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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
1850-1899
Describing the terminal illness of a friend in her "Autobiography", Elizabeth Missing Sewell reproduces four stanzas from Thomas Hood, 'We watched her breathing through t...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Thomas Hood'We watched her breathing through the night --'Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899
Elizabeth Missing Sewell on support received in the face of criticisms of her novel [italics]Margaret Percival[end italics] for its supposedly Roman Catholic sympathies...Samuel Rickards Elizabeth Missing Sewell'little history of the early Church'Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899
From letter to Elizabeth Missing Sewell reproduced in [italics]The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell[end italics], written in 1889 by the Rev. J. J. Lias, to acco...J. J. Lias Elizabeth Missing SewellLaneton ParsonagePrint: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899
From letter to Eleanor L. Sewell reproduced in [italics]The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell[end italics], written on 15 December 1906 by Miss [E.] Wordsworth , ...Elizabeth Wordsworth Elizabeth Missing SewellPreparation for the Holy CommunionPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899
Eleanor L. Sewell, niece of Elizabeth Missing Sewell, in chapter 20 of [italics]The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell[end italics]: 'I think I had read all he...Eleanor L. Sewell Elizabeth Missing SewellworksPrint: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899
Eleanor L. Sewell, niece of Elizabeth Missing Sewell, in chapter 20 of [italics]The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell[end italics]: 'Among many casual instanc...Elizabeth Missing SewellworksPrint: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899
Eleanor L. Sewell, niece of Elizabeth Missing Sewell, in chapter 20 of [italics]The Autobiography of Elizabeth Missing Sewell[end italics]: 'Among many casual instanc... Visitors' book, Lollards' Tower, LambethPrint: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899
In Letter XI, "Letters on Daily Life", Elizabeth Missing Sewell reproduces a sonnet by 'Archbishop Trench' opening 'Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident / It is the v...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Trenchsonnet opening 'Thou cam'st not to thy place by ac...Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899
John Wilson Croker to Mr C. Phillips, 3 January 1854: 'As to my novel reading I confess that in my younger days I used to read them all from Charlotte Smith to Maria E...John Wilson Croker Charles DickensnovelsPrint: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899
Lord Lyndhurst to Lord Strangford [1854]: 'I never hear Disraeli speak in any way unfriendly of [John Wilson] Croker, and was very much surprised and annoyed when I re...Lord Lyndhurst Benjamin DisraeliConingsbyPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899
J.M., convict sentenced to transportation, writing to Rev. Joseph: 'I am at present amongst sin and wickedness of the worst description; but thanks be to Almighty God, I ...J.M. [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899
P.C., transport convict, writing to Rev Joseph from Dartmoor prison, Devon: 'When I read over the Book of Joshua, I often think of the lectures we received from your lips...P.C. [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899
S.G., transport convict writing from Portsmouth: 'During my stay at Pentonville I was, comparatively speaking, comfortable ... Mr Kingsmill was particularly kind in lendi...S.G. [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899
W.B., transport convict writing to Rev Joseph from Portland Prison: 'by the blessing of God, after coming to this place, and receiving instruction from my dear chaplains ...W.B. [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899
John Wilson Croker to Mr C. Phillips, 3 January 1854: 'As to my novel reading I confess that in my younger days I used to read them all from Charlotte Smith to Maria E...John Wilson Croker Theodore HookGilbert GurneyPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899
John Wilson Croker to Mr C. Phillips, 3 January 1854: 'As to my novel reading I confess that in my younger days I used to read them all from Charlotte Smith to Maria E...John Wilson Croker Charles Dickensshort fictionsPrint: Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899
'Allow me, Sir, to return you my best thanks for your Lyrical ballad, "The Triumph for Salamis", which I have just received. It [italics] looks [end italics] most temptin...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell William Cox BennettBaby May and Other Poems on Infants Unknown
1800-1849
1850-1899
'Allow me, Sir, to return you my best thanks for your Lyrical ballad, "The Triumph for Salamis", which I have just received. It [italics] looks [end italics] most temptin...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell William Cox BennettTriumph for Salamis, the: a lyrical ballad
1800-1849
1850-1899
Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Isa Blagden, ?10 November 1850: 'By the British Review, do you mean the [italics]North British[end italics]? I read a clever article in t...Elizabeth Barrett Browning 'German Socialism'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
1850-1899
'The History of Pendennis (2 vols, 1849-50) by William Makepeace Thackeray was published by Bradbury and Evans in twenty-four numbers (twenty-three parts) from November 1...Robert and Elizabeth Barrett BrowningWilliam Makepeace ThackerayThe History of PendennisPrint: Book



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