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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
 
1850-1899'I have seen some English papers: this Cape affair has caused wonderful excitement and indignation: a horrid insult has been offered to the supreme Majesty of England - n...John Mitchel [n/a]The Times [and other English newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'I have seen some volumes of Dr Young's copy of "The Rambler", in which he has marked the pasages which he thought particularly excellent, by folding down a corner of the...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I have seen some volumes of Dr Young's copy of "The Rambler", in which he has marked the pasages which he thought particularly excellent, by folding down a corner of the...Edward Young Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have seen the first number of Constable's new magazine - it seems scarcely equal to Blackwood's - the last number of which has appeared. B. advertises a new one with a...Thomas Carlyle [n/a]Edinburgh MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have seen the first number of Constable's new magazine - it seems scarcely equal to Blackwood's - the last number of which has appeared. B. advertises a new one with a...Thomas Carlyle [n/a]Edinburgh Monthly MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have seen the first number of Constable's new magazine - it seems scarcely equal to Blackwood's - the last number of which has appeared. B. advertises a new one with a...Thomas Carlyle [n/a]Edinburgh observer or Town and Country MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have seen the last number of the Edinr review at Mount-annan. I regret, with you, that Jeffrey should bestow so much of his time on Politics; and I rejoice in the pros...Thomas Carlyle Francis JeffreyEdinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I have sent you the "Gossip Story" to review, as you wish to read it, but I would thank you if you would do it immediately, because Johnson is in want of materials for t...Mary Wollstonecraft Jane WestA Gossip's StoryPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I have sent your letter on to my husband by this post; but I must just say a very hearty thank you for the pleasure I know it will give him. It will come to him at the s...Walter Savage Landor William GaskellLectures on the Lancashire DialectUnknown
1800-1849'I have since been reading in The Lady of the Lake, and this passage reminds me of our voyage: — "See the proud pipers on the bow, And mark the gaudy streamers flow...Queen Victoria Sir Walter ScottLady of the LakePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have spent a stupid day reading the Abbe de Sade's Memoirs of Petrarch. What a feeble whipster was this Petrarch with all his talents! To go dangling about, for the ...Thomas Carlyle Jacques Fracois Paul Alphonse, Abbe de SadeMemoires pour la vie de Francois PetrarchPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have spent the day mostly in reading Wellington's Army, by Oman, one of the most interesting books I have read. I am awfully bucked with it. The day has passed u...Robert Dunlop Smith Charles OmanWellington's Army, 1809-1814Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major Pendennis. Mer...Joseph Conrad Prosper MériméeunspecifiedPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major Pendennis. Mer...Joseph Conrad Honoré de BalzacLa Comédie Humaine Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major Pendennis. Mer...Joseph Conrad Thomas Hardyunspecified poetryPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major Pendennis. Mer...Joseph Conrad William Dean HowellsThe Rise of Silas LaphamPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major Pendennis. Mer...Joseph Conrad Arthur SchopenhauerunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have spoken of his affection for Dickens. Trollope he liked. Thackeray I think not over much, though he had a due regard for such creations as Major Pendennis. Mer...Joseph Conrad William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfort...Print: Book
1800-1849'I have taken to no deeper study than Capt. Head's gallop which I have never read before. I am afraid it won't instruct me much.'Emma Wedgwood Francis HeadRapid Journeys across the PampasPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have taken up the idea of my drama, "The Spanish Gipsy" again, and am reading on Spanish subjects - Bouterwek, Sismondi, Depping, Llorente etc'.George Eliot [pseud.] Friedrich BouterwekGeschichte der neuern Poesie und Beredsamkeit [vol...Print: BookManuscript: Unknown


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