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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'I am working at Richardson now, and will send you the paper by the end of the week. I suppose I ought to be ashamed to confess that, tedious as he often is, I feel less...Margaret Oliphant Samuel RichardsonClarissa, or, the History of a Young LadyPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am working at Richardson now, and will send you the paper by the end of the week. I suppose I ought to be ashamed to confess that, tedious as he often is, I feel less...Margaret Oliphant Henry FieldingTom JonesPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am writing now because I must?to congratulate you on the short stories on the Pall Mall Magazine, which seem to improve as they go on , & which certainly strike me as ...Arnold Bennett H.G. WellsA Story of the Days to ComePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I am writing these few lines to let you know that I received your Cambrian News, and also the ciggarretes [sic], they went round to all the Aber boys, which they gratefu...Arthur Jones Cambrian NewsPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I am writing this on the Maid's tragedy which I have read since tea with great pleasure — Besides this volume of Beaumont & Fletcher — there are on the t...John Keats Beaumont & Fletcher The Maid's TragedyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I am [...] reading and dipping into and re-dipping into your blue volume ["The Holy Mountain"]. Fact is I've just banged it down this minute--and I shan't look at it now...Joseph Conrad Stephen ReynoldsThe Holy MountainPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am [underlined] so [end underlining] glad you like what you have read of "Emma", and the dear old man's "Gentle selfishness". - Was there ever a happier expression? - ...Sarah Harriet Burney Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am [underlined] so [end underlining] glad you like what you have read of "Emma", and the dear old man's "Gentle selfishness". - Was there ever a happier expression? - ...Charlotte Barrett Jane AustenEmmaPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am [underlined] so [end underlining] glad you like what you have read of "Emma", and the dear old man's "Gentle selfishness". - Was there ever a happier expression? - ...Sarah Harriet Burney Walter ScottWaverley; or, 'Tis Sixty years SincePrint: Book
1700-1799'I amuse myself as well as I can with reading. I have just gone through your two vols. of Letters. Have reperused them with great pleasure and found many new beauties in ...Samuel Richardson Sarah FieldingFamiliar Letters Between the Principle Characters ...Print: Book
1850-1899'I amused myself reading the Saturday Age'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]The AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I amused myself with reading a tale in Blackwood till nine o'clock'John Buckley Castieau [unknown]Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I anticipate that you will permit me to say a very few words about the article in your last issue criticizing the editorial conduct of the "English Review"'. Arnold Bennett SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I arrived half-dead at La Neuville, and slept there for twelve hours or more. The next day we went to Braches, and then on foot to Rouvrel. About there, the countr...Herbert Edward Read Henry David ThoreauWaldenPrint: Book
1700-1799'I asked him what works of Richard Baxter's I should read. He said, "Read any of them; they are all good".' Samuel Johnson Richard Baxter Print: Book
1700-1799'I asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with a commentary, and what commentaries he would recommend. JOHNSON. "To be sure, Sir, I would have you read th...Samuel Johnson William Lowth[biblical commentaries - old testament]Print: Book
1700-1799'I asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with a commentary, and what commentaries he would recommend. JOHNSON. "To be sure, Sir, I would have you read th...Samuel Johnson Patrick[biblical commentaries - old testament]Print: Book
1700-1799'I asked him whether he would advise me to read the Bible with a commentary, and what commentaries he would recommend. JOHNSON. "To be sure, Sir, I would have you read th...Samuel Johnson Henry HammondA Paraphrase and Annotations Upon All the Books of...Print: Book
1900-1945'I asked James if he had read Shaw?s Manifesto. He said "I have it here and have made several attempts, but his horrible flippancy revolts me".? Henry James G. B. ShawCommon Sense about the WarPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I asked leave to read to Her Royal Highness, and I began 'Les Malheurs de l'Inconstance'.'Charlotte Bury C.J. DoratLes Malheurs de l'InconstancePrint: Book


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