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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
 
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 7 September 1814: 'I am very idle I have read the few books I had with me -- & been forced to fish for lack of other argument ...'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron to Thomas Moore, 15 September 1814, writing whilst waiting at Newstead to learn whether marriage proposal acepted: 'Books I have but few here, and those I have read...George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Annabella Milbanke, 17 October 1814: 'If there were no other inducements for me to leave London -- the utter solitude of my situation with only my Maccaw to conv...George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron to unknown author of volume of poems sent to him the previous day, 18 July 1815: 'the satisfaction I experienced from the perusal, made me anxious for the immediate...George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Leigh Hunt, [4-6 November, 1815]: 'The paper on the Methodists was sure to raise the bristles of the godly -- I redde it and agree with the writer on one point ....George Gordon Lord Byron unknown[paper on the Methodists]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Byron to Augusta Leigh, 6 November 1816: ' ... by the way Ada [his daughter]'s name is the same with that of the Sister of Charlemagne -- as I read the other day in a boo...George Gordon Lord Byron unknown"book treating of the Rhine"Print: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 17 July 1820, on books used in research for Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice: 'I have consulted Sanuto -- Sandi -- Navagero -- & an anonymous Siege of...George Gordon Lord Byron unknown"Siege of Zara"Print: Book
1800-1849Byron to Countess Teresa Guiccioli, on current reading habits, 24 July 1820 (translated from Italian): 'I like sometimes to read one book and sometimes another, a few pag...George Gordon Lord Byron unknown[books]Print: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 7 January 1821: 'Dined. Read the Lugano Gazette. Read -- I forget what. At 8 went to conversazione.'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 7 January 1821: 'It wants half an hour of midnight ... Turned over and over half a score books for the passage in qu...George Gordon Lord Byron unknown[books]Print: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 16 January 1821: 'Read -- rode -- fired pistols -- returned -- dined ...'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 17 January 1821: 'Arrived a packet of books from England and Lombardy -- English, Italian, French, and Latin. Read ...George Gordon Lord Byron unknown[various books]Print: Book
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 23 January 1821: 'Read -- rode -- fired pistols, and returned.'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 23 January 1821: 'Dined -- read. Went out at eight ...'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 25 January 1821: 'Answered [John] Murray's letter -- read -- lounged.'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 5 February 1821: ' ... dined -- read -- went out ...'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
Byron's Ravenna Journal (4 January-27 February 1821), 20 February 1821: 'Within these few days I have read, but not written.'George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownUnknown
1700-1799Byron's "Dictionary" (journal), 1 May 1821: 'The moment I could read -- my grand passion was history ... I was particularly taken with the battle near the Lake Regillus i...George Gordon Lord Byron unknownRoman HistoryPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron's "Detached Thoughts" (15 October 1821-18 May 1822), 15 October 1821: 'At the Opposition Meeting of the peers in 1812 at Lord Grenville's -- when Ld. Grey and he re...Charles 2nd Earl Grey unknownCorrespondence re Francis Rawdon Hastings, second ...Manuscript: LetterUnknown
1800-1849Byron's "Detached Thoughts" (15 October 1821-18 May 1822), 15 October 1821: 'At the Opposition Meeting of the peers in 1812 at Lord Grenville's -- when Ld. Grey and he re...William Wyndham Lord Grenville unknownCorrespondence re Francis Rawdon Hastings, second ...Manuscript: Letter


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