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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
 
1800-1849Lord Lonsdale to William Wordsworth, 1 May 1820: 'I have read the Sonnets on the Duddon, and the notes annexed to them with great Pleasure ... the perusal of them afforde...Lord Lonsdale William WordsworthRiver Duddon, A Series of Sonnets, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 3 September [1820]: 'How admirable and to me astonishing the ardour and industry of your good husband - to think of writing a se...Thomas Clarkson Thomas ClarksonsermonUnknown
1800-1849William Wordsworth (visiting Paris) to Helen Maria Williams, [15 October 1820], 'I had the honour of receiving your letter yesterday Evening, together with the several co...William Wordsworth Helen Maria WilliamsThe Charter; addressed to my nephew Athanase C. L....Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Thomas Hutchinson, 14 December 1820: 'The news from Hayti [ie Haiti, where revolution had taken place] has grieved Mr Clarkson [friend of King Henri...Thomas Clarkson [newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth to Thomas Hutchinson, 14 December 1820, on her nephew William's academic progress: '...he seems yet to have little or no satisfaction in reading alone....William Wordsworth unknownunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'On 2 May 1812 M[ary] W[ordsworth] wrote to her husband from Hindwell: "I have read the 'Ladies calling' - one of thy books - which pleased me much ... " Mary Wordsworth Richard AllestreeLadies Calling, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849"[Mark L.] Reed [in Wordsworth: The Chronology of the Middle Years, 1975] judges that [S. T.] C[oleridge] copied this poem ['An unfortunate Mother to her infant at her Br...Samuel Taylor Coleridge An unfortunate Mother to the infant at her BreastUnknown
1800-1849Copied by Dorothy Wordsworth into Wordsworth Commonplace Book: 'From Aristotle's Synopsis of the Virtues and Vices "It is the property of fortitude not to be easily t...Dorothy Wordsworth AristotleunknownUnknown
1800-1849Copied by William Wordsworth into letter to Lady Beaumont, 12 March 1805: 'From Aristotle's Synopsis of the Virtues and Vices "It is the property of fortitude not to ...William Wordsworth AristotleunknownUnknown
1800-1849'Extracts from [John] Barrow's Travels in China appear in the Wordsworth Commonplace Book [Dove Cottage MS 26] ...'Wordsworth FamilyJohn BarrowTravels in ChinaPrint: Book
1800-1849'On 19 April 1809 S[ara] H[utchinson] wrote to Mary Monkhouse from Allan Bank, "The nicest model of a churn I ever saw was in 'Barrow's account of the interior of Africa....Sara Hutchinson John BarrowTravels into the Interior of South AfricaPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Charles] Lamb copied ... [John Beaumont, Bart., the elder, "An Epitaph upon my dear Brother Francis Beaumont"] into his copy of Beaumont and Fletcher's Fifty Comedies ...Charles Lamb John BeaumontAn Epitaph upon my dear Brother Francis BeaumontPrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'[Sir George] Beaumont wriote to W[ordsworth] on 10 Aug. 1806, saying: "I am sure you will be pleased with my ancestor (sir Johns) Poems. the more I read them the more I...Sir George Beaumont John Beaumont[poems]Unknown
1800-1849'In her letter of 18 Oct. 1811 ... S[ara] H[utchinson] told Mary Monkhouse: "I have been dipping into Bingley's Tour of N. Wales." She goes on to copy out two quotations...Sara Hutchinson William BingleyNorth Wales: including its scenery, antiquities, c...Print: BookUnknown
1800-1849'[Henry Crabb] Robinson recorded on 24 May 1812 that "I read Wordsworth some of Blake's poems; he was pleased with some of them, and considered Blake as having the elemen...Henry Crabb Robinson William BlakeunknownUnknown
1800-1849S. T. Coleridge to James Tobin, 17 Sept 1800: 'What Wordsworth & I have seen of the Farmer's Boy (only a few short extracts) pleased us very much.'Samuel Taylor Coleridge Robert BloomfieldFarmer's Boy, TheUnknown
1800-1849S. T. Coleridge to James Tobin, 17 Sept 1800: 'What Wordsworth & I have seen of the Farmer's Boy (only a few short extracts) pleased us very much.'William Wordsworth Robert BloomfieldFarmer's Boy, TheUnknown
1800-1849'In a letter to W[ordsworth] dated 16 April 1815 Lamb remarks: "Since I saw you I have had a treat in the reading way which does not come every day. The Latin Poems of V...Charles Lamb Vincent BourneLatin PoemsUnknown
1800-1849'[Samuel] Rogers reported W[ordsworth]'s reaction to Brougham's harsh review of Byron's first volume: "Wordsworth was spending an evening at Charles Lamb's, when he saw t...William Wordsworth Henry Broughamreview of Byron, Hours of IdlenessPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'[In Germany] C[oleridge] read [Frederika] Brun's Chamouny beym Sonnenaufgange, which provided the inspiration for his Hymn Before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouni.'Samuel Taylor Coleridge Frederika BrunChamouny beym SonnenaufgangeUnknown


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