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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 judged people's social importance mainly by the length of their adventures. This idea may have come from the stable-boy, for he was my principal friend. He had...unknown unknown [book of Orange Rhymes]
1900-1945'I keep reading and reading the news, and I can't make out why I'm not more excited. I mean, it's so marvelous, really, isn't it? But I kind of feel I can't believe in it... NewspapersPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I keep reading Tess and The Return of the Native -- they fit in admirably with my thoughts.'Siegfried Sassoon Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativePrint: Book
1900-1945'I keep the two books a little longer. "Shakespeare" is good.'Joseph Conrad A.[Andrew] C.[Cecil] BradleyShakespearean Tragedy:Lectures on Hamlet, Othello,...Print: Book
1600-1699'I kept my chamber, and hard Iohn Corrow and Mr Rhodes read to me'Richard Rhodes [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'I kept my chamber, and hard Iohn Corrow and Mr Rhodes read to me'John Corrow [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'I kept my hours conscientiously, but when I had no work to do I read continuously. I read parts of "The Times", the "Standard" and the "Morning Post" ever day. The theat...Zoe Procter [n/a]The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I kept my hours conscientiously, but when I had no work to do I read continuously. I read parts of "The Times", the "Standard" and the "Morning Post" ever day. The theat...Zoe Procter [n/a]StandardPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I kept my hours conscientiously, but when I had no work to do I read continuously. I read parts of "The Times", the "Standard" and the "Morning Post" ever day. The theat...Zoe Procter [n/a]Morning PostPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I kept my hours conscientiously, but when I had no work to do I read continuously. I read parts of "The Times", the "Standard" and the "Morning Post" ever day. The theat...Zoe Procter Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux[plays]Print: Book
1850-1899'I kept my hours conscientiously, but when I had no work to do I read continuously. I read parts of "The Times", the "Standard" and the "Morning Post" ever day. The theat...Zoe Procter [unknown]Girls' Own PaperPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I knew I had forgot something: Furnivall is too free; it is permitted to be insolent, but not to be so strangely dull.'Robert Louis Stevenson Frederick James FurnivallReview in The AcademyPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I knew that enlistment in the Navy was out of the question, because I had not the faintest hope of passing the eyesight test ... At last, while I was still itching with ...Desmond Malone John Clayborough HawksheadHandbook of Technical Instruction for Wireless Tel...Print: Book
1800-1849'I knew, I knew it could not last...' [transcript (exact) of lines 277-294]member of Carey/Maingay groupThomas MooreLalla RookhUnknown
1850-1899'I know I shall never be wise enough in a tete a tete with a girl who does not read poetry & novels but Adam Smith, Niall etc. & "has no sense of humour but takes everyth...Miss Thompson Adam Smith[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'I know not if there be a Goddess of Sloth - tho' considering that this of all our passions is the least turbulent and most victorious, it could not without partiality be...Thomas Carlyle Barthelemy Faujais de Saint-FrondVoyage en Angleterre, en Ecosse et aux Iles Hebrid...Print: Book
1800-1849'I know not if there be a Goddess of Sloth - tho' considering that this of all our passions is the least turbulent and most victorious, it could not without partiality be...Thomas Carlyle Lady Sidney Owenson MorganFrancePrint: Book
1800-1849'I know not if there be a Goddess of Sloth - tho' considering that this of all our passions is the least turbulent and most victorious, it could not without partiality be...Thomas Carlyle Lady Sidney MorganRoderick, the Last of the GothsPrint: Book
1800-1849'I know not what Prince Leopold will say to it [the character of Athelstane]. He had a bad cold and Sir Robert Gardiner went to keep him company and read "Ivanhoe" to him...Robert Gardiner Walter ScottIvanhoePrint: Book
1800-1849'I know that during Elections songs & squibs are fair on each side & much bad wit & many severe things must be said--but I am sure that neither you nor Sir Frances Burdet...Lady Caroline Lamb The StatesmanPrint: Serial / periodical


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