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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
 
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, Wednesday 22 October 1800: 'Wm. read after supper, Ruth etc.; Coleridge Christabel.'Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor ColeridgeChristabelManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'1943 My Favourite: Books: "How Green Was my Valley", "Witch in the Wood". Authors: T.H.White, Hugh Walpole Poems: "Christabel", "Lotus Eaters" Writers: Shaw, Shakesp...Hilary Spalding Samuel Taylor ColeridgeChristabelPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday August 16th. [...] Read Christabel & the Saggio Storico.' Claire Clairmont Samuel Taylor ColeridgeChristabelPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at 22, Cintra Avenue. 17th Sept. 1942 F. E. Pollard in the chair.
1. A card of greetings was read from Janet Rawlings, Beth and Victor Alexander.<...		Knox Taylor Samuel Taylor ColeridgeChristabelUnknown
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1800-1849		??Coleridge, who, en parenthesis, he disliked for a merciless attack on his tragedy. Which the ill success of the ?Remorse? had incited; and he had prepared a retaliation...Charles Maturin Samuel Taylor ColeridgeChristabel and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1850-1899'I read a sermon from the Christian Age, then had a cup of tea, now going to bed about 9 P.M.'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I rose pretty early before break of day, it was a splendid morning. I read several bits of the Christian Age before I went to mine.'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I read a good bit from my Bible and Christian Ages ...'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I went down to see Peter & stayed a good while until breakfast then read 2 Sermons from C Age & Peter came up here.'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'As I was keen to go abroad, and half fearful of the war ending before my dream was consummated, I was not to be tempted by Marian's opinions ... And so she proceeded to ...Vero Walter Garratt Christian CommonwealthPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I meant to inform you, that besides those books already mentioned, I sent for Bishop Horne's Sermons, 4 vols. Carr's Sermons, Blairs Sermons, 5vols. Scott's Christian Li...James Lackington John ScottChristian Life(5 vols)Print: Book
1700-1799I believe your Ladiship will be diverted with an Octavo book on the Writings and Genius of Pope; tho' you will not approve of everything in it. A little Vol. intitled, "C...Samuel Richardson Thomas BrowneChristian MoralsPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 7 May 1756:] 'Has Mr Johnson sent you his new edition of Sir Thomas Browne's Christian Morals? 'Tis a collection of the noblest ...Catherine Talbot Thomas BrowneChristian MoralsPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Zachary Macaulay (editor of the Christian Observer), 3 December 1813: 'Sir / - I have just finished the perusal of an article in the "Christian Observer" on ye. ...George Gordon, Lord Byron VariousChristian ObserverPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Read Xtian Observer on War ... Began Father & Son by Goss. 9. May filled hot water bottle & brought hot water. To bed 9.30.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Christian ObserverPrint: Serial / periodicalUnknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		Phyllis Browne, "What Girls Can Do" (1880): '[Having agreed with her father that she would read only books approved by him] I begged him to give me something to read. He...Thomas DickChristian PhilosopherPrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Phyllis Browne, "What Girls Can Do" (1880): '[Having agreed with her father that she would read only books approved by him] I begged him to give me something to read. He...Phyllis Browne Thomas DickChristian PhilosopherPrint: Book
1800-1849'Charles Shaw's dependance upon a small Sunday school library in Tunstall [...] imparted a magnificent if involuntary scope to his education: '"I read "Robinson Crusoe...Charles Shaw DickChristian PhilosopherPrint: Book
1800-1849'Reader, how is our family circle this evening? I will tell you. We are seated around a circular table. On my right is WLC copying some matter for me out of Dr Dick's wor...WL Cole DickChristian philosopherPrint: Book
1800-1849'We quite run over with Books. She [JA's mother] has got Sir John Carr's Travels in Spain from Miss B. & I am reading a Society-Octavo, an Essay on the Military Police &...Jane Austen Claudius BuchananChristian Researches in AsiaPrint: Book


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