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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
 
1900-1945'He marked personal details in Colvin's biography of Keats, particularly when they seemed to coincide with his own, noticing that Keats's mind was "naturally unapt for do...Wilfred Owen John KeatsEndymionPrint: Book
1900-1945'He marked personal details in Colvin's biography of Keats, particularly when they seemed to coincide with his own, noticing that Keats's mind was "naturally unapt for do...Wilfred Owen John Keats'Lamia'Print: Book
1900-1945'He marked personal details in Colvin's biography of Keats, particularly when they seemed to coincide with his own, noticing that Keats's mind was "naturally unapt for do...Wilfred Owen Sidney ColvinLife Of John KeatsPrint: Book
1900-1945'He now referred to two sheets of paper, which he had with him, saying that he was late (no apologies) because he had just been on the telephone with London and he'd tak... [a letter]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'He praised Grainger's "Ode on Solitude", in Dodsley's "Collection", and repeated, with great energy, the exordium:- "O Solitude, romantick maid, Whether by nodding...Samuel Johnson James Grainger'Ode on Solitude'Print: Book
1700-1799'He praised Signor Baretti. "His account of Italy is a very entertaining book; and, Sir, I know no man who carries his head higher in conversation than Baretti. There are...Samuel Johnson Joseph BarettiAccount of the Manners and Customs of Italy; with ...Print: Book
1700-1799'He pressed me to study Dr. Clarke and to read his Sermons. I asked him why he pressed Dr. Clarke, an Arian. "Because, (said he) he is fullest on the propitiatory sacrifi...Samuel Johnson Samuel ClarkeSermonsPrint: Book
1900-1945'He read "The Lost Girl" at the end of November just when he was himself most deeply engaged in trivia, and immediately recognizes it as "the work of a genius", Lawrence ...Arnold Bennett D.H. LawrenceLost Girl, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'He read — Sterne, Sydney Smith's letters, Canning's speeches, and two thrillers: A. E. W. Mason's Konigsmarch and Michael Innes's Lament for a Maker ...'John Buchan Lawrence Sterne Print: Book
1900-1945'He read — Sterne, Sydney Smith's letters, Canning's speeches, and two thrillers: A. E. W. Mason's Konigsmarch and Michael Innes's Lament for a Maker ...'John Buchan Sydney SmithLettersPrint: Book
1900-1945'He read — Sterne, Sydney Smith's letters, Canning's speeches, and two thrillers: A. E. W. Mason's Konigsmarch and Michael Innes's Lament for a Maker ...'John Buchan A. E. W. MasonKonigsmarchPrint: Book
1900-1945'He read — Sterne, Sydney Smith's letters, Canning's speeches, and two thrillers: A. E. W. Mason's Konigsmarch and Michael Innes's Lament for a Maker ...'John Buchan Michael InnesLament for a MakerPrint: Book
1900-1945'He read — Sterne, Sydney Smith's letters, Canning's speeches, and two thrillers: A. E. W. Mason's Konigsmarch and Michael Innes's Lament for a Maker ...'John Buchan George Canning[Speeches]Print: Book
1700-1799'he read a great deal in a desultory manner, without any scheme of study, as chance threw books in his way, and inclination directed him through them. He used to mention ...Samuel Johnson Petrarch[works]Print: Book
1850-1899'He read to-night Mark Antony's Oration very fairly indeed for a boy of his age'Harry Castieau William ShakespeareAnthony and CleopatraPrint: Book
1700-1799'He recommended Dr. Cheyne's books. I said, I thought Cheyne had been reckoned whimsical. "So he was, (said he,) in some things; but there is no end of objections. There ...Samuel Johnson George CheyneEnglish Malady, The: or, A Treatise of Nervous Dis...Print: Book
1700-1799'He recommended Dr. Cheyne's books. I said, I thought Cheyne had been reckoned whimsical. "So he was, (said he,) in some things; but there is no end of objections. There ...Samuel Johnson George CheyneEssay on Health and Long LifePrint: Book
1700-1799'He repeated a good many lines of Horace's "Odes", while we were in the chaise. I remember particularly the Ode [italics] Eheu fugaces [italics]. He said, the dispute...Samuel Johnson HoraceOdesPrint: Book
1700-1799'He repeated a good many lines of Horace's "Odes", while we were in the chaise. I remember particularly the Ode [italics] Eheu fugaces [italics]. He said, the dispute...Samuel Johnson VirgilAeneidPrint: Book
1700-1799'He repeated a good many lines of Horace's "Odes", while we were in the chaise. I remember particularly the Ode [italics] Eheu fugaces [italics]. He said, the dispute...Samuel Johnson HomerIliad and OdysseyPrint: Book


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