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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
 
1850-1899'I read in the Castlemaine Representative last evening that an old man named Joseph Hill who had been sent from here to Castlemaine Gaol in December last, had died there ...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Castlemaine RepresentativePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I have been reading the papers lately and I am astonished read what Mr. Heathcot-Amery has done. His people are highly respected in the neighbourhood. His people have se... [n/a][Newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'Well, see Miss. Christmas Day my father was reading his paper. His glass of beer was at his side. He feel asleep and when he woke up his glass was empty. That's how I ha... [n/a][Newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'"Oh here they are again! I'll be glad when the bloody election's over. Why don't they make their minds up, what they are going to call it - sometimes it's Labour and som... [n/a][Newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'The newspaper today took my breath away. Such a landslide I had not expected. Yesterday morning, reading the "Telegraph" I felt a stalemate possible, or a small Tory La... [n/a]Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'At one of the three occupied tables by the windows sat two women, one about thirty, the other probably no more than 18. They were talking and laughing excitedly. The eld... [n/a][periodical]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'At one of the three occupied tables by the windows sat two women, one about thirty, the other probably no more than 18. They were talking and laughing excitedly. The eld... [n/a][newspaper cutting]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'Reading the ordinary papers occasionally, listening to the B.B.C. news sometimes, reading the Left wing papers sometimes, and trying to sort out the wheat from the chaff... [n/a][Left-wing newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'"Manchester Guardian". English news once a day. Lord Haw-Haw, conversations with as may people as possible, reading on international questions. From these sources I sort... [n/a]Manchester GuardianPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I'm very amused reading in the paper about the trains yesterday. (reads): "Many trains had to run in duplicate and triplicate to accomodate the crowds." After all they s... [n/a][Newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I was absolutely horrified about the Italians, the way they took revenge on Mussolini. I can't imagine what we're fighting for, if that's the way the Anti-Fascists behav... [n/a][Newspaper: Article on Mussolini's death]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'There was a wonderful account in the "Daily Worker" of Mussolini's death, how he was shot in the head and his brain spattered out, and he looked awful, but his mistress ... [n/a][Daily Worker: Article on Mussolini's death]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]Book of Common Prayer [unknown edition]Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]Encyclopaedia LondinensisPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Annual AnthologyPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]AthenaeumPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Book of Common PrayerPrint: Book
1700-1799[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Holy BiblePrint: Book


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