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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'He [Johnson] told us, that he had given Mrs. Montagu a catalogue of all Daniel Defoe's works of imagination; most, if not all of which, as well as of his other works, he...James Boswell Daniel DefoeRobinson CrusoePrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was for a considerable time occupied in reading "Memoires de Fontenelle" leaning and swinging upon the low gate into the court, without his hat.' Samuel Johnson abbe TrubletMémoires pour servir a l'histoire de la vie et des...Print: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was just nine Years old when having got the play of Hamlet to read in his Father's Kitchen, he read on very qu[i]etly till he came to the Ghost scene, when ...Samuel Johnson William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was much diverted with an article which I shewed him in the "Critical Review" of this year, giving an account of a curious publication, entitled, "A Spiritu...Samuel Johnson Critical ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was much diverted with an article which I shewed him in the "Critical Review" of this year, giving an account of a curious publication, entitled, "A Spiritu...James Boswell Critical ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was very silent this evening ; and read in a variety of books ; suddenly throwing down one, and taking up another.' Samuel Johnson  Print: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] wrote also "The Convict's Address to his unhappy Brethren", a sermon delivered by Dr. Dodd [ a clergyman condemned to deatn for fraud], in the chapel of New...James Boswell Samuel Johnson[sermon written for Dr Dodd]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of boo...Joseph Conrad Charles KingsleyThe Heroes: Greek FairytalesPrint: Book
1900-1945'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of boo...Joseph Conrad Frederick MarryatPeter SimplePrint: Book
1900-1945'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of boo...Joseph Conrad Frederick MarryatMr Midshipman EasyPrint: Book
1900-1945'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of boo...Joseph Conrad James Fenimore CooperThe Last of the MohicansPrint: Book
1900-1945'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of boo...Joseph Conrad James Fenimore CooperThe Deerslayer or The First WarpathPrint: Book
1900-1945'He [Joseph Conrad] would read to me for long periods and make birds and other things out of sheets of paper which he folded with great dexterity. [...] His choice of boo...Joseph Conrad James Fenimore CooperThe Pathfinder or The Inland SeaPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Joseph Simpson] wrote a tragedy on the story of Leonidas, entitled "The Patriot". He read it to a company of lawyers, who found so many faults, that he wrote it over...Joseph Simpson Joseph SimpsonPatriot, TheManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'He [Leslie Stephen's brother] wrote articles for the Pall Mall Gazette all the way out to India; enough, he says, to pay his passage; and some of them were amongst the b...Leslie Stephen J.F. StephenPall Mall Gazette, articlesPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'He [Macaulay] was so fired up with reading Scott?s "Lay" and "Marmion", the former of which he got entirely, and the latter almost entirely, by heart, merely from his de...Thomas Babington Macaulay Walter ScottLay of the Last MinstrelPrint: Book
1800-1849'He [Macaulay] was so fired up with reading Scott?s "Lay" and "Marmion", the former of which he got entirely, and the latter almost entirely, by heart, merely from his de...Thomas Babington Macaulay Walter ScottMarmionPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Matthew Pilkington] was one Winter's Evening reading [italics] Horace [end italics], and said he would engage to write an Ode exactly in his Manner; so he directly s...Matthew Pilkington HoraceOdesPrint: Book
1700-1799'he [Mr Hale] was a clever man enough too, valued himself on his Literature, and made some pretty verses. as for Example he translated the Arria Pateo well enough'. [a sa...Hester Lynch Thrale William Hale[translation of one of Martial's 'Epigrams']Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'He [Mr Ritchie] presented me with a fascinating work as a birthday present — Boswell's "Letters" — you can't think how entertaining they are.'Gertrude Bell James Boswell[unspecified letters]Print: Book


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