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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'Of course you have seen the squib on him in the "Examiner" ("Mr Sampson"). I saw it in a Liverpool paper. One sees him in almost every newspaper now. "D. News" rapped hi...Harriet Martineau [unknown][Liverpool newspaper: squib on Matthew Arnold]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Of course you have seen the squib on him in the "Examiner" ("Mr Sampson"). I saw it in a Liverpool paper. One sees him in almost every newspaper now. "D. News" rapped hi...Harriet Martineau [unknown]Daily News (comment on Matthew Arnold)Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Of course you have seen the squib on him in the "Examiner" ("Mr Sampson"). I saw it in a Liverpool paper. One sees him in almost every newspaper now. "D. News" rapped hi...Harriet Martineau [unknown]The Times (comment on Matthew Arnold)Print: Newspaper
1800-1849[Letter from Byron to Annabella Milbanke, Aug 25th 1814]. 'You can hardly have a better modern work than Sismondi's, but he has since published another on the Literature ...George Gordon, Lord Byron [unknown][30 vol. History of 'Conjurazioni]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read all evening'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read in the greek grammar'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin [unknown][Greek Grammar]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read and work in the evening'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read in the morning and work'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read in the Greek grammar'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin [unknown][Greek Grammar]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read a little in the Greek grammar'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin [unknown][Greek Grammar]Print: Book
1800-1849'Work and read in the evening'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Write and read'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read some descriptions of West Indies.'John Cole [unknown][descriptions of the West Indies]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read acct of the "Tailor Bird".'John Cole [unknown][Account of the Tailor Bird]Print: Book
1700-1799To Miss Hunt, St Winifred's Dale, August 18 1793

'I admire the German you sent me extremely. I have read none since you left me, except two books of Dr Rando...		Elizabeth Smith [unknown]Den golden spiegelPrint: Book
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1700-1799		'When Mrs Hinde (the Old Lady) would sometimes talk to her about Books, she?d cry out, "Prithee don?t talk to me about books?as I never read any Books, but men & Cards"?B...Sarah Churchill [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'As my love of books became known, I was made free of such libraries as the neighbours possessed which led to me reading some curious and unsuitable matter, old-fashioned...Hannah Mitchell [unknown][old-fashioned theological works]Print: Book
1850-1899'As my love of books became known, I was made free of such libraries as the neighbours possessed which led to me reading some curious and unsuitable matter, old-fashioned...Hannah Mitchell [unknown][early Methodist magazines]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'As my love of books became known, I was made free of such libraries as the neighbours possessed which led to me reading some curious and unsuitable matter, old-fashioned...Hannah Mitchell [unknown][cookery books]Print: Book
1850-1899'As my love of books became known, I was made free of such libraries as the neighbours possessed which led to me reading some curious and unsuitable matter, old-fashioned...Hannah Mitchell [unknown][tales of murder and robbery]Print: Unknown


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