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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth, on visit to Catherine Clarkson at Bury St Edmunds, to William Wordsworth and Sara Hutchinson, 14 August 1810: 'In the afternoon we looked over half th...Dorothy Wordsworth Geoffrey ChaucerThe Canterbury TalesPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth writes to Catherine Clarkson (12 November 1810) with description of three nights' stay during October (c.26-29) 1810 at Hackett (overlooking Langdale a...William Wordsworth John MiltonParadise LostUnknown
1800-1849Extract of letter from Thomas De Quincey to Mary Wordsworth, given in 30 December 1810 letter from Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson: '"W. Scott's last novel, the...Thomas De Quincey Walter ScottThe Lady of the LakeUnknown
1800-1849Extract of letter from S. T. Coleridge to William Wordsworth, given in 30 December 1810 letter from Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson: "'I amused myself a day o...Samuel Taylor Coleridge [a romance in the style of Ann Radcliffe]Print: Book
1800-1849'[William Lovett] read William Paley and other theologians in [the library of "The Liberals"].'William Lovett William Paley Print: Book
1800-1849'With little formal education, William Farish acquired basic literacy and political knowledge by reading newspapers to Newtown weavers. (Their favourite was the tri-weekl...William Farish Evening MailPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849William Wordsworth to Captain Charles Pasley, 28 March 1811: 'Now for your book. I had expected it with great impatience, and desired a Friend to send it down to me imme...William Wordsworth Captain Charles PasleyAn Essay on the Military Policy and Institutions o...Print: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 12 May 1811: 'We have had no leisure for reading. I have not opened a Book except on a Sunday, and when the rest of the family ...Dorothy Wordsworth Philip BeaverAfrican Memoranda: relative to an attempt to estab...Print: Book
1800-1849William Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont, 20 November 1811: 'Do you see the Courier newspaper at Dunmow? I ask on account of a little poem upon the comet, which I have read i...William Wordsworth ['a little poem upon the comet']Print: Newspaper
1800-1849William Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont, 20 November 1811: 'Do you see the Courier newspaper at Dunmow? I ask on account of a little poem upon the comet, which I have read i...William Wordsworth Courier, ThePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 27 December 1811: 'To diminish the evil [of smoking chimneys] we have a constant fire in Sara's room where we are now sitting at...John Wordsworth  Unknown
1800-1849John Wilson Croker to the Rev. George Croly, 28 November 1816: 'Though I have little time to read poetry,and notwithstanding all the charms of fashion, I read more o...John Wilson Croker George Gordon, Lord Byron Print: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to William Wordsworth, 23 April 1812: 'John is certainly much quicker in reading than he was. He has read very hard and taken up the Book frequently hi...John Wordsworth Daniel DefoeRobinson CrusoePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to William Wordsworth, 23 April 1812: 'We have not yet been sufficiently settled to read any thing but Novels. Adeline Mowbray made us quite sick befo...Wordsworth FamilyAmelia OpieAdeline Mowbray or Mother and DaughterPrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to William Wordsworth, 23 April 1812: 'Our new Master reads prayers to the Boys every night - John says he does not read so well as Mr Johnson; but ab...  Unknown
1800-1849William Wordsworth to Francis Wrangham, ['Early Spring 1812']: 'I see no new books except by the merest accident ... The only modern Books that I read are those of travel...William Wordsworth [travel books]Print: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: 'The Coleridges and Algernon [Montagu] were here yesterday and John and A had a happy day of play and rea...Algernon Montagu  Unknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: '[John] is reading a Story Book of Algernon [Montagu]'s at home and you would be surprised to hear how we...John Wordsworth [a story book]Print: BookManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: '[John] appears to us very slow in comprehending what he reads in the Grammar. Today we proposed to him ...John Wordsworth unknownHistory of EnglandPrint: BookManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: '[John] appears to us very slow in comprehending what he reads in the Grammar. Today we proposed to him ...John Wordsworth [grammar]Print: Book


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