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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'read 49th Psalm in 12th century psalter'John Ruskin [n/a]PsalterManuscript: Codex
1850-1899'I read Esdras II. 8 again with comfort and shame and wonder'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Esdras)Print: Book
1850-1899'Paragraph in "Pall Mall Gazette" very pretty!'John Ruskin [n/a]Pall Mall GazettePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Read the story of Uzziah in the Bible. Curious that it says nothing of what the man was himself, except that his heart was lifted up - nor why at first he was so helped....John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Chronicles)Print: Book
1850-1899'Came on the grand Darwinian verse, just now, "Saying to a stock, thou art my father". Jeremiah II. 27'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Jeremiah)Print: Book
1850-1899'Read today the lovely 4-6 verses of Deuteronomy XXX.'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Deuteronomy)Print: Book
1850-1899'Read "Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars".'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Proverbs)Print: Book
1850-1899'an inglorious misery in evening, over article of extinction of Bison in "Daily Telegraph".'John Ruskin [n/a]Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'read 1st Peter with satisfaction as in old days'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Peter)Print: Book
1600-1699'My Lord and the ship's company down to Sermon. I stayed above to write and look over my new song-book, which came last night to me from London in lieu of that that my Lo...Samuel Pepys [Playford]Select ayres and dialoguesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Spent a very agreeable day at home; had a delightful lesson of Cramer; wrote a long letter to Angelo, and amused myself in reading the "History of the Church". Was parti...Harriet Wynne [possibly] Eusebius[possibly] The History of the Church from Christ t...Print: Book
1850-1899'I was much amused by one prisoner's letter that in the course of Duty I read to-day. The prisoner is in Gaol for beating his wife & excused himself in this fashion.'John Buckley Castieau [prisoner][letter]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'This cabbage we have eaten every day since we left Cape Horn, and have now good store remaining; as good, to our palates at least, and fully as green and pleasing to the...Joseph Banks [uknown-ship's cook?][recipe]Manuscript: Sheet, Hand written recipe.
1800-1849'Have been reading in "Tait's Magazine" an elaborate review of a new book by the indefatigable Government literator, Macaulay - no less than a "History of England". "Tait...John Mitchel [uknown]Tait's Edinburgh Magazine [review of Macaulay's Hi...Print: Serial / periodical
1500-1599'after, I talked, and hard Mr Rhodes Read, then I went to dimer'Richard Rhodes [un[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Broomfield June 3rd 1930
G. Burrow in the chair
1. Minutes of last read and approved
[...]
7. John Galsworthys “The Roof” was the...		Howard Smith [unidentified member of the XII Book Club]Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 8...Manuscript: Notebook
1900-1945'Meeting held at 73 Northcourt Avenue
Friday 28th March 1930
1. Minutes of last meeting were approved.
[...]
6. A warm message of sympathy to be s...		Sylvanus A. Reynolds [unidentified]Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 2...Manuscript: Notebook
1800-1849'Roved around Northampton and stepped into most of the booksellers' shops to examine new works, etc, and made extracts as they suited, and took down titles of several to ...John Cole [unknown authors][various titles]Print: Book
1850-1899'The only poetry we had read were short poems in the local paper, which my mother called "verse". But I knew it meant reading matter, so I said quickly: "Yes, we like it....Hannah Mitchell [unknown-probably various contributors][poems in newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [unknown]La danse des mortsPrint: Book


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