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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 read, too, or repeated, for I know him by heart, our old friend Omar Khyyam. He is grand in his way & if spiritualised a little, strikes a right note at times but...Leslie Stephen Omar Khayyam Print: Book
1700-1799"I name Moses, Solomon, Esop, Homer, Plato". [Blake is referring to a selection of influential authors/characters from the Bible and classical literature]William Blake BiblePrint: Book, Unknown
1850-1899"I read with satisfaction Lowell's poem wh. you sent me. The only fault I find with him is that he occasionally lets his criticism get mixed up in his poetry, but it is t...Leslie Stephen James Russell LowellAgassizPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849"I shall not be able to avail myself of the assistance of Bruno's fairies." [Reference to writings of Giordano Bruno 1548-1600. Italian Heretic philosopher - according to...William Blake Giordano BrunounknownUnknown
1850-1899"I stayed at home this morning - not that there is anything new in that - until lunch, and did very little, very easy work - just finishing up a small life. It rained ste...Leslie Stephen M.G. LewisThe MonkPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		"I stayed for the night in Derby, visiting its various printing offices in search of a job, but without success, and, hugging the shore of the river Derwent, made for Mat...John Bedford Leno William WordsworthSonnetsPrint: Book
1800-1849"I studied the Bible incessantly and immensely;both by daily reading of chapters,after the approved but mischievous method, and by getting hold of all commentries and wor...Harriet Martineau The BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899"I think that Miss Thackeray and my wife have expressed to you their great pleasure in your article on their father."Harriet Stephen George Barnett SmithThe Works of ThackerayPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899"I think that Miss Thackeray and my wife have expressed to you their great pleasure in your article on their father."Ann Thackeray George Barnett SmithThe Works of ThackerayPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899"I think you have done Mrs B[rowning] very well. I have read it & put in some savage criticism, marking, however, what I really think should be omitted in a dictionary."Leslie Stephen Anne Isabella Ritchie'Mrs Browning' (life for the DNB)Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		"I think, for example, that Shirley is very superior to Dorothea Brooke. She has far more character & power, though she does not have such a young lady like admiration fo...Leslie Stephen Charlotte BronteShirleyPrint: Book
1850-1899"I think, for example, that Shirley is very superior to Dorothea Brooke. She has far more character & power, though she does not have such a young lady like admiration fo...Leslie Stephen George EliotMiddlemarchPrint: Book
1800-1849"I too am reading Mme de Staal [sic], and am such a Goth, that I catch myself yawning over it! Probably I am not formed to love "les plaisirs [underlined] dissertant [end...Sarah Harriet Burney Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne de Stael-HolsteinDe l'AllemagnePrint: Book
1850-1899"I took in Mr Holmes' humorous poems & Davidson (a very jolly little friend of mine) another light work & we sat together with Romer in the furthest corner enjoying liter...Leslie Stephen Oliver Wendell Holmes Print: Book
1850-1899"I tried to read Lord Lytton's Lucile which is rot."Leslie Stephen Robert Bulwer-LyttonLucilePrint: Book
1850-1899"If I were in the vein, I think I should exhort you above all to read George Sand, whose country stories seem to me perfect & have a certain affinity to yours. The last I...Leslie Stephen George SandLes maitres SonneursPrint: Book
1900-1945"If the foreman and checker were on good terms, then the checker could leave early. If not, he had to stay, biting his nails or reading the Mirror." [this was a repeated ... MirrorPrint: Newspaper
1600-1699"In 1617 the Countess [of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery] noted recreational books that she was reading: "'Began to have Mr. Sandy's book read to me about the Govern...Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery George SandysA relation of a journey begun Anno Dom. 1610. Fou...Print: Book
1600-1699"In 1617 the Countess [of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery] noted recreational books that she was reading: "'Began to have Mr. Sandy's book read to me about the Govern...Michel de MontaigneEssaysPrint: Book
1600-1699"In 1617 the Countess [of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery] noted recreational books that she was reading: "'Began to have Mr. Sandy's book read to me about the Govern...Moll Neville Edmund SpenserThe Faerie QueenePrint: Book


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