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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'I have received Mr Roger's poem of which I was happy to hear an admirable Character at Bath & in Company where nothing would be said without due Consideration: some Pass...friends of CrabbeSamuel RogersHuman Life, A PoemPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have received my desk today [shipped from England] & have been reading my letters to mine own Shelley during his absences at Marlow. What a scene to recur to! My Willi...Mary Shelley Mary Shelley[letters to PB Shelley]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'I have received some copies of "The Roll Call". They are odious in a very high degree. I do not complain of the quality of the paper, but I object to there being two h...Arnold Bennett Arnold BennettThe Roll CallPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have received some copies of 'The Roll Call'. They are odious in a very high degree. I do not complain of the quality of the paper, but I object to there being two h...Arnold Bennett Arnold BennettThe Roll CallManuscript: proofs
1850-1899'I have received such a nice long letter (four sides) from Leslie Stephen today; about my ?V. Hugo?. It is accepted.?Robert Louis Stevenson Leslie StephenletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I have received the foregoing little poem from a townsman of your's which I think so good I transmit it to you for insertion in the Juvenile Keepsake and hope you will o...James Hogg Mr Brooks[poem]Manuscript: Sheet
1850-1899'I have received the Paradox; I am thinking, I can make something of it, but must first be better.'Robert Louis Stevenson Denis DiderotThe Paradox of ActingPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have received your fourth and last article for Austin Harrison, and I have read it with a great deal of enjoyment.' J.B. Pinker Arnold BennettArtist and the Public, TheUnknown
1800-1849'I have recieved Maga to night and looked it over but think very poorly of it You need not send any more of them as I would not be at the pains to cut them up for the sak...James Hogg Blackwood's Edinburgh MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have recieved Maga with the inclosures safe to night but have only as yet got her looked over. For one thing I percieve that Mr More's hymn to the Evening star is perf...James Hogg More'Hymn to Hesperus'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have recieved your's with the £5 inclosed and also the two Magas the last article of each only I have read and dread that you are too hard on Canning and his party'.James Hogg Blackwood's Edinburgh MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have scarcely read anything except an occasional short pity article in some review, on looked within the pages of some book, and turned away with an oppressed heart ...Eliza Ellis [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have scarcely read anything except an occasional short pity article in some review, on looked within the pages of some book, and turned away with an oppressed heart ...Eliza Ellis [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'I have seen a hint in one of the Papers about some letters of [General Sir] David Baird to the same tune as [Sir John] Moore's [about the Peninsular Campaign].'William Wordsworth unknown[newpapers]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I have seen a letter from a Gentleman in Sweden which proves that her [Madame de Stael's] Anglomania did not first arise on coming to this country. I will try if I can g...Anne Romilly [unknown][letter to Madame de Stael]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'I have seen a newspaper published by the [Wilmington] committee's order, where the whole story of the battle [of Bunker Hill] is denied, tho' it is said that the America...Janet Schaw newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I have seen extracts from the new "Nation". Mr Duffy can hardly find words for his disgust, his contempt, "his utter loathing" of those who will say now that Ireland can...John Mitchel [Duffy]NationPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I have seen extracts from the new "Nation". Mr Duffy can hardly find words for his disgust, his contempt, "his utter loathing" of those who will say now that Ireland can...John Mitchel [n/a]The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'I have seen nothing new, & have been reading the Memoirs of Mde de Maintenon in French, which are exceedingly entertaining'.Sarah Harriet Burney Laurent Angliviel de la BeaumelleMemoires pour servir a l'histoire de Madame de Mai...Print: Book
1800-1849'I have seen some advertisements of Books from Ths. Hurst & Co in St Paul's Church yard...'Robert Sharp [book advertisements]Print: Advertisement


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