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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 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 MorganRoderick, the Last of the GothsPrint: Book
1800-1849'After all my contrivances I found but little convenience for reading, except on the Sunday. I always kept a book in my pocket, that it might be at hand in case I should ...Thomas Carter [unknown][various]Print: Book
1800-1849'When at home I usually retired to my garret, where I employed myself in either reading or working... In reading I usually sat in the Oriental, or, to use a less pompous ...Thomas Carter David RamsayHistory of the American Revolution, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'When at home I usually retired to my garret, where I employed myself in either reading or working... In reading I usually sat in the Oriental, or, to use a less pompous ...Thomas Carter John SmithTravels in Canada and the United StatesPrint: Book
1800-1849'When at home I usually retired to my garret, where I employed myself in either reading or working... In reading I usually sat in the Oriental, or, to use a less pompous ...Thomas Carter Edward ParkinsonTravels in North AmericaPrint: Book
1800-1849'For breakfast I had a penny roll and half a pint of porter. This I took at a public house - for two reasons: first, that I might have an opportunity of looking at the mo...Thomas Carter [n/a][morning newspaper]Print: Advertisement, Newspaper
1800-1849'At one of these sales I bought a copy of "Bloomfield's Poems", but not so cheaply as to encourage me to combine my biddings. I read Bloomfield with much interest, as I a...Thomas Carter Robert Bloomfield[Poems]Print: Book
1800-1849'At one of these sales I bought a copy of "Bloomfield's Poems", but not so cheaply as to encourage me to combine my biddings. I read Bloomfield with much interest, as I a...Thomas Carter James MontgomeryWanderer in Switzerland, and other PoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849'These men, with several others whose curiosity began to be awakened by the tenor of our political gossip, united with myself in subscribing for a weekly newspaper. We wo...Thomas Carter and workmates at the tailors workshop [n/a]The NewsPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I found a good deal of amusement in looking over the engravings in a Spanish volume, called, I think, "The Visions of Don Quevedo". It was, of course, a book from which ...Thomas Carter Francisco de QuevedoThe Visions of Don QuevedoPrint: Book
1800-1849'My friend had a good deal to do in order to be prepared for his approaching voyage. While he was attending to these matters, I usually remained at home and read in such ...Thomas Carter Torquato TassoJerusalem DeliveredPrint: Book
1800-1849'At the request of our landlady, I looked over a volume of Sermons by the eminent Unitarian minister, Dr. Price. I did this, however, out of mere courtesy: for although I...Thomas Carter Richard Price[volume of sermons]Print: Book
1800-1849'Thus I became their [workmates] news-purveyor, ie. I every morning gave them an account of what I had just been reading in the yesterday's newspaper. I read this at a co...Thomas Carter [n/a]British PressPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Thus I became their [workmates] news-purveyor, ie. I every morning gave them an account of what I had just been reading in the yesterday's newspaper. I read this at a co...Thomas Carter [n/a]Morning ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Thus I became their [workmates] news-purveyor, ie. I every morning gave them an account of what I had just been reading in the yesterday's newspaper. I read this at a co...Thomas Carter [n/a]The StatesmanPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Thus I became their [workmates] news-purveyor, ie. I every morning gave them an account of what I had just been reading in the yesterday's newspaper. I read this at a co...Thomas Carter William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'At home I acquired increased facilities for reading, by means of a small book-club, consisting of my landlord and a few of his friends. Of this I became a member; and ...Charles RollinThe Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagians,...Print: Book
1800-1849'I also had some good opportunities for borrowing books; and thus read that very interesting quarto volume, Mr. Park's "Travels in Africa". I also read Mr. Colquhoun's la...Thomas Carter Mungo ParkTravels in the Interior Districts of AfricaPrint: Book
1800-1849'For my private and sole use, seeing that my friends had no taste for poetry, I bought Mr. Pye's translation of Horace, and was well pleased with my purchase; for I found...Thomas Carter Quintus Horace[poems]Print: Book


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