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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[Lloyd transcribed 16 lines from this 24 line Hymn onto the verso of a printed form with the title 'Duties Returned in Arrear Under Property Act ... 1815.'. The sheet is ...Edward Lloyd Isaac WattsHymn 69: Christ Appearing to His ChurchUnknown
1800-1849During my stay with the clergyman my mother again became a servant in the family and well do I remember reading by the kitchen fire, during the long winter nights. My fav...James Watson [A history of Europe]Print: Book
1800-1849'During my stay with the clergyman my mother again became a servant in the family and well do I remember reading by the kitchen fire, during the long winter nights. My fa...James Watson [A history of England]Print: Book
1800-1849'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I first becam acquainted with politics and theology. Passingalong Briggate one evening, I saw at the corner of Union Court a bill, whic...James Watson n/a[a 'bill' advertising a meeting].Print: Advertisement, Handbill, Poster
1800-1849'During these twelve months [in prison] I read with deep interest and much profit Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", Hume's "History of England", and many o...James Watson Johann Lorenz von MosheimAn Ecclesiastical History, ancient and modernPrint: Book
1800-1849'During these twelve months [inprison] I read with deep interest and much profit Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Hume's "History of England", and many othe...James Watson Edward GibbonDecline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePrint: Book
1800-1849'During these twelve months [in prison] I read with deep interest and much profit Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", Hume's "History of England", and many o...James Watson David HumeThe History of EnglandPrint: Book
1800-1849'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I first becam acquainted with politics and theology. Passing along Briggate one evening, I saw at the corner of Union Court a bill, whi...Group of 'Radical Reformers', who regularly met in LeedsWilliam CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I first became acquainted with politics and theology. Passing along Briggate one evening, I saw at the corner of Union Court a bill, wh...Group of 'Radical Reformers', who regularly met in Leeds n/aThe Black DwarfPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'It was in the autumn of 1818 that I first becam acquainted with politics and theology. Passing along Briggate one evening, I saw at the corner of Union Court a bill, whi...Group of 'Radical Reformers', who regularly met in LeedsRichard CarlileRepublicanPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'To Caroline Lamb, Queen of the Drawing-Rooms, a very early copy of Childe Harold was lent by Samuel Rogers [...] Instantly Rogers was summoned to Melbourne House, where ...Lady Caroline Lamb George Gordon Lord ByronChilde Harold's PilgrimagePrint: Book
1800-1849'She [Anne Isabella Milbanke] read enormously [...] A list of her books makes the unregenerate blood run cold, though it did include some novels -- Miss Edgeworth's and B...Anne Isabella Milbanke Edmund SpenserThe Faerie QueenePrint: Book
1800-1849'She [Anne Isabella Milbanke] read enormously [...] A list of her books makes the unregenerate blood run cold, though it did include some novels -- Miss Edgeworth's and B...Anne Isabella Milbanke George Gordon Lord ByronChilde Harold's PilgrimagePrint: Book
1800-1849'I read in Bourchette's "British Provinces Now" in North America of the meteorlogical state of the two Canadas in the year 1820, monthly and yearly.'William Richard Grahame Joseph BouchetteThe British Dominions in North AmericaPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have been reading Thompson's "History of the Late War in Britain"; Decrees Blockades.'William Richard Grahame David ThompsonHistory of the Late War Between Great Britain andPrint: Book
1800-1849'I did not go to Church but read the New Testament.'William Richard Grahame n/aNew TestamentPrint: Book
1800-1849'Sunday I dined with Captain Castle and did not go to Church but read the Bible at home.'William Richard Grahame BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have been reading the Bible and Pope, and looking at prints of Paris. Cholera is reported in Philadelphia...'William Richard Grahame n/aBiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Yesterday and today I have been reading the Bible and Pope, and looking at prints of Paris. Cholera is reported in Philadelphia...'William Richard Grahame n/aBiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Yesterday and today I have been reading the Bible and Pope, and looking at prints of Paris. Cholera is reported in Philadelphia...'William Richard Grahame Alexander Pope[unknown]Print: Book


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