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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Robert Collyer grew up in a blacksmith's home with only a few books - "Pilgrim's Progress", "Robinson Crusoe", Goldsmith's histories of England and Rome - but their basi...Robert Collyer Oliver GoldsmithHistory of RomePrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for Mary's reading in early 1816. Later in the year text...Mary Godwin George Gordon, Lord ByronThe Siege of Corinth: a poem; Parisina: a poemPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for Mary's reading in early 1816. Later in the year text...Mary Godwin Pierre Jean Baptiste Legrand d' AussyFabliaux ou contes du XII et du XIII si?clePrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for Mary's reading in early 1816. Later in the year text...Mary Godwin Carl Philipp MoritzReisen eines Deutschen in England im Jahr 1782Print: Book
1800-1849H. J. Jackson discusses copy of John Clare, Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery (1820) annotated by Eliza Louisa Emmerson for Lord Radstock.Eliza Louisa Emmerson John ClarePoems Descriptive of Rural Life and SceneryPrint: Book
1800-1849H. J. Jackson discusses copy of Paradise Lost annotated by John Keats for Mrs Dilke, in which passages highlighted and critical commentary added.John Keats John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1800-1849H. J. Jackson notes exception to William Beckford's usual practice of "only occasionally" adding comments to his books: "His copy of an 1816 edition of Samuel Johnson's D...William Beckford Samuel JohnsonDiary of a Journey into North WalesPrint: Book
1800-1849"Horatio Nelson's copy of Helen Maria Williams's Sketches of the State of Manners and Opinions in the French Republic Towards the Close of the Eighteenth Century (1801) ....Horatio Nelson Helen Maria WilliamsSketches of the State of Manners and Opinions in t...Print: Book
1800-1849H. J. Jackson notes Hester Lynch Piozzi's extensive 1819-20 annotations to The Imperial Family Bible, lent to her by its owner, Mrs Susanna Rudd. Hester Lynch Piozzi The Imperial Family BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849H. J. Jackson notes Hester Lynch Piozzi's notes to Pettit's Anecdotes (borrowed from her friend Edward Mangin in 1817), written by her onto separate sheets of paper, whic...Hester Lynch Piozzi James Andrew PettitAnecdotes, &c Ancient and ModernPrint: Book
1800-1849H. J. Jackson notes that Coleridge wrote "an extraordinary set of notes ... designed to help [Robert] Southey with a review" into a copy of James Sedgwick, Hints to the P...Samuel Taylor Coleridge James SedgwickHints to the Public and Legislature, on the Nature...Print: Book
1800-1849H. J. Jackson notes Coleridge's 1811 annotation of Charles Lamb's copy of Donne's Poems, in which he wrote "'N.B. Spite of Appearances, this Copy is better for the Mss. N...Samuel Taylor Coleridge John DonnePoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849H. J. Jackson notes 1818 letter from S. T. Coleridge to Joseph Henry Green in which, "having mentioned Novalis's Heinrich von Ofterdingen, [Coleridge] says, '(Your short ...Joseph Henry Green Novalis Heinrich von Ofterdingen (vol 2)Print: Book
1800-1849H. J. Jackson notes Francis Douce's reading and annotations (which are "not generous") of copies of John Whitaker, The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed...Francis Douce John WhitakerThe Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Sur...Print: Book
1800-1849'I cannot but urge on all those who are commencing their academic course, the natural study of his delightful work on natural Theology' [p.88] [And more references & comm...Adam Sedgwick William PaleyNatural TheologyPrint: Book
1800-1849[This section is a strong attack on the utilitarian principles explained in Paley's work.]Adam Sedgwick William PaleyPrinciples of Moral and Political PhilosophyPrint: Book
1800-1849[Sedgwick read the 'Essay' twice in 1811]Adam Sedgwick Thomas MalthusEssay on PopulationPrint: Book
1800-1849[Sedgwick read the 'Essay' twice in 1811]Adam Sedgwick Xenophon[unknown]Unknown
1800-1849[Sedgwick read the 'Essay' twice in 1811]Adam Sedgwick Tacitus[unknown]Unknown
1800-1849[Sedgwick read the 'Essay' twice in 1811]Adam Sedgwick Virgil[unknown]Unknown


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