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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
 
1800-1849Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 353: 'Father had been insane. Could read on committal. Learnt several chapt...anon [353] [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 670: 'An uncle in a lunatic asylum. Could read and write on committal. Can ...anon [670] [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 734: 'Sister a lunatic. Could read and write on committal. Learnt several c...anon [734] [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 792: 'Brother died lately in a lunatic asylum. Could read and write on comm...anon [792] [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 839: 'An uncle insane. Could read. Has learnt several chapters of the New T...anon [839] [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Details of prisoners committed with history of insanity: (presented in tabular form) Reg. no. 814: 'A sister died in a lunatic asylum. Could read and write on committal....anon [814] [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'Neild walked home with me & we had a pleasant chat on various subjects. I showed him "Suffolk's" Bible & told him a little about the character of the individual, he seem...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'a rainy day - visit the Coliseum - Read the bible'Mary Shelley [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Montaigne - the Bible & Livy - Walk to the Coliseum - S. reads Winkhelmann'Mary Shelley [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Since I left Rome I have read several books of Livy - Antenor - Clarissa Harlowe - The Spectator - a few novels - & am now reading the Bible & Lucan's Pharsalia - & Dant...Mary Shelley [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699'After priuat praers, I reed of the bible and walked about before dinner'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Write - read Lucan & the Bible S. writes the Cenci & reads Plutarch's lives - the Gisbornes call in the evening - S. reads Paradise Lost to me - Read 2 Cantos of the Pu...Mary Shelley [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699'After priuat praier I brake my fast and wroug, reed of the bible, and then praied and dined'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699'then I praied, reed of the bible, and went to diner'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Livy - Work - S. reads the Bible - Sophocles - & the Gospel of St Matthew to me'Percy Bysshe Shelley [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read the Bible'Mary Shelley [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have tried to follow your advice about the Bible, what part of the Bible do you like best? I like the Gospels. Do you know which of them is generally reckoned the best...Charles Darwin BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699'I got vp and was lett blood: then I made me readie and went to priuat praier and reeadinge of the bible, as I was wonte'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699'after I was in my Chamber, I praied priuatly, reed of the Testament, and then supper'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'[Letter from Mrs Ward to her daughter Janet Trevelyan] It is good to be alive on spring days like this! I have been reading William James on this very point - the worth ...Mary Augusta Ward biblePrint: Book


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