Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
 
RED International logo

 
 
 

Advanced Search results:



Any results shown below can be ordered in a variety of ways simple by clicking on the column header. To view an individual entry click on the 'Evidence' data.

 

You searched for:




To search again: Click 'Search' in the navigation menu above or use the web browser 'back' button.

30503 records found. (displaying 20 per page)



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

Go to page: [1]   362 363 364 365 366  367  368 369 370 371 372   [1526]

 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'I have heard that Miss Cooper hearing She was to lose her Sight, set about getting the Night Thoughts by heart - so much did She delight in the Poetry of Dr Young - She ...Hester Lynch Thrale James Grainger[unknown poem praising Young]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'I have heard that Miss Cooper hearing She was to lose her Sight, set about getting the Night Thoughts by heart - so much did She delight in the Poetry of Dr Young - She ...Miss Cooper Edward YoungNight ThoughtsPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have heard, too, that several workmen in shops adjacent to Sutherland's library arranged with him for a reading of "The Heart of Midlothian" and "Rob Roy", one of the ...workmenWalter ScottHeart of MidlothianPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have heard, too, that several workmen in shops adjacent to Sutherland's library arranged with him for a reading of "The Heart of Midlothian" and "Rob Roy", one of the ...workmenWalter ScottRob RoyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have held off reading Walpole's Correspondences till now. I am in the former series to Mann. At first, I was agreeably disappointed: but now my pain and disgust are gr...Harriet Martineau Horace Walpole (ed. Richard Bentley)Letters of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, to ...Print: Book
1900-1945'I have here discovered an author exactly after my own heart, whom I am sure you would delight in, W. B. Yeats. He writes plays and poems of rare spirit and beauty abou...Clive Staples Lewis William Butler Yeats[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'I have however, read Edwin Drood, and finished the hateful Cousin Pons.'James Lees-Milne Charles DickensEdwin DroodPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have indulged myself this year with the "Revue des Deux Mondes". All the articles I have read are very clever, with a moral and religious tone.'Jessie Sismondi Revue des Deux Mondes
1900-1945'I have inspected all the work the binder has done for you and as far as I can rember it seems to be what you ordered. He has put 'Hueffer' on the back of 'Thus to Revisi...Esther Gwendolyn, 'Stella' Bowen Ford Madox FordThus to RevisitPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just been beset by two of my little boys who are deep in your little books and who beg that I will give their very best love to you. One of them, 4 and a half, sa...two sons of Anne RomillyMaria Edgeworth[children's books]Print: Book
1800-1849'I have just been beset by two of my little boys who are deep in your little books and who beg that I will give their very best love to you. One of them, 4 and a half, sa...Maria EdgeworthRosamondPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just been gratified (no matter how or by whom) with a sight of some newspapers, which announce, among other things, a signal defeat of the enemy in the Punjab, at...John Mitchel [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I have just been looking over the trial of Mr Corder for the murder of Maria Martin.'Thomas Cape unknown[report on trial]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'I have just been looking, with surprise & pleasure, at this week?s 'Woman'. It is really very good.' Arnold Bennett WomanPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have just been reading 'The Letters, Conversations', &c., of this extraordinary man - and must give thee this idea conveyed in a letter to one of his friends' [q...Eliza Ellis Samuel Taylor ColeridgeLetters, Conversations and Recollections of Samuel...Print: Book
1850-1899'I have just been reading a little of the "Religio Medici". Just at the beginning he is talking about the Mysteries of Religion, and how he loves to lose himself in one...Emily Lytton Thomas, Sir BrowneReligio MediciPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just been reading a second time Dr. Mantell's 'Medals of Creation', and do so admire the spirit in which it is written exceedingly; this, and his 'Wonders of Ge...Eliza Ellis Gideon Algernon MantellThe Medals of Creation; or, First Lessons in Geolo...Print: Book
1800-1849'I have just been reading a second time Dr. Mantell's 'Medals of Creation', and do so admire the spirit in which it is written exceedingly; this, and his 'Wonders of Ge...Eliza Ellis Gideon Algernon MantellThe Wonders of Geology; or, a Familiar Exposition ...Print: Book
1800-1849'I have just been reading Allen's account of your Administration. Very well done, for the cautious and decorous style; but it is really quite shameful that a good stout a...Sydney Smith John Allen[article in the Annual Register, 1806]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have just been reading an old Magazine where I find that Benjamin Flower was fined ?100 and imprisoned in Newgate four months ... for a libel, as it was termed, upon t...William Wordsworth unknown[magazine]Print: Serial / periodical


Go to page: [1]   362 363 364 365 366  367  368 369 370 371 372   [1526]



  

Click check box to select all entries on this page:

 

OU logo
   
AHRC logo
   
Green Turtle Web Design