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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 was covered with a fine cloth of a manufacture totally new to us; it was tied on exactly as represented in Mr. Dalrymple's book, p. 63; his hair was also tied in a kn...Joseph Banks Alexander DalrympleAn Account of the Discoveries made in the South Pa...Print: Book
1700-1799'He was first taught to read English by Dame Oliver, a widow, who kept a school for young children in Lichfield. He told me she could read the black letter, and asked him...Samuel Johnson [reading lessons]Print: Book
1700-1799'He was first taught to read English by Dame Oliver, a widow, who kept a school for young children in Lichfield. He told me she could read the black letter, and asked him...Dame Oliver Bible Print: Book
1700-1799'He was however very much nettled by Churchill's Satire that's certain; for he rejected him from among the Poets when the Booksellers begged him a Place in the Edition th...Hester Lynch Thrale Charles ChurchillProphecy of Famine, a Scots PastoralPrint: Book
1700-1799'He was however very much nettled by Churchill's Satire that's certain; for he rejected him from among the Poets when the Booksellers begged him a Place in the Edition th...Hester Lynch Thrale Charles ChurchillGhost, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'He was however very much nettled by Churchill's Satire that's certain; for he rejected him from among the Poets when the Booksellers begged him a Place in the Edition th...Samuel Johnson Charles ChurchillGhost, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'he was not altogether unprepared as a periodical writer; for I have in my possession a small duodecimo volume, in which he has written, in the form of Mr Locke's "Common...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[notes collected for periodical articles]Print: UnknownManuscript: duodecimo book
1800-1849'He was reading an article by Darwin on Diseased Volition'George Gordon, Lord Byron unknown Darwin[article on 'Diseased Volition']Print: Unknown
1850-1899'He was reading at the time Daudet's "Jack", which immensely fascinated him, though he found it "trop chargé" — as who should say, too harrowing.'Joseph Conrad Alphonse DaudetJackPrint: Book
1800-1849'he was receptive to the radical anticlericalism of William Cobbett, T.J. Wooler and Richard Carlile... "These books seemed to be founded upon Scripture and Condemned all...Joseph Mayett William Cobbett Print: Book
1800-1849'he was receptive to the radical anticlericalism of William Cobbett, T.J. Wooler and Richard Carlile... "These books seemed to be founded upon Scripture and Condemned all...Joseph Mayett Richard Carlile Print: Book
1800-1849'he was receptive to the radical anticlericalism of William Cobbett, T.J. Wooler and Richard Carlile... "These books seemed to be founded upon Scripture and Condemned all...Joseph Mayett T.J. Wooler Print: Book
1900-1945'He works from 2 to 10,and about 9 .he always goes to the lavatory. He was sitting there reading "Aero" when the sirens went, so he dashed down to the shelter, but before... UnknownCaptain Aero ComicPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'He would say he bought books to read, not to stare at their backs on a shelf while they collected dust over the years. He liked books to be well bound but it was their c...Joseph Conrad  Print: Book
1700-1799'He wrote a review of Grainger's "Sugar Cane, a Poem", in the "London Chronicle". He told me, that Dr. Percy wrote the greatest part of this review; but, I imagine, he di...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonLondon Chronicle [review of Grainger's "Sugar Cane...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'He ['my father'] was fond of putting into my hands books which exhibited men of energy and resource in unusual circumstances, struggling against difficulties and overcom...John Stuart Mill Philip BeaverAfrican memoranda relative to an attempt to establ...Print: Book
1800-1849'He [?my father?] also made me read, and give him a verbal account of, many books which would not have interested me sufficiently to induce me to read them of myself: amo...John Stuart Mill John MillarHistorical View of the English Government Print: Book
1800-1849'He [?my father?] also made me read, and give him a verbal account of, many books which would not have interested me sufficiently to induce me to read them of myself: amo...John Stuart Mill John RuttyHistory of the Rise and Progress of the People cal...Print: Book
1800-1849'He [?my father?] also made me read, and give him a verbal account of, many books which would not have interested me sufficiently to induce me to read them of myself: amo...John Stuart Mill William SewellThe History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress, o...Print: Book
1800-1849'He [?my father?] also made me read, and give him a verbal account of, many books which would not have interested me sufficiently to induce me to read them of myself: amo...John Stuart Mill Johann Lorenz von MosheimAn Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, fro...Print: Book


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