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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
 
1800-1849'On the recto of a fragment of W[ordsworth]'s Prospectus to The Recluse [Dove Cottage MS 24], there appear the following lines: "That noble Chaucer, in those former tim...William Wordsworth Michael DraytonElegy to my dearly loved Friend, Henry Reynolds, E...Unknown
1700-1799'As soon as I had learned to read, my great delight was that of learning epitaphs and monumental inscriptions. A story of melancholy import never failed to arrest my atte...Mary Darby MasonElegy upon the death of the beautiful Countess of ...Print: Book
1900-1945'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Book
1700-1799"Kitty dispatched the little ones to the schoolroom to do their lessons. Then John, Rachel and Kitty seated themselves in the shade while John took a book from his pocket...John Pitchford Thomas GreyElegy written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Book
1700-1799H. J. Jackson describes and discusses ninth edition copy (1754) of Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard annotated (with 'reflective remarks') by owner, Gene...General James Wolfe Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849'Silent appears a strange epithat for dust- it is in truth what is called at school abotch, brick dust or even saw-dust would have been better- RB' [He has also starred *...Charlotte Sussannah Fry Thomas GrayElegy Written in A Country ChurchyardPrint: Book
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1800-1849		Letter to Mrs F----R. May 9 1800?? I declare, had I my pilgrimage to begin anew through the wilderness, I would not give my share of the endearing charities of life, my b...Anne Grant [nee Macvicar] Thomas GrayElegy written in a country churchyardPrint: Book
1850-1899'Sir, I do not think Gray a first-rate poet. He has not a bold imagination, nor much command of words. The obscurity in which he has involved himself will not persuade us...Samuel Johnson Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Next day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him a "dull fellow." Boswell. "I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull in company; b...Samuel Johnson Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'Next day I dined with Johnson at Mr. Thrale's. He attacked Gray, calling him a "dull fellow." Boswell. "I understand he was reserved, and might appear dull in company; b...James Boswell Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardPrint: Unknown
1800-1849[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge Johann Conrad BarchusenElementa ChemiaePrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Thomas Phillips Lamb, c. 26 September 1792: 'I have been attempting Euclid but without a master I could make no progress — perhaps disgust at the dry st...Robert Southey EuclidElements Print: Book
1700-1799"W[ordsworth] recollected that at Hawkshead ... ' ... I, with the other boys of the same standing, was put upon reading the first six books of Euclid, with the exception ...William Wordsworth EuclidElements I-IV, VIPrint: Book
1800-1849'? I had a sight of ?Waverley? soon after I received your letter, and I cannot help saying that, in my opinion, it is by far the best novel that has been written these th...Thomas Carlyle Leonhard EulerElements of AlgebraPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read the Introduction to Sir H. Davy's Chemistry - write. In the evening read Anson's voyage and Curt. Shelley reads Don Q. aloud after tea - Finish Anson's voyage befor...Mary Godwin Humphrey DavyElements of Chemical PhilosophyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Davy's Chemistry with Shelley - read Curt. and Ides travels. Shelley reads Montaigne and Don Quixote aloud in the evening'.Mary Godwin and Percy shelleyHumphrey DavyElements of Chemical PhilosophyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Write - read Davy - In the evening read Curt. and Les Incas'.Mary Godwin Humphrey DavyElements of Chemical PhilosophyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Looked into Prettyman's "Theology". The Dedication to Pitt is insufferably fulsome...'Thomas Green George PretymanElements of Christian theologyPrint: Book
1700-1799'The dead lights [shutters used to protect ships' interiors during storms at sea]were no sooner up and a candle made fast to the table by many a knot and twist of small c...Fanny Rutherfurd Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book
1700-1799'The dead lights [shutters used to protect ships' interiors during storms at sea]were no sooner up and a candle made fast to the table by many a knot and twist of small c...Fanny Rutherfurd Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book


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