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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
 
1850-1899'I have been reading Cornewall Lewis's Astronomy of the Ancients, Ockley's History of the Saracens, Astronomical Geography, and Spanish Ballads on Bernardo del Carpio'.George Eliot [pseud.] unknown[books on Astronomical Geography]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I have been reading Cornewall Lewis's Astronomy of the Ancients, Ockley's History of the Saracens, Astronomical Geography, and Spanish Ballads on Bernardo del Carpio'.George Eliot [pseud.] unknown[ballads on Bernardo del Carpio]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Reading "Los Judios en Espana", "Percy's Reliques", "Isis", occasionally aloud'.George Eliot [pseud.] unknownLos Judios en EspanaPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Reading "Los Judios en Espana", "Percy's Reliques", "Isis", occasionally aloud'.George Eliot [pseud.] unknownIsisPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Finished reading "Averroes and l'Averroisme", and "Les Medecins Juifs". Reading "First Principles".'George Eliot [pseud.] unknownFirst PrinciplesPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things...George Eliot [pseud.] unknown[philology books]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R...George Eliot [pseud.] unknown[Italian story]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R...George Eliot [pseud.] unknownSpectator, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I have achieved little during the last week except reading on medical subjects - Encyclopaedia about the medical colleges - Culen's life - Russell's Heroes of Medicine e...George Eliot [pseud] unknown[Encyclopaedia re medical colleges]Print: Book
1850-1899'I have achieved little during the last week except reading on medical subjects - Encyclopaedia about the medical colleges - Cullen's life - Russell's Heroes of Medicine ...George Eliot [pseud] unknown[Life of or by William Cullen]Print: Book
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1800-1849		Lady Theresa Lewis's note to a reference in Mary Berry's journals to The Honourable Caroline Howe (who died in 1814, aged 93): 'She possessed an extraordinary force of mi...The Honourable Caroline Howe unknownClassical Greek textsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Lady Theresa Lewis's note to a reference in Mary Berry's journals to The Honourable Caroline Howe (who died in 1814, aged 93): 'She possessed an extraordinary force of mi...The Honourable Caroline Howe unknownLatin textsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mary reads greek and Political Justice.'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin unknown[Greek]Unknown
1850-1899'unable to read anything except "Times".'George Eliot [pseud] unknownTimes, ThePrint: NewspaperManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'read on the colour-sense'George Eliot [pseud] unknown[on colour sense]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Craster letter received'.. John Cole unknownletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'Day wet - read'.John Cole unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849'In this month read Poems by one of the authors and Poems for youth. By a family circle.'John Cole unknown[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Hebrew and Algebra'George Eliot [pseud] unknownHebrew textsPrint: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Hebrew and Algebra'George Eliot [pseud] unknown[Algebra]Print: Book


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