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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
 
1850-1899'I finished this morning Horace's "Epistle to the Pisos", which I have been reading at intervals.'George Eliot (pseud) HoraceThe Art of Poetry an Epistle to the PisosPrint: Book
1850-1899'I finished this morning Neander's life of Christ. There is much that seems to me rather mystical & very German, obscure at times, & it is obviously very ill-translated, ...G. W. F. Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle Augustus NeanderLife of Jesus ChristPrint: Book
1800-1849'I finished your Musaeus ten days ago: it is a nice little book and will do very well. You shall have it at Had[dingto]n whenever you get there, with multifarious advice...Thomas Carlyle Johann Karl August MusaeusVolksmahrchen der DeutschenPrint: BookManuscript: Letter
1900-1945'I first glance at the personal columns, probably because they are on the front of the paper. Then I turn to the middle pages where the leading articles appear. Otherwise... Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I first heard of Barr?s in an article by Edward Delille in the Fortnightly.' Arnold Bennett Edward Delille[article on Maurice Barres]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I first wrote in my journal, read in the Testament after breakfast'Elizabeth Gurney [n/a][New] TestamentPrint: Book
1700-1799'I first wrote to my father then wrote a little journal, read two chapters in the Testament, had a good lesson of French, went to see Bob, read in Barclay's Apology for s...Elizabeth Gurney Robert BarclayApology for the True Christian DivinityPrint: Book
1700-1799'I first wrote to my father then wrote a little journal, read two chapters in the Testament, had a good lesson of French, went to see Bob, read in Barclay's Apology for s...Elizabeth Gurney [n/a][New] TestamentPrint: Book
1900-1945'I flew the 1˝ Strutter—great machine. News of Chadwick in The Daily Sketch. He had been compelled to land through engine failure in a field near Tirelemont and co...Charles Philip Oldfield Bartlett The Daily SketchPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I flung myself on my bed afterwards and tried to get some comfort from the volume of Wordsworth which had been the delight of my scholarship work in that long-ago that w...Vera Brittain William WordsworthunknownPrint: Book
1900-1945'I forgot in my last letter to say that I found Beer’s book very good, certainly useful to me. [Clifford Beer, "A Mind That Found Itself"]. . . . By the way, have you r...Arnold Bennett Clifford BeerA Mind That Found ItselfPrint: Book
1850-1899'I forgot to tell you that Meta reads with & teaches Elliot every night'Margaret Emily Gaskell [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'I found a deskful of old letters which I had quite forgotten ... It is a sad feeling in reading old letters that I have no one to sympathise in such old memories.'Emma Darwin [letters]Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I found a good deal of amusement in looking over the engravings in a Spanish volume, called, I think, "The Visions of Don Quevedo". It was, of course, a book from which ...Thomas Carter Francisco de QuevedoThe Visions of Don QuevedoPrint: Book
1900-1945'I found a letter-box and feverishly endeavoured to decipher, in the semi-darkness, a long word printed in black letters on a white background. With a sinking heart I slo...Gerald Featherstone Knight unknown unknown[sign]Print: BookManuscript: Painted sign.
1700-1799'I found him at home in the morning. He praised Delany's "Observations on Swift ;" said that his book and Lord Orrery's might both be true, though one viewed Swift more, ...Samuel Johnson Patrick DelanyObservations upon Lord Orrery's Remarks on the Lif...Print: Book
1700-1799'I found him at home in the morning. He praised Delany's "Observations on Swift ;" said that his book and Lord Orrery's might both be true, though one viewed Swift more, ...Samuel Johnson John Boyle, 5th earl of OrreryRemarks on the life and writings of Dr. Jonathan S...Print: Book
1800-1849'I found him in ecstasy over your husband's book. He said it was the most attractive reading he had met with; that notwithstanding his ignorance of natural history he fou...J.C.L. Sismondi Charles DarwinJournal of researches into the geology and natural...Print: Book
1700-1799'I found his " Journey" the common topick of conversation in London at this time, wherever I happened to be. At one of Lord Mansfield's formal Sunday evening conversation...William Murray, First Earl Mansfield Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1900-1945'I found Jessie crazy with tooth ache which lasted all day, and transported--it's the only word for it--with admiration of the fifteen chapters, it appears, she has read ...Jessie Conrad John GalsworthyFraternityManuscript: Sheet


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