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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
 
1800-1849"On 5 Jan 1806 D[orothy] W[ordsworth] told Lady Beaumont; "'My Brother chanced to meet with Richardson's letters at a Friend's house, and glancing over them, read thos...William Wordsworth Samuel RichardsonThe Correspondence of Samuel Richardson, a selecti...Print: Book
1700-1799"On 7 March 1796 D[orothy] W[ordsworth] remarked that 'I am now reading the Fool of Quality which amuses me exceedingly.'"Dorothy Wordsworth Henry BrookeThe Fool of Quality; or, the History of Henry Earl...Print: Book
1600-1699"One of the copies [of Paradise Regain'd ... Samson Agonistes] I examined at the British Library, London (shelfmark C14a12) ... contains handwritten corrections of both t...anon John MiltonParadise Regain'd/Samson AgonistesPrint: Book
1700-1799"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...George Steevens Thomas Percyannotations in Gerard Langbaine, An Account of the...
1700-1799"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...George Steevens William Oldysannotations in Gerard Langbaine, An Account of the...
1700-1799"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...Thomas Percy Gerard LangbaineAn Account of the English Dramatic Poets (Oxford, ...Print: Book
1700-1799"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...William Oldys Gerard LangbaineAn Account of the English Dramatic Poets (Oxford, ...Print: Book
1800-1849"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...John Haslemere Gerard LangbaineAn Account of the English Dramatic PoetsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		"One of the interleaved British Library copies of the 1691 edition [of Gerard Langbaine's Account of the English Dramatic Poets] graphically represents the circulation of...Richard Wright Gerard LangbaineAn Account of the English Dramatic PoetsPrint: Book
1850-1899"One windfall came [to Hannah Mitchell] from a passing walker, who asked if the family liked reading poetry. Although only familiar with verse in the local paper, Mitche...Hannah Mitchell William WordsworthpoemsPrint: Book
1850-1899"One windfall came [to Hannah Mitchell] from a passing walker, who asked if the family liked reading poetry. Although only familiar with verse in the local paper, Mitche...Hannah Mitchell local newspaper (including verse)Print: Newspaper
1850-1899"Payn showed me yesterday an article of yours upon a Miss Grant of whom I confess, I have heard for the first time; but I thought the whole really well written & feel tha...Leslie Stephen William Ernest HenleyMiss GrantPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849"Perhaps Picturesque is somewhat synonymous to the word Taste, which we should think improperly applied to Homer & Milton, but very well to Prior or Pope. I suspect that ...William Blake William Gilpin3 Essays on Picturesque BeautyPrint: Book
1850-1899"Poor fellow! I really pity him; for his last numbers of the Fors [Clavigera] seem to imply growing distraction of mind, wh. is scarcely compatible with perfect sanity. Y...Leslie Stephen John RuskinFors [Clavigera]Print: Book
1700-1799"Pope collected copies of attacks on his own work, and the notes in these tend understandably to the defensive, as in the occasional sarcastic comment in pamphlets by Joh...Alexander Pope John Dennispamphlet attacking Pope's poetryPrint: Pamphlet
1850-1899
1900-1945		"Prior to ... [her] marriage [in 1911], [Marie Stopes's] only sexual knowledge came from reading Browning, Swinburne, and -- ignoring her mother's advice -- Shakespeare's...Marie Stopes Robert Browning Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		"Prior to ... [her] marriage [in 1911], [Marie Stopes's] only sexual knowledge came from reading Browning, Swinburne, and -- ignoring her mother's advice -- Shakespeare's...Marie Stopes Algernon Swinburne Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		"Prior to ... [her] marriage [in 1911], [Marie Stopes's] only sexual knowledge came from reading Browning, Swinburne, and -- ignoring her mother's advice -- Shakespeare's...Marie Stopes William ShakespeareSonnetsPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		"Prior to ... [her] marriage [in 1911], [Marie Stopes's] only sexual knowledge came from reading Browning, Swinburne, and -- ignoring her mother's advice -- Shakespeare's...Marie Stopes William ShakespeareVenus and AdonisPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		"Prior to ... [her] marriage [in 1911], [Marie Stopes's] only sexual knowledge came from reading Browning, Swinburne, and -- ignoring her mother's advice -- Shakespeare's...Marie Stopes Edward CarpenterLove's Coming of AgePrint: Book


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