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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
 
1900-1945'Each night I hurried into my best second-hand suit of clothes, hurried down my tea and then hurried off to evening class to learn English grammar and literature. And wha...Vero Walter Garratt John Keats'Ode to the Nightingale'Print: Book
1900-1945'Each night when I lie down I read a book until lights go out. Am reading the end of one called "By the Gods Beloved" by Baroness Orczy. Last night I slept poorly a...Thomas Wainwright Emmuska, Baroness OrczyBy the Gods BelovedPrint: Book
1600-1699'earley up in the morning to read the "Seamans grammar and dictionary" I lately have got, which doth please me exceedingly well.'Samuel Pepys John SmithThe sea-man's grammarPrint: Book
1500-1599'Early examples of [Gabriel Harvey's] marginalia in [the fields of cosmology and astronomy] are found in the large 1527 folio containing Sacrobosco's "Textus de Sphaera",...Gabriel Harvey Joannis de SacroboscoTextus de SphaeraPrint: Book
1500-1599'Early examples of [Gabriel Harvey's] marginalia in [the fields of cosmology and astronomy] are found in the large 1527 folio containing Sacrobosco's "Textus de Sphaera",...Gabriel Harvey Bonetus de LatesAnnuli ... super astrologiamPrint: Book
1500-1599'Early examples of [Gabriel Harvey's] marginalia in [the fields of cosmology and astronomy] are found in the large 1527 folio containing Sacrobosco's "Textus de Sphaera",...Gabriel Harvey Euclid First book of geometryPrint: Book
1800-1849'Early in 1831 there is the following entry in a diary [of Lady Byron's]: "Read to Ada the beautiful lines on Greece in The Giaour, the Fare thee well, and the Satire. Wi...Anne Isabella Lady Byron George Gordon Lord ByronThe GiaourPrint: Book
1800-1849'Early in 1831 there is the following entry in a diary [of Lady Byron's]: "Read to Ada the beautiful lines on Greece in The Giaour, the Fare thee well, and the Satire. Wi...Anne Isabella Lady Byron George Gordon Lord Byron'Fare thee well' (lyric verses)Print: Book
1800-1849'Early in 1831 there is the following entry in a diary [of Lady Byron's]: "Read to Ada the beautiful lines on Greece in The Giaour, the Fare thee well, and the Satire. Wi...Anne Isabella Lady Byron George Gordon Lord Byron'the Satire'Print: Book
1800-1849'Early in 1831 there is the following entry in a diary: "Read to Ada the beautiful lines on Greece in 'The Giaour', the 'Fare thee well', and the 'Satire'. With the first...Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron George Gordon, Lord ByronThe GiaourPrint: Book
1800-1849'Early in 1831 there is the following entry in a diary: "Read to Ada the beautiful lines on Greece in 'The Giaour', the 'Fare thee well', and the 'Satire'. With the first...Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron George Gordon, Lord ByronFare Thee WellPrint: Book
1800-1849'Early in 1831 there is the following entry in a diary: "Read to Ada the beautiful lines on Greece in 'The Giaour', the 'Fare thee well', and the 'Satire'. With the first...Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron George Gordon, Lord Byron[a Satire - on Annabella?]Print: Book
1800-1849'Early in 1841 Grote was called upon to add another duty to the already full catalogue, for his friend Dr. Waddington now entreated him to look through his ponderous an...George Grote George WaddingtonThe History of the ReformationUnknown
1850-1899'Early in 1852 my father and mother went on a visit to one of his old College friends, Mr Rashdall the clergyman of Malvern [...] While they were there my father read Dr ...Alfred Tennyson Dr WordsworthApocalypsePrint: Book
1850-1899'Early in 1888 my grandmother was taken ill, and my sister Mary and I went daily to Albert Hall Mansions to help my eldest sister and do errands for her. I spent many hou...Zoe Procter AristotleEthicsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Early in 1888 my grandmother was taken ill, and my sister Mary and I went daily to Albert Hall Mansions to help my eldest sister and do errands for her. I spent many hou...Zoe Procter [unknown][nineteenth-century poets]Print: Book
1850-1899'Early in 1888 my grandmother was taken ill, and my sister Mary and I went daily to Albert Hall Mansions to help my eldest sister and do errands for her. I spent many hou...Zoe Procter Edward Bulwer Lytton[poetry]Print: Book
1850-1899'Early in December [1858] we removed, with our household, to "The Priory" at Reigate, belonging to Earl Somers [...] we were glad to enjoy the repose and seclusion which ...George Grote  Print: Book
1800-1849'Early in July appeared the first part of "Don Juan". "The impression was not so disagreeable as I expected", wrote Annabella. "In the first place I am very much relieved...Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron George Gordon, Lord ByronDon JuanPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Early in July [1819] appeared the first part of Don Juan. "The impression was not so disagreeable as I expected, wrote Annabella [Anne Isabella, Byron's estranged wife]....Anne Isabella Lady Byron George Gordon Lord ByronDon JuanPrint: Book


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