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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
 
1800-1849'"I well remember the acute sorrow with which, by my own fire-side, I first perused Dr. Currie's Narrative, and some of the letters, particularly of those composed in the...William Wordsworth Dr CurrieLife of BurnsPrint: Book
1800-1849'"I well remember the acute sorrow with which, by my own fire-side, I first perused Dr. Currie's Narrative, and some of the letters, particularly of those composed in the...William Wordsworth Robert BurnslettersPrint: Book
1800-1849'De Qunicey's letter of 27 Aug 1810 to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] contains the last two lines of [John] Byrom's epigram ... which she in turn copied in her letter to Catherin...Thomas De Quincey John ByromEpigram on the Feuds Between Handel and BononciniUnknown
1800-1849'De Qunicey's letter of 27 Aug 1810 to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] contains the last two lines of [John] Byrom's epigram ... which she in turn copied in her letter to Catherin...Dorothy Wordsworth John ByromEpigram on the Feuds Between Handel and BononciniManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'De Quincey ... in a letter to the Wordsworths of 27 May 1809 said that he had read ... [Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers] "some weeks - or perhaps months - ago...Thomas De Quincey George Gordon, Lord ByronEnglish Bards and Scotch ReviewersPrint: Book
1800-1849'On 17-18 May 1812 W[ordsworth] wrote to M[ary] W[ordsworth]: "Yesterday I dined alone with Lady B. - and we read Lord Byron's new poem whch is not destitute of merit; th...William Wordsworth George Gordon, Lord ByronChilde Harold's Pilgrimage I and IIPrint: Book
1800-1849'On 17-18 May 1812 W[ordsworth] wrote to M[ary] W[ordsworth]: "Yesterday I dined alone with Lady B. - and we read Lord Byron's new poem whch is not destitute of merit...Margaret Beaumont George Gordon, Lord ByronChilde Harold's Pilgrimage I and IIPrint: Book
1800-1849'Writing to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] on 19 Aug. 1814, W[ordsworth] describes an incident in a Perth bookshop: "I stepped yesterday evening into a Bookseller's shop with a s...William Wordsworth George Gordon, Lord ByronLaraPrint: Book
1800-1849'Writing to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] on 19 Aug. 1814, W[ordsworth] describes an incident in a Perth bookshop: "I stepped yesterday evening into a Bookseller's shop with a s...William Wordsworth Samuel RogersJacquelinePrint: Book
1800-1849' ... the first three stanzas and two concluding stanzas of [Thoms] Campbell's poem [The Exile of Erin] were copied and pasted by S[ara] H[utchinson] into the Wordsworth ...Sara Hutchinson Thomas CampbellExile of Erin, TheUnknown
1800-1849'C[oleridge] read ... [George Carleton, Memoirs] in April [1809] ... 'Samuel Taylor Coleridge George CarletonMemoirs of Captain George Carleton, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'W[ordsworth] translated ten epitaphs from Chiabrera's Opere ... probably ...between 26 Oct. and 4 Nov. 1809.'William Wordsworth Gabriello ChiabreraDelle Opere di Gabriello ChiabreraPrint: Book
1800-1849'W[ordsworth] seems to have translated ... [John Clanvowe, Of the Cuckowe and the Nightingale] on 7 and 8 Dec. 1801, and made a fair copy on 9 Dec.'William Wordsworth John ClanvoweOf the Cuckowe and the NightingaleUnknown
1800-1849'C[oleridge] read vol. 1 [of Thomas Clarkson, History ... of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade] in proof in early Feb. 1808 ... 'Samuel Taylor Coleridge Thomas ClarksonHistory of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment ...Print: proof
1800-1849'C[oleridge] consulted ... [the Weekly Political Register] while working on the Friend ... 'Samuel Taylor Coleridge William CobbettWeekly Political Register, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849' ... a summary of the contents of the Proceedings was published in the Courier on 3 Jan. 1809, and read by W[ordsworth].'William Wordsworth [summary of Proceedings upon the Inquiry relative ...Print: Newspaper
1800-1849" ... a summary of the contents of the Proceedings was published in the Courier on 3 Jan. 1809, and read by W[ordsworth]. Aware of W[ordsworth]'s interest in the Convent...William Wordsworth unknownProceedings upon the Inquiry relative to the Armis...Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849Wu notes that Charles Lamb copied stanzas 20-53 of Charles Cotton, Winter, in letter to Wordsworth of 5 March 1803.Charles Lamb Charles CottonWinterUnknown
1800-1849'Shortly after its first appearance in Hayley's Life and Posthumous Writings of Cowper (1803), Lamb copied ... out ['On the Loss of the Royal George'] in a letter to W[or...Charles Lamb William CowperOn the Loss of the Royal GeorgePrint: Book
1800-1849'C[oleridge] read from Daniel, including Hymen's Triumph and Musophilus, during his stay at D[ove] C[ottage], 20 Dec. 1803-14 Jan. 1804 ... 'Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel DanielHymen's TriumphUnknown


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