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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'Played Cricket in the afternoon. Attended a Lecture at the Mechanics Institute. Afterwards Read a little & then went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Read at home in the evening till nearly eleven Then went down the Street.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Dined at Hall's. Came home & Read until I went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Went to bed at ten o clock. Got up in the night & Read could not sleep.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Went for a little walk with Polly in the evening. Read & then went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Read in the morning.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899' Read at home during the evening.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Read at home in the evening.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Seemed to dread going to bed, everything smelling hot & stuffy, laid down for a time on the sofa, then got up & read till I was tired then went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Read & idled during the afternoon till Telford made his appearance'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'After tea I went for a walk, a very quiet stroll indeed, did not meet a soul I knew & did not open my mouth to speak. Came home read, smoked & went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'The rest of the day I was mostly reading or playing with the children.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'After tea I read to the youngsters & then went out for a walk, came back & read the Australasian'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][fairy tales?]Print: Book
1850-1899'in the evening I did a little reading & went to bed early'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Had some reading with Harry & Dotty, Dotty went to sleep but Harry joined me in a Piece & listened to my reading another.'Castieau family [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the evening the ladies went to St Peters church I staid at home & did Harry's sums then amused myself by reading aloud some pieces from Bells Elocutionist...When the ...John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Went to the Mechanics & read the papers before tea, went again after tea & exchanged some books, came home & read till I was tired then smoked away & talked to Polly til...John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'In the afternoon I read a story out of Grimm's Goblins to the little girls & after Muster as the weather was wet I stayed at home & read ... In the evening I went to the...John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'In the afternoon I mustered & then sat reading till tea time. In the evening I went as usual to the Mechanics & read the papers'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'After muster went to the Mechanics & had a look at the Evening Herald & at Melbourne Punch nothing startling in either of the papers excepting that some clothes were fou...John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown


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