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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
 
1900-1945'I am forming my opinions mainly from what I read in books on economies, politics, history, etc. I read the daily papers, but I do not take a lot of notice of what I read...H G Wells[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'I am forming my opinions mainly from what I read in books on economies, politics, history, etc. I read the daily papers, but I do not take a lot of notice of what I read...A Huxley[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'I am getting on very well with Ovid.'Robert Louis Stevenson OvidunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am glad I read the little book ["The Problems of Philosophy"] before coming to your essays ["Philosophical Essays"]. If in reading the first I felt moving step by step...Joseph Conrad Bertrand RussellPhilosophical EssaysPrint: Book
1700-1799'I am glad that Cowley takes his turn with you. Cowley has great merit with me; and the greater, as he is out of fashion in this age of taste. And yet I wonder he is so a...Samuel Richardson Abraham Cowley Print: Book
1700-1799'I am glad that Cowley takes his turn with you. Cowley has great merit with me; and the greater, as he is out of fashion in this age of taste. And yet I wonder he is so a...Susanna Highmore Abraham Cowley Print: Book
1800-1849'I am glad to hear that you are getting forward so well with Homer. I know almost nothing about him - having never read any thing but Pope's translation, and not above a ...Thomas Carlyle Alexander PopeThe Iliad / Odyssey of HomerPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am glad to hear that you are getting forward so well with Homer. I know almost nothing about him - having never read any thing but Pope's translation, and not above a ...Thomas Carlyle HomerThe Iliad / OdysseyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am glad to hear that you are getting forward so well with Homer. I know almost nothing about him - having never read any thing but Pope's translation, and not above a ...Thomas Carlyle XenophonAnabasisPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am glad to hear you are giving Macaulay a turn. I believe, though it sounds rude and foolish, nothing will do you more good.'Sidney Colvin Thomas Babington MacaulayunknownPrint: Book, Articles in the Edinburgh Review?
1900-1945'I am glad to hear you have read Esmond: it is one of my favourite novels, and I hardly know which to praise most, the wonderful, musical Queen Anne English, or the del...Clive Staples Lewis William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Henry EsmondPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am glad you have read Madame de Stael?s "Allemagne". The book is a foolish one in some respects; but it abounds with information, and shows great mental power. She w...Hannah Macaulay Germaine de StaelDe l'AllemagnePrint: Book
1800-1849'I am glad you ha[ve] attacked Hume. Your remarks are just as far as I can determine'.John A. Carlyle HumeunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am glad you recommended "Gisborne", for having begun, I am pleased with it, and I had quite determined not to read it.'Jane Austen Thomas GisborneAn Enquiry into the Duties of the Female SexPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am glad you saw Lara; and am indebted for your account of it. I read the review of it in the Quarterly review?some time ago.' [there follow Carlyle's observations on M...Thomas Carlyle anon.[review in the Quarterly Review Byron's Lara]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I am glad you were pleased with Clery. As I have succeeded in one recommendation, I will take the liberty of making another, and advise you to buy Count Rumford's Essays...[Mrs] Beach CleryJournalPrint: Book
1700-1799'I am glad you were pleased with Clery. As I have succeeded in one recommendation, I will take the liberty of making another, and advise you to buy Count Rumford's Essays...Sydney Smith Benjamin Thomson, Count von RumfordEssays, Political, Economical and PhilosophicalPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am going on with my reading of Shakespeare's historical plays, and yesterday I came on the murder of Humphrey, Duke of Gloster, and the death of Beaufort; and Tennyson...Fanny Allen William Shakespeare2 Henry VIPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am going on with my reading of Shakespeare's historical plays, and yesterday I came on the murder of Humphrey, Duke of Gloster, and the death of Beaufort; and Tennyson...Fanny Allen Alfred, Lord TennysonLocksley HallPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am going through a course of John Henry Newman's Sermons.'Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell John Henry Newman[Sermons]Print: Book


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