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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'I had him [Dean Swift] all to myself for near three hours, during which time he made me read to him the Annals of the four last years of the Reign of Queen [italics] Ann...Laetitia Pilkington Jonathan SwiftHistory of the Four Last Years of the QueenManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'I had hoped to have a clear head here - to get on with German, Italian, etc. and to read some history. But I have been so heavy and tired all the time that I can only ma...Antonia White Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945'I had hoped to have a clear head here - to get on with German, Italian, etc. and to read some history. But I have been so heavy and tired all the time that I can only ma...Antonia White Arthur Conan Doyle[Sherlock Holmes Stories]Print: Book
1900-1945'I had hoped to have a clear head here - to get on with German, Italian, etc. and to read some history. But I have been so heavy and tired all the time that I can only ma...Antonia White Emily Coleman[unknown]Unknown
1700-1799'I had lent him "An Account of Scotland, in 1702," written by a man of various enquiry, an English chaplain to a regiment stationed there. JOHNSON. "It is sad stuff, Sir,...Samuel Johnson Martin Martin Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Print: Book
1700-1799'I had lent him "An Account of Scotland, in 1702," written by a man of various enquiry, an English chaplain to a regiment stationed there. JOHNSON. "It is sad stuff, Sir,...Samuel Johnson Thomas MorerShort Account of ScotlandPrint: Book
1900-1945'I had letter from Sir Hugh Clifford. He sends me six copies of his address to the Legislative Council.[...] The report is very interesting.' Joseph Conrad Hugh CliffordAddress to the Legislative Council of NigeriaPrint: Pamphlet
1900-1945'I had not heard of "Wind in the Willows" until I read it during the summer holiday of my seventeenth year!'Norman Nicholson Kenneth GrahameThe Wind in the WillowsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I had not known Thornton Wilder, though I had been among the thousands who read "The Bridge of San Luis Rey".'Vera Brittain Thornton WilderBridge of San Luis Rey, ThePrint: Book, Unknown
1800-1849'I had not looked at it before, which is very wrong, & it did not do well'G. W. F. Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle Walter HookSermon [from his work on miracles]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'I had rather a comfortable drive here from Shrewsbury, read in the Testament and got by heart one or two verses'Elizabeth Gurney [n/a][New] TestamentPrint: Book
1700-1799'I had rather you would not read Dr Price's sermons, as they would lead you into controversial disputes, and your limited range of books would not afford you a clue - the...Mary Wollstonecraft Richard PriceSermons on the Christian Doctrine, as Received by ...Print: Book
1700-1799'I had rather you would not read Dr Price's sermons, as they would lead you into controversial disputes, and your limited range of books would not afford you a clue - the...Mary Wollstonecraft Richard PriceFour DissertationsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I had read about this country [China] with its forty centuries of history - more or less static, but which, at the present time, is passing through the most momentous tr...Stuart Wood [pseud?] [unknown][book on China]Print: Book
1800-1849'I had read in Cobbett's "Advice to Young Men" a caution not to depend upon the Muses for substantial support ... he illustrated the sufferings of Bloomfield ...'John Teer William CobbettAdvice to Young Men, and, incidentally, to Young WPrint: Book
1800-1849'I had read it first to nearly the very same people after my Father's illness in 1844; it is only less beautiful than practical & useful'G. W. F. Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle Henry MelvillSermon on the Proportion of Grace to TrialPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'I had read some little of Laplace when I saw you; & I continue to advance with a diminishing velocity. I turned aside into Leslie's conics - & went thro' it, in search ...Thomas Carlyle Sir John LeslieElements of Geometry, Geometrical Analysis, and Pl...Print: Book
1800-1849'I had read some little of Laplace when I saw you; & I continue to advance with a diminishing velocity. I turned aside into Leslie's conics - 'Thomas Carlyle Simon-Pierre LaplaceExposition du systeme du mondePrint: Book
1900-1945'I had read some of your Philipino [sic] stories--and was looking for more of your work. I spotted it first in the old MacClure Mag.; certainly without any help from any...Joseph Conrad James Marie HopperCaybiganPrint: Book
1800-1849'I had seen some numbers of "Tracts for the Times" lying on the counter in a bookseller's shop in Newport, and they had excited my curiosity, and led to inquiry; and, as ...Elizabeth Missing Sewell John Henry NewmanTracts for the TimesPrint: Book


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