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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'Yesterday... reading the Bible and Pope, and looking at prints of Paris. Cholera is reported in Philadelphia...'William Richard Grahame Alexander Pope[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849Yesterday... reading the Bible and Pope, and looking at prints of Paris. Cholera is reported in Philadelphia...William Richard Grahame n/a[Newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'In Ireland from an extract from the Dublin Evening Post that I read yesterday, it appears, as far as I can remember, that the disease had killed upwards of 3,000 people ...William Richard Grahame n/aDublin Evening PostPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I dined with Captain Castle yesterday; who lent me the Backwoodsman by Dunlop; which I have read through. After doing so [...] I am more than ever pleased with this coun...William Richard Grahame William Dunlop'The Backwoodsman' or Statistical Sketches of UppePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I drove into town ... with Miss Greaves and read the English papers which came [by ship]. Oh! the injustice shown the Irish by the House of Lords ... Oh! the injustice ...William Richard Grahame n/aThe Morning ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Mr Dunn has Grainger's "Biographical History of England". A medallion of Cromwell is mentioned having Oliver's head engraved on one side, and on the reverse ... his head...William Richard Grahame James GrangerA Biographical History of England ... Adapted to aPrint: Book
1800-1849'All day I have been arranging prints for Grainger's Biography. There is a good story of Jerry White, Cromwell's Chaplain.'William Richard Grahame James GrangerA Biographical History of England ... Adapted to aPrint: Book
1800-1849'Continuing the arrangement of Plates for Grainger and have met with several anecdotes worth noting [on Elizabeth I, CharlesII, Nell Gwynne, and Arabella Churchill].'William Richard Grahame James GrangerA Biographical History of England ... Adapted to aPrint: Book
1800-1849'there is no news of the New York ship in yesterday's National Gazette of Philadelphia'.William Richard Grahame n/aNational Gazette (Philadelphia)Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I went to town with Miss Greaves and read the English papers to the 16 August, which had just arrived...'William Richard Grahame n/a['The English Papers']Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I went to town with Miss Greaves and read the English papers to the 16 August, which had just arrived. I read Sir Jonah Barrington in the Monthly Review.'William Richard Grahame n/aThe Monthly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'At the Athenaeum I read the papers and ... Advice to a Young Man and Padre.'William Richard Grahame n/a['the papers']Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I came home and read Hudibras and William Byrd ...'William Richard Grahame Samuel ButlerHudibrasPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Harriet Grove] enjoyed novels and plays: in 1809-10, she read with pleasure in a family group a number of popular bestsellers (which in the period means largely novels ...Harriet Grove Lady MorganThe Novice of Saint DominickPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Harriet Grove] enjoyed novels and plays: in 1809-10, she read with pleasure in a family group a number of popular bestsellers (which in the period means largely novels ...Harriet Grove Agnes Maria BennettThe Beggar Girl and her BenefactorsPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Harriet Grove] enjoyed novels and plays: in 1809-10, she read with pleasure in a family group a number of popular bestsellers (which in the period means largely novels ...Harriet Grove Maria EdgeworthTales of a Fashionable LifePrint: Book
1800-1849'[Harriet Grove] enjoyed novels and plays: in 1809-10, she read with pleasure in a family group a number of popular bestsellers (which in the period means largely novels ...Harriet Grove Regina Maria RocheThe Children of the AbbeyPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Harriet Grove] enjoyed novels and plays: in 1809-10, she read with pleasure in a family group a number of popular bestsellers (which in the period means largely novels ...Harriet Grove Henry FieldingJoseph AndrewsPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Harriet Grove] enjoyed novels and plays: in 1809-10, she read with pleasure in a family group a number of popular bestsellers (which in the period means largely novels ...Harriet Grove Samuel RichardsonSir Charles GrandisonPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Harriet Grove] enjoyed novels and plays: in 1809-10, she read with pleasure in a family group a number of popular bestsellers (which in the period means largely novels ...Harriet Grove Lawrence SterneA Sentimental JourneyPrint: Book


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