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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'I heard an odd Anecdote to Day of Fordyce the Dissenter, who wrote a few pretty little Essays lately call'd Sermons to young Women'Hester Lynch Thrale James FordyceSermons to Young WomenPrint: Book
1700-1799'there came out a Pamphlet setting forth the Felicity & Benefit of a numerous Offspring; some Arch Body of his acquaintance sent it to Dr Stonehouse in a Joke; he read it...James Stonhouse [pamphlet on benefits of children]Print: Pamphlet
1700-1799'when he was at the University he [Edward Gibbon] used frequently to come to Town, and go to Lewis the bookseller's in Covt Garden, by way of buying Books, and sometimes ...Edward Gibbon  Print: Book
1700-1799'[a young man] Mr Allen - resolved to take Orders and made proper Application: The Bishop asked him of course what he had read. why but little replied he to be sure, for ...Mr Allen Soame JenningsFree Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of EvilPrint: Book
1700-1799'An Officer in the Army once asked old Major Markham how he could make any Pleasure out of such a Book, it was Pope's Ethic Epistles - why says the Major did you ever try...Major Markham Alexander PopeEthic EpistlesPrint: Book
1700-1799'An Officer in the Army once asked old Major Markham how he could make any Pleasure out of such a Book, it was Pope's Ethic Epistles - why says the Major did you ever try...Alexander PopeEthic EpistlesPrint: Book
1700-1799'We were talking of people who read awkwardly not knowing what they were about: Mr Johnson protested he knew two Lads at Pembroke who lived in the same department and one...William ChillingworthReligion of Protestants a Safe Way to SalvationPrint: Book
1700-1799'Mr Jackson - a quondam Chymist, well known for his Projects to destroy the Worm which perforates the Bottoms of Ships - and Husband to the Woman mentioned on Page 58. ha...Humphrey Jackson [Greek Testament]Print: Book
1700-1799'Mr Jackson - a quondam Chymist, well known for his Projects to destroy the Worm which perforates the Bottoms of Ships - and Husband to the Woman mentioned on Page 58. ha...Humphrey Jackson [history]Print: Book
1700-1799'I used to like following Verses vastly upon Garrick and Barry's playing King Lear a l'envie till I heard from good authority That Garrick wrote them himself: The Town...Hester Lynch Thrale [verses on Garrick's Lear]Unknown
1700-1799'Here follows a Sonnet written by Giuseppe Pecio to call Voltaire into Italy; Lord Sandys read it here as excellent in its kind, & I took a Copy more to please him howeve...Hester Lynch Thrale Giuseppe Pecio[sonnet to Voltaire]Unknown
1700-1799'Here follows a Sonnet written by Giuseppe Pecio to call Voltaire into Italy; Lord Sandys read it here as excellent in its kind, & I took a Copy more to please him howeve...Lord Sandys Giuseppe Pecio[sonnet to Voltaire]Unknown
1700-1799'I saw there [at Hampton] likewise a sweet pretty little Copy of Verses from a Gentleman to his Wife on the Subject of his giving her an elegant Penknife as a Present. I ...Hester Lynch Thrale [verses to a wife, about a penknife]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'he [Herbert Lawrence] wrote some pretty Verses and said some clever Things and I have a Loss of his Acquaintance. The following Song he wrote in my Praise forsooth is no...Hester Lynch Thrale Herbert Lawrence[poems]Unknown
1700-1799'Apropos to Garrick when I dined at Hampton last there was a pompous Reading of some pretty Verses from A Gentleman to [italics] his own [end italics] wife with a Knife -...Hester Lynch Thrale [verses on a lady and a pen knife]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Cumberland had written two Odes, what says Mrs Montagu to me do you think of them? I think said I they are as like Gray's Odes as he can make them, Ay, replied She, as l...Hester Lynch Thrale Thomas Gray[Odes]Print: Book
1700-1799'the Ode to Indifference is a most superior Piece of elegant Writing The Occasion of it was however dreadfully unhappy'. [Mrs Thrale then tells of Mrs Greville's son's de...Hester Lynch Thrale Frances GrevilleOde to IndifferencePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Cumberland had written two Odes, what says Mrs Montagu to me do you think of them? I think said I they are as like Gray's Odes as he can make them, Ay, replied She, as l...Hester Lynch Thrale Richard Cumberland[Odes]Print: Book
1700-1799'Cumberland had written two Odes, what says Mrs Montagu to me do you think of them? I think said I they are as like Gray's Odes as he can make them, Ay, replied She, as l...Elizabeth Montagu Richard Cumberland[Odes]Print: Book
1700-1799'Cumberland had written two Odes, what says Mrs Montagu to me do you think of them? I think said I they are as like Gray's Odes as he can make them, Ay, replied She, as l...Elizabeth Montagu Thomas Gray[Odes]Print: Book


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