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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'I admire you for what you say of the fierce fighting "Iliad"... I am afraid this poem, noble as it truly is, has done infinite mischief for a series of ages; since to it...Samuel Richardson Homer IliadPrint: Book
1700-1799'I admire you for what you say of the fierce fighting "Iliad"... I am afraid this poem, noble as it truly is, has done infinite mischief for a series of ages; since to it...Samuel Richardson Virgil AeneidPrint: Book
1700-1799'I admired many of his [Wordsworth's] pieces exceedingly, though I had not then seen his ponderous "Excursion"'.James Hogg William Wordsworth[poems]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'I admit, then, that I read and admired "The Immoralist" all of two years ago. Davray gave it to me. I have not said anything but someone has filched my copy; and I wante...Joseph Conrad André GideL'ImmoralistePrint: Book
1900-1945'I admit, then, that I read and admired "The Immoralist" all of two years ago. Davray gave it to me. I have not said anything but someone has filched my copy; and I wante...Joseph Conrad André GidePrétextes (OR Nouveaux prétextes) Print: Book
1800-1849'I again felt some difficulty at reading the Bible, however, I got through well. George Dilwyn encouraging me, by saying he thought I portioned the reading well.'Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'I again took up Dr Whitehead's Life of Mr Wesley, and as I saw by the title-page that it contained an account of Mr Wesley's ancestors and relations, the life of Mr Char...James and Mary Lackington John WhiteheadThe Life of the Rev John WesleyPrint: Book
1850-1899'I agree with you that Mr Collins's volumes are very good, but I don't agree with you about Mr Trollope, whose "Caesar" I cannot read without laughing - it is so like Joh...Margaret Oliphant CollinsunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'I agree with you that Mr Collins's volumes are very good, but I don't agree with you about Mr Trollope, whose 'Caesar' I cannot read without laughing - it is so like Joh...Margaret Oliphant Anthony TrollopeCaesarPrint: Book
1850-1899'I agreed pretty well with all you said about George Eliot […]'Robert Louis Stevenson Catherine Spence Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I allude to my old friend, and your acquaintance, the Ettrick Shepherd (for I will not mention him by the unpoetical name of Mr James Hogg) who is now, you will perceive...Walter Scott James Hogg[ballads]Unknown
1850-1899'I also found a small library, which meant that many copper really needed for food were spent on borrowing books. At this time I read all Mrs. Henry Wood's novels, most o...Hannah Mitchell Mrs. Henry Wood[novels]Print: Book
1850-1899'I also found a small library, which meant that many copper really needed for food were spent on borrowing books. At this time I read all Mrs. Henry Wood's novels, most o...Hannah Mitchell Sir Walter Scott[works]Print: Book
1850-1899'I also found a small library, which meant that many copper really needed for food were spent on borrowing books. At this time I read all Mrs. Henry Wood's novels, most o...Hannah Mitchell [unknown][poetry]Print: Book
1850-1899'I also found a small library, which meant that many copper really needed for food were spent on borrowing books. At this time I read all Mrs. Henry Wood's novels, most o...Hannah Mitchell [unknown][history]Print: Book
1850-1899'I also gratefully acknowledge receipt of the "Daily Telegraph." The Liberal gov was defeated on the budget vote a day or so [9 June 1885] before our departure from Penar...Joseph Conrad newspaper (Daily Telegraph)Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I also had a serious reading of the Holy Scriptures with many English, who came to see us at our hotel, and a time of prayer'Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'I also had some good opportunities for borrowing books; and thus read that very interesting quarto volume, Mr Park's "Travels in Africa". I also read Mr Colquhoun's larg...Thomas Carter Patrick ColquhonTreatise on the Police of the metropolisPrint: Book
1800-1849'I also had some good opportunities for borrowing books; and thus read that very interesting quarto volume, Mr. Park's "Travels in Africa". I also read Mr. Colquhoun's la...Thomas Carter Mungo ParkTravels in the Interior Districts of AfricaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I also have been reading ?All Quiet?. Stanley and I stood for an hour outside my hotel at midnight in Southampton Row ? and rowed about it.'Winifred Agnes Moore Erich Maria RemarqueAll Quiet on the Western FrontPrint: Book


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