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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 26 January 1815: 'Your packet hath been perused ...'George Gordon Lord Byron John Cam Hobhouse[packet]Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849Activities listed by Byron, bored at wife's family home at Seaham, in letter to Thomas Moore, 2 March 1815, include 'trying to read old Annual Registers and the daily pap...George Gordon Lord Byron The Annual RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Byron to John Hanson, 11 July 1815: 'Dear Sir -- I have called about my Will -- which I hope is nearly ready. -- I also wish to have the robe and sword sent up to my hous...George Gordon Lord Byron Byron family pedigreeUnknown
1800-1849Byron to unknown author of volume of poems sent to him the previous day, 18 July 1815: 'the satisfaction I experienced from the perusal, made me anxious for the immediate...George Gordon Lord Byron unknownunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Leigh Hunt, 22 October 1815: 'My dear Hunt -- You have excelled yourself - if not all your Contemporaries in the Canto which I have just finished ...'George Gordon Lord Byron Leigh HuntThe Story of Rimini (Canto 3)Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Byron to Leigh Hunt, [4-6 November, 1815]: 'The paper on the Methodists was sure to raise the bristles of the godly -- I redde it and agree with the writer on one point ....George Gordon Lord Byron unknown[paper on the Methodists]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Byron to the Rev. Charles Robert Maturin, 21 December 1815, regarding submission of MS [Bertram] to Drury Lane Theatre: 'Sir -- Mr. Lamb -- (one of my colleagues in the S...George Gordon Lord Byron Charles Robert MaturinBertramManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Byron to his father-in-law, Sir Ralph Noel, 7 February 1816: 'I have read Lady Byron's letter -- enclosed by you to Mrs. Leigh -- with much surprize and more sorrow.'George Gordon Lord Byron Lady Byron[letter]Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849Byron to Leigh Hunt, [?March-April 1816], on receptions of his poem The Story of Rimini: 'my sister and cousin ... were in fixed perusal & delight with it ...'Augusta Leigh Leigh HuntThe Story of RiminiUnknown
1800-1849Byron to Pryce Gordon, [?June 1816]: '... I cannot tell you what a treat your gift of Casti has been to me; I have almost got him by heart. I had read his "Animali Parla...George Gordon Lord Byron Giambattista CastiNovelle AmorosePrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Pryce Gordon, [?June 1816]: '... I cannot tell you what a treat your gift of Casti has been to me; I have almost got him by heart. I had read his "Animali Parla...George Gordon Lord Byron Giambattista CastiAnimali ParlantePrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 27 June 1816: 'I have traversed all Rousseau's ground -- with the Heloise before me -- & am struck to a degree with the force and accuracy of hs des...George Gordon Lord Byron Jean-Jacques RousseauJulie, ou La Nouvelle HeloisePrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to John Murray, 22 July 1816, on advertisement falsely ascribing authorship of various poems to him: 'I enclose you an advertisement -- which was copied by Dr. P[ol...John Polidori advertisement for publicationsPrint: Advertisement
1800-1849Byron to Samuel Rogers, 29 July 1816: 'I have read "Glenarvon" ... & have also seen Ben. Constant's Adolphe ... a work which leaves an unpleasant impression ...' George Gordon Lord Byron Lady Caroline LambGlenarvonPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Samuel Rogers, 29 July 1816: 'I have read "Glenarvon" ... & have also seen Ben. Constant's Adolphe ... a work which leaves an unpleasant impression ...' George Gordon Lord Byron Benjamin ConstantAdolphePrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Augusta Leigh, 17 September 1816 ("Alpine Journal"), on seeing General Ludlow's monument at Vevey: 'I remember reading his memoirs in January 1815 (at Halnaby --...George Gordon Lord Byron Edmund LudlowmemoirsPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Augusta Leigh, 17 September 1816 ("Alpine Journal"), on General Ludlow's monument at Vevey: 'black marble -- long inscription -- Latin -- but simple -- particula...George Gordon Lord Byron Margaret de Thomasepitaph to Edmund LudlowManuscript: tombstone epitaph
1800-1849Biographical Notices of Painters were eagerly sought at this period; but my reading, upon the whole, was of rather a desultory nature, being fond of variety; accordingly ...John Cole The EuropeanPrint: Serial / periodical, Magazine
1800-1849Biographical Notices of Painters were eagerly sought at this period; but my reading, upon the whole, was rather a desultory nature, being fond of variety; accordingly a v...John Cole  Print: Book
1800-1849Biographical Notices of Painters were eagerly sought at this period; but my reading, upon the whole, was rather a desultory nature, being fond of variety; accordingly a v...John Cole  Print: Book


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