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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'In a Conversation the King of Prussia had once with Marshal Keith the latter quoted Scripture: why Keith have you been reading the Bible lately; Yes, Sir, replies the Ma...James Francis Edward Keith BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799'I was told to-day that Joshua and Jesus are the very same Name. I never heard it before, and suppose it not commonly known among Christians - 'tis a Shame however not to...Hester Lynch Thrale John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1700-1799'Cob was once the general name the general English Word I mean for a Spider, Cobweb is still left from this Root, & I believe when Ben Jonson wrote Every Man in his Humou...Hester Lynch Thrale Ben JonsonEvery Man in his HumourPrint: Book
1700-1799'A Mother was making her Little Son read Nelson's Feasts and Fasts - this says he is a very good book to be sure Mama, all about our Saviourand the Apostles - but surely ...Robert NelsonCompanion for the festivals and fasts of the Churc...Print: Book
1700-1799'[James Mathias was on summer vacation and] when he came back my Father asked him what Books he had read - I read says he a strange Account of a Beast which however is de...James Mathias Edmund SpenserFaerie Queene, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'At the time when Owen Ruffhead was writing the "Contest" in opposition to Murphy's "Test"; Gilbert Cooper it seems thought so highly of the performance that he would per...Gilbert Cooper Arthur MurphyContestPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'We were speaking of Young as a Poet; Young's works cried Johnson are like a miry Road, with here & there a Stepping Stone or so; but you must always so dirty your Feet b...Samuel Johnson Edward Young Print: Book
1700-1799'[having been searching for evidence of the truth of Christianity, Johnson] recollecting a Book he had once picked up in the Shop, & again thrown by, entitled De Veritate...Samuel Johnson Hugo GrotiusDe veritate religionis ChristianaePrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was just nine Years old when having got the play of Hamlet to read in his Father's Kitchen, he read on very qu[i]etly till he came to the Ghost scene, when ...Samuel Johnson William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book
1700-1799'one Day in the Year 1768 I saw some Verses with his name in a Magazine these are they [the poem follows] I thought they were not his so I asked him; A young fellow repli...Hester Lynch Thrale Samuel Johnson[verses printed in the Gentleman's Magazine]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'It was on the 18: day of July 1773 that we were sitting in the blue Room at Streatham and were talking of Writers - Steele's Essays were mentioned - but they are too thi...Samuel Johnson Richard Steele[Essays]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'To Richardson as a Writer he gave the highest Praises, but mentioning his unquenchable Thirst after Applause That Man said he could not be content to sail gently down th...Samuel Johnson Samuel Richardson Print: Book
1700-1799'We were speaking of Young as a Poet; Young's works cried Johnson are like a miry Road, with here & there a Stepping Stone or so; but you must always so dirty your Feet b...Samuel Johnson John Dryden Print: Book
1700-1799'It was on the 18: day of July 1773 that we were sitting in the blue Room at Streatham and were talking of Writers - Steele's Essays were mentioned - but they are too thi...Samuel Johnson Thomas Gray Print: Book
1700-1799'It was on the 18: day of July 1773 that we were sitting in the blue Room at Streatham and were talking of Writers - Steele's Essays were mentioned - but they are too thi...Samuel Johnson William Mason Print: Book
1700-1799'Of Swift's Style which I praised as beautiful he observed; that it had only the Beauty of a Bubble, The Colour says he is gay, but the substance slight.' Samuel Johnson Jonathan Swift Print: Book
1700-1799'Of Swift's Style which I praised as beautiful he observed; that it had only the Beauty of a Bubble, The Colour says he is gay, but the substance slight.' Hester Lynch Thrale Jonathan Swift Print: Book
1700-1799'We talked of Dryden - Buckingham's Play said I has hurt the Reputation of the Poet, great as he was; such is the force of Ridicule! - on the contrary my dearest replies ...Hester Lynch Thrale George Villiers, 2nd Duke of BuckinghamRehearsal, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'We talked of Dryden - Buckingham's Play said I has hurt the Reputation of the Poet, great as he was; such is the force of Ridicule! - on the contrary my dearest replies ...Samuel Johnson George Villiers, 2nd Duke of BuckinghamRehearsal, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'We were speaking of Young as a Poet; Young's works cried Johnson are like a miry Road, with here & there a Stepping Stone or so; but you must always so dirty your Feet b...Hester Lynch Thrale John Dryden Print: Book


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