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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Friday Feb. 4th Read Paine [goes on to make detailed notes of issues concerning the American War of Independence, based on The American Crisis no.10] [...] Walk with La...Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineThe American CrisisPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Friday Feb. 9th. [...] Read Das Geheimniss one of Schiller's minor Poems.'Claire Clairmont J. C. F. von Schiller'Das Geheimniss'Print: Book
1800-1849'Friday Jany 26th. [...] Read newspapers and Reviews [including Olliers Literary Miscellany in Prose and Verse no.1. (1820), and Retrospective Review II (1820)].'Claire Clairmont Olliers Literary Miscellany in Prose and Verse no....Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Friday Jany 26th. [...] Read newspapers and Reviews [including Olliers Literary Miscellany in Prose and Verse no.1. (1820), and Retrospective Review II (1820)].'Claire Clairmont Retrospective Review vol. IIPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Friday Jany 28th. Rainy -- Read Irish Pamphlet & Travels before the Flood -- Also two chapters in Schlegel's Dramactic [sic] Criticism'.Claire Clairmont unknown'Irish pamphlet'Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849'Friday Jany 28th. Rainy -- Read Irish Pamphlet & Travels before the Flood -- Also two chapters in Schlegel's Dramactic [sic] Criticism'.Claire Clairmont Friedrich Maximilian von KlingerTravels Before the Flood. An Interesting Oriental...Print: Book
1800-1849'Friday Jany 28th. Rainy -- Read Irish Pamphlet & Travels before the Flood -- Also two chapters in Schlegel's Dramactic [sic] Criticism'.Claire Clairmont [probably] August Wilhelm von Schlegel[probably] A Course of Lectures on Dramatic Art an...Print: Book
1800-1849'Friday Jany. 14th. Read the Life of Poplicola -- 'Saturday Jany. 15th. Finish the Life of Poplicola'.Claire Clairmont Plutarch Life of PoplicolaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday Jany. 21st. Begin Life of Pericles.'Claire Clairmont Plutarch Life of PericlesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday Jany. 7th. [...] Read -- the Auto of La Vida es Sueno de Calderon. Finish the Life of Theseus.'Claire Clairmont Pedro Calderon de la BarcaLa Vida es SuenoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday Jany. 7th. [...] Read -- the Auto of La Vida es Sueno de Calderon. Finish the Life of Theseus.'Claire Clairmont Plutarch Life of TheseusPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday July 21st. Finish Essay on Irish Bulls -- Begin Edward by Dr Moore. [...] 'Saturday July 22nd. Finish Edward by Dr Moore.' Claire Clairmont John MooreEdward: Various Views of Human Nature, Taken from ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Friday July 28th. [...] Read 2 Books of Pope's Homer's Iliad. Translate Latin Speeches of Demosthenes.' ...Claire Clairmont Demosthenes speechesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday July 28th. [...] Read 2 Books of Pope's Homer's Iliad.' ...Claire Clairmont Homer IliadPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday July [...] 29th. [...] Read Travels in Germany.'Claire Clairmont unknown'Travels in Germany'Print: Book
1800-1849'Friday June 16th. [...] Read Bride of Lammermoor.'Claire Clairmont Walter ScottThe Bride of LammermoorPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday June 29th. [...] Read the Quarterly. Review of Southey's Life of Wesley [notes several anecdotes given in this]'.Claire Clairmont anonreview of Robert Southey, The Life of Wesley (1820...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Friday June 30th. Read the Life of Xenophon by Diogenes Laertius -- I am ill all day. .' ...Claire Clairmont BoccaccioDecameronPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday June 30th. Read the Life of Xenophon by Diogenes Laertius -- I am ill all day. .' ...Claire Clairmont Diogenes LaertiusLife of XenophonPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday June [...] 24th. Early in the morning receive a letter from Mr. Baxter with a number of Blackwood's Magazine and some Edinburgh Newspapers. Read them all day.'Claire Clairmont Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical


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