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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'Finished the Discours Preliminaire'.George Eliot [pseud] Jean Le Rond D'AlembertDiscours pr?liminaire de l'Encyclop?diePrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished the first three Books of Robertson's "America"...'Thomas Green William RobertsonHistory of AmericaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished the journal to Stella. What a bitter story!' Gertrude Bell Jonathan SwiftThe Journal to StellaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finished the last "Tales of My Landlord" of which the fourth volume is the worst. I think Walter Scott has the peculiar art of growing worse and worse yet preserving his...Benjamin Newton Walter ScottTales of my Landlord or Black Dwarf and old MortalPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finished the last vol of Beckmann's "History of Inventions"; I do not know the book that contains a greater variety of information mixed with so much amusement, than the...Joseph Hunter Johann BeckmannA History of Inventions and DiscoveriesPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished the perusal of Blair's "Lectures on Rhetoric". The praise of ingenuity, of a judgment in general correct, and a taste for the most part timidly correct, I can ...Thomas Green Hugh BlairLectures on rhetoric and belles lettresPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finished the perusal of the first Six Books of Milton's "Paradise Lost". The scene betwixt Satan, Sin, and Death, in the 2d. Book, is transcendantly sublime...'Thomas Green John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished the poetry of the West-Ostliche Divan'.George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWest-Ostliche DivanPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Finished the two first Volumes of Soame Jenyns "Works", edited by Cole...'Thomas Green Soame JenynsThe works of Soame Jenyns, EsqPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished Voltaire's "Siecle de Louis 14me.": a most entertaining and instructive work...'Thomas Green VoltaireEssay sur l?histoire du siecle de Louis XIVPrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished Voltaire's Candide again after many years' interval'.George Eliot [pseud] Voltaire (pseud.)CandidePrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished Warton's "Life of Pope" prefixed to his edition of Pope's "Works"; and compared Wakefield's "Preface" to his "Observations on Pope". These two critics differ e...Thomas Green Joseph WartonLife of Pope, in Works,Print: Book
1850-1899'Finished Weber's Indian Literature'.George Eliot [pseud] Albrecht WeberHistory of Indian Literature, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished Wollstoncraft's "View of the French Revolution" Vol I. It appears to rather a panegyric upon the actions of the national assembly than a just history. She think...Joseph Hunter Mary WollstonecraftAn Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Pro...Print: Book
1900-1945'Finished Women [the World Over?]. Bed 8.30 ... Naval victory important.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Ethel Alec-TweedieWomen the world over: a sketch both light and gay,...Print: Book
1700-1799'Finished, afterwards, "Gulliver's Travels". Could this severe satire....'Thomas Green Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished, with much interest, the "Pursuits of Literature"...'Thomas Green Thomas James MathiasPursuits of LiteraturePrint: Book
1900-1945'First I must tell you that I have read, with immense satisfaction, the "Minor Moralist". It is excellent. I think perhaps the best of all is the essay on Manners. In my ...Gertrude Bell Florence BellThe Minor Moralist: Some essays on the art of ever...Print: Book
1900-1945'first let me say how splendid I think the "Last Post" is. (By the way, Duckworth has acknowledged receipt of MSS, so that's all safe). Mark's death is a lovely poem. And...Esther Gwendolyn, 'Stella' Bowen Ford Madox FordLast Post, TheManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'first let me say how splendid I think the "Last Post" is. (By the way, Duckworth has acknowledged receipt of MSS, so that's all safe). Mark's death is a lovely poem. And...Ford Madox FordLast Post, TheManuscript: Unknown


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