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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 14 April 1817: 'I have read a good deal of Voltaire lately ... what I dislike is his extreme inaccuracy ...'George Gordon Lord Byron VoltaireunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899... [H. G.] Wells relearnt French by reading Voltaire for himself in the early 1880s and through visits to France ...'H. G. Wells VoltaireunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799?With this proposal I of course readily closed and accordingly the next day my father gave me the 1st vol of the "Universal History" (beginning with the life of Mohamed) ...John Marsh VoltaireHistoire de Charles XIIPrint: Book
1700-1799'On the next day (Saturday 9th) I went to Canterbury in the diligence, during w'ch I amused myself with reading part of Voltaire's "Candide", w'ch having read a great man...John Marsh VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1700-1799?After having read the great champions for Christianity, I next read the works of Lord Hesbert, Tindal, Chubb, Morgan, Collins, Woolston, Annet, Mandeville, Shaftesbury, ...James Lackington VoltaireunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799Another great source of amusement as well as knowledge, I have met with in reading almost all the best novels (Cervantes, Fielding, Smollet, Richardson, Miss Burney, Volt...James Lackington VoltaireunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'In the evening read memoirs of Voltaire.'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin VoltaireMemoirs of the life of Voltaire written by himselfPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Zadig.'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin VoltaireZadigi ou la destineePrint: Book
1900-1945'After that I read Voltaire's "Candide", and at 12 o'clock adjourned for a pint to the local pub. Switched on the wireless again at 2.0 for the same reason as before, and... VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1700-1799'A much greater man than Rousseau says, "The only remedy for the infectious disease of Fanaticism, is a philosophical temper, which spreading through society, at length s...James Lackington Voltaire(possibly) The Philosophical Dictionary for the po...Print: 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
1800-1849'I have read since last October a good deal of the history relating to the East ...: not much of books not connected with India [but included] Voltaire's "Louis XIV", in ...Mountstuart Elphinstone VoltaireLouis XIVPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Tristram Shandy - Sentimental Journey - Zadig and Clarke'Mary Shelley VoltaireZadig, ou la destineePrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 22 November - 2 December 1793: 'Do not imagine that I am vindicating the stile of Candide when I differ with you in judgement...Robert Southey VoltaireCandide, ou l'OptimismePrint: Book
1800-1849'Her Royal Highness once read through the whole of 'Candide' to one of her ladies, who told me her opinion of it, which does her honour. She said, - "its character as a w...Princess Caroline Princess of Wales VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1800-1849'Her Royal Highness once read through the whole of 'Candide' to one of her ladies, who told me her opinion of it, which does her honour. She said, - "its character as a w...a lady in waiting to Princess Caroline VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1800-1849'Her Royal Highness once read through the whole of 'Candide' to one of her ladies, who told me her opinion of it, which does her honour. She said, - "its character as a w...Charlotte Bury VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1900-1945'I understand from Mr. Bagguley that it is you who are the craftsman of the binding of the "Candide" which he has been so kind as to give me. Will you allow me to offer ...Arnold Bennett VoltaireCandidePrint: Book
1700-1799'When I talked of our [the Scots'] advancement in literature, "Sir, (said he,) you have learnt a little from us, and you think yourselves very great men. Hume would never...Samuel Johnson Voltaire[books of history]Print: Book
1850-1899'Wilde also excelled in French. His copy of Voltaire's "Histoire de Charles XII" bears the autograph and date "Oscar Wilde September 2nd 1865 [...] On page 171 the ten-ye...Oscar Wilde VoltaireHistoire de Charles XIIPrint: Book


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