799'[Mrs Thrale gives her long poem entitled 'Offley Park'] This little poem will be easily seen to have been written by way of Flattery to Sir Thomas Salusbury with whom I ...Thomas Salusbury Hester Lynch Salusbury'Offley Park'Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'he [Mr Hale] was a clever man enough too, valued himself on his Literature, and made some pretty verses. as for Example he translated the Arria Pateo well enough'. [a sa...Hester Lynch Thrale William Hale[translation of one of Martial's 'Epigrams']Manuscript: Unknown


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