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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
 
1700-1799'He talked of Isaac Walton's "Lives", which was one of his most favourite books. Dr. Donne's "Life", he said, was the most perfect of them'. Samuel Johnson Izaak WaltonLives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richa...Print: Book
1700-1799'He talked of Mr. Blacklock's poetry, so far as it was descriptive of visible objects; and observed, that "as its author had the misfortune to be blind, we may be absolut...Samuel Johnson Thomas Blacklock[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899'He talked very contemptuously of Churchill's poetry, observing, that "it had a temporary currency, only from its audacity of abuse, and being filled with living names, a...Samuel Johnson Charles Churchill[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'He talked with approbation of an intended edition of "The Spectator," with notes; two volumes of which had been prepared by a gentleman eminent in the literary world, an...Samuel Johnson Joseph AddisonSpectator, ThePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'He talked with approbation of an intended edition of "The Spectator," with notes; two volumes of which had been prepared by a gentleman eminent in the literary world, an...Samuel Johnson Joseph AddisonSpectator, The Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		'He thus remarks on the Imitations of Horace's Satires: "Horace had perhaps less wit than Pope, but far more humour, far more variety, more sentiment, more thought. But ...Thomas Babington Macaulay HoraceSatiresPrint: Book
1900-1945'He told me later that the "New York Post" announced the conclusion of the war in Europe under the headline: "Now We Must Crush the Japs!"'George Catlin New York PostPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'He told me that "so long ago as 1748 he had read 'The Grave, a Poem', but did not like it much." I differed from him; for though it is not equal throughout, and is seldo...Samuel Johnson Robert Blair'The Grave, a Poem'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'He told me that "so long ago as 1748 he had read 'The Grave, a Poem', but did not like it much." I differed from him; for though it is not equal throughout, and is seldo...James Boswell Robert Blair'The Grave, a Poem'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'He told me, that his father had put Martin's account of those islands into his hands when he was very young, and that he was highly pleased with it; that he was particul...Samuel Johnson Martin MartinDescription of the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'He told me, that his father had put Martin's account of those islands into his hands when he was very young, and that he was highly pleased with it; that he was particul...Michael Johnson Martin MartinDescription of the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'He told us, he read Fielding's "Amelia" through without stopping'.Samuel Johnson Henry FieldingAmeliaPrint: Book
1900-1945'He travelled alone, by train, . . . reading "The Brothers Karamazov" for the fourth time'.Arnold Bennett Fyodor DostoyevskyBrothers Karamazov, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'He used to read Courier aloud to his sister at Calcutta of a June afternoon, - in the darkened upstairs chamber, with the punkah swinging overhead, with as much enjoyme...Thomas Babington Macaulay Paul Louis CourierLe Simple DiscoursPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'He was also interesting himself in poets such as Keats, Fitzgerald and Yeats'.Lawrence Durrell John Keats[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'He was also interesting himself in poets such as Keats, Fitzgerald and Yeats'.Lawrence Durrell William Butler Yeats[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'He was also interesting himself in poets such as Keats, Fitzgerald and Yeats'.Lawrence Durrell Edward Fitzgerald[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'He was annoyed by some of Priestley's comments in "The Mercury" (February 1924) as he notes in his journal . . .'Arnold Bennett J.B. PriestleyMercury, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'He was certainly a keen student of literature, as can be seen from some 1907-8 exercise books which show him working on the "Faerie Queene", at least ten Shakespeare pla...Wilfred Owen Edmund SpenserFaerie Queene, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'He was certainly a keen student of literature, as can be seen from some 1907-8 exercise books which show him working on the "Faerie Queene", at least ten Shakespeare pla...Wilfred Owen William Shakespeare[plays]Print: Book


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