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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'For once I must think differently from Mr Edgeworth. I have none of the fears that he has for the fate of "Little Plays for Children". Those of Madame de Genlis have alw...Anne Romilly Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de Genlis[children's plays]Print: Book
1800-1849'For once I must think differently from Mr Edgeworth. I have none of the fears that he has for the fate of "Little Plays for Children". Those of Madame de Genlis have alw...Anne Romilly Maria EdgeworthOld PozPrint: Book
1900-1945'For Paul Fletcher, a colliery winder's son in a Lancashire mining town, the Magnet's appeal lay precisely in that "code of schoolboy honour". "Although I never realised ...Paul Fletcher Frank Richards[stories in the Magnet]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'For relief I have had a life of Orage ? by someone who evidently had a great admiration for him, but only knew him personally during the last phase ? the ?New English We...Winifred Agnes Moore unknownLife of OragePrint: Book
1850-1899'For scientific notions I had Dr. Brewer's "Guide to Science", in the form of a catechism.'Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes Dr BrewerGuide to SciencePrint: Book
1800-1849'For some time before this I had found my eyes not so good as they had been, being now oblig'd to hold a book, when reading, farther from my eyes & finding some difficult...John Marsh [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'For Sublimity & at the same time Familiarity with Life Nothing strikes one more than Clarendon's Account of the Fire of London - De Foe's Plague is still stronger but th...Hester Lynch Thrale Edward Hyde, 1st earl of ClarendonContinuation of the Life of Edward Earl of Clarend...Print: Book
1700-1799'For Sublimity & at the same time Familiarity with Life Nothing strikes one more than Clarendon's Account of the Fire of London - De Foe's Plague is still stronger but th...Hester Lynch Thrale Daniel DefoeJournal of the Plague YearPrint: Book
1800-1849'For the benefit of my children read "Wonders of the human body" [underlined] describing and explaining by diagram the eye [underlined]. Looked over Pulley's "Etymologica...John Cole anonWonders of the human bodyPrint: Book
1800-1849'For the benefit of my children read "Wonders of the human body" [underlined] describing and explaining by diagram the eye [underlined]. Looked over Pulley's "Etymologica...John Cole PulleyEtymological compendiumPrint: Book
1850-1899'For the first time we seem to hear the echo of the voice, and to see the picture of the unknown friend who has charmed us so long... So we gladly welcome one more glimps...Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie Jane Austen Print: Book
1800-1849'For the last ten days I have been getting on again in good style. I have finished Charles and am in the second volume of the History of America. At this rate I calcula...Jane Baillie Welsh William RobertsonCharles VPrint: Book
1800-1849'For the last ten days I have been getting on again in good style. I have finished Charles and am in the second volume of the History of America. At this rate I calcula...Jane Baillie Welsh unknownHistory of AmericaPrint: Book
1900-1945'For the last two days I have been reading "The [Forsythe] Saga" which makes a wonderful volume.[...] How fresh "The Man of Property" reads. For that book I have a specia...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Forsythe SagaPrint: Book
1800-1849'For the rest - I continued reading Newton's "Principia" with considerable perseverance & little success - till on arriving a short way into the third book - I discovered...Thomas Carlyle Isaac NewtonPhilosophi? Naturalis Principia MathematicaPrint: Book
1800-1849'For the rest - I continued reading Newton's "Principia" with considerable perseverance & little success - till on arriving a short way into the third book - I discovered...Thomas Carlyle James WoodThe Elements of OpticsPrint: Book
1800-1849'For the rest - I continued reading Newton's "Principia" with considerable perseverance & little success - till on arriving a short way into the third book - I discovered...Thomas Carlyle Jean Baptiste Joseph DelambreAbrege d'astronomiePrint: Book
1800-1849'For the rest - I continued reading Newton's "Principia" with considerable perseverance & little success - till on arriving a short way into the third book - I discovered...Thomas Carlyle John KeillIntroductio ad veram physicamPrint: Book
1700-1799'For the sake of improving myself in the French language, began to translate Vertot's "Revolutions of Portugal".'Joseph Hunter Rene VertotHistoire des Revolutions de PortugalPrint: Book
1800-1849'For three years I continued a regular subscriber to the circulating library, during which time I read various works, including Milton's, Shakespeare's, Sterne's, Dr John...Christopher Thomson John Milton[various titles]Print: Book


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