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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
 
1800-1849'S. reads Electra and Ajax. Read the 8th Canto of Ariosto and the 4th Act of Phormio - Finish the Mille et une nuits. Read the Zaire and the Alzire of Voltaire'.Mary Shelley Voltaire [pseud.]ZairePrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads Electra and Ajax. Read the 8th Canto of Ariosto and the 4th Act of Phormio - Finish the Mille et une nuits. Read the Zaire and the Alzire of Voltaire'.Mary Shelley Voltaire [pseud.]AlzirePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 10th Canto of Ariosto - the Mahomet of Voltaire'Mary Shelley Voltaire [pseud.]MahometPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 11th Canto of Ariosto & Merope & Simiramis [sic] of Voltaire'Mary Shelley Voltaire [pseud.]La MeropePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 11th Canto of Ariosto & Merope & Simiramis [sic] of Voltaire'Mary Shelley Voltaire [pseud.]La Tragedie de SemiramisPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 12 Canto of Ariosto - & L'orphelin de Chine & Tancrede of Voltaire'Mary Shelley Voltaire [pseud.]TancredePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read 12 Canto of Ariosto - & L'orphelin de Chine & Tancrede of Voltaire'Mary Shelley Voltaire [pseud.]L'Orphelin de ChinePrint: Book
1800-1849'[Shelley] Reads & I also Voltaires memoires by himself'Mary Shelley Voltaire [pseud.]M?moires pour servir ? la vie de M. de VoltairePrint: Book
1800-1849'[Shelley] Reads & I also Voltaires memoires by himself'Percy Bysshe Shelley Voltaire [pseud.]M?moires pour servir ? la vie de M. de VoltairePrint: Book
1800-1849'Greek - Voltaire's Tales'Mary Shelley Voltaire [pseud.][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Affectation is never more tiresome and ridiculous than in a letter. Madame de Sevigne was the best letter-writer that ever existed. I would rank Swift and Lord Chesterfi...Mr Sharpe Voltaire [pseud.]LettersPrint: Book
1700-1799'This Tale ["Rasselas"], with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English language is capable, leads us through the most importa...James Boswell Voltaire [pseud.]Candide: Or, All for the Best Print: Book
1700-1799'This Tale ["Rasselas"], with all the charms of oriental imagery, and all the force and beauty of which the English language is capable, leads us through the most importa...Samuel Johnson Voltaire [pseud.]Candide: Or, All for the Best Print: Book
1850-1899'On board the steamer between Marseilles and Malta, besides reading "Hypatia", which was "too highly coloured" for his taste, and re-reading "Tancred", and writing "more ...Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Voltaire [pseud.]TancredPrint: Book
1850-1899'Find invaluable passage of Voltaire on Lucifer and Liberty; article in dictionary on "Abus des mots". The Lucifer is invaluable to me, because the devil being called Luc...John Ruskin Voltaire [pseud.][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Voltaire was then taken. H. R. Smith gave an outline of his life. Mrs Robson read the Hermits Tale from Zadig. After refreshments F. E. Pollard gave us an...Mary Robson Voltaire [pseud.]ZadigPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Voltaire was then taken. H. R. Smith gave an outline of his life. Mrs Robson read the Hermits Tale from Zadig. After refreshments F. E. Pollard gave us an...Katherine Evans Voltaire [pseud.]Letters on EnglandPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Voltaire was then taken. H. R. Smith gave an outline of his life. Mrs Robson read the Hermits Tale from Zadig. After refreshments F. E. Pollard gave us an...Francis Pollard Voltaire [pseud.] Print: Book
1900-1945'The subject of Voltaire was then taken. H. R. Smith gave an outline of his life. Mrs Robson read the Hermits Tale from Zadig. After refreshments F. E. Pollard gave us an...C. Elliott Voltaire [pseud.] Print: Book
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1800-1849		S. T. Coleridge to John Murray, 23 August 1814, in reponse to suggestion that he translate Goethe's Faust: 'Thinking, as I do, that among many volumes of praiseworth...Samuel Taylor Coleridge VossLouisaPrint: Book


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