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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
 
1900-1945'I read more. But cannot concentrate on the type of literature I like, preferring now, a light novel or auto-biography to escape the present day. With the loss of "US" cl... The New StatesmanPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read more. But cannot concentrate on the type of literature I like, preferring now, a light novel or auto-biography to escape the present day. With the loss of "US" cl... NationPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I read Mrs Besant three times, and made fresh notes every time, in order to do the second part; [The Glimpse] a fearful grind; & the Theosophical Society ought now to re...Arnold Bennett Annie Besant?The Ancient WisdomPrint: Book
1700-1799'I read much this morning in St Basil, which is to me excellent, interesting and beautiful. He advises a constant thanksgiving for the many blessings we enjoy; and that w...Elizabeth Gurney St Basil of Caesarea[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'I read much, collected Extracts & translated Latin Books of physic with a view of double improvement; I studied the Materia Medica, & made some progress in Botany; I dis...George Crabbe [Latin medical books]Print: Book
1700-1799'I read much, collected Extracts & translated Latin Books of physic with a view of double improvement; I studied the Materia Medica, & made some progress in Botany; I dis...George Crabbe [botany books]Print: Book
1700-1799'I read much, collected Extracts & translated Latin Books of physic with a view of double improvement; I studied the Materia Medica, & made some progress in Botany; I dis...George Crabbe Gilbert KnowlesMateria medica botanicaPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read newspapers because of an intense desire to get in touch with the world. A day missed in reading gives one a sense of isolation. When I have had a weekend away, sa... NewspapersPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I read nothing scarcely, all my spare time being given to German exercises. Miss Martineau's "Tales on the Game Laws" I began, but they are so dull to me that I have sca...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Harriet MartineauForest and Game-Law TalesPrint: Book
1700-1799'I read novels and poetry and began to contribute to Magazines and Diaries.'George Crabbe [Novels and poetry]Print: Book
1700-1799'I read of "Grandisson" - That Book pleases and interests me very much'.Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne Samuel RichardsonSir Charles GrandisonPrint: Book
1900-1945'I read one magazine, the "Engineer", which I peruse at odd times over a week or so. It would take sometimes as much as five hours to read straight off. No one ever does ... [n/a]The EngineerPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I read one of the green volumes of notes [diary] to him [Ian] (Sept to Nov 1937). It interested him very much, said it articulated a great many of his own feelings. At f...Antonia White Antonia White[diary]Manuscript: Codex, green notebook
1800-1849'I read only Italian books - and have just finished Niccolini's Foscarini, which is a fine masculine, energetic performance, & gave me much pleasure, and makes me admire ...Sarah Harriet Burney Giovanni Battista NiccoliniAntonio FoscariniPrint: Book
1700-1799'I read over your Homer here with an infinite pleasure, and find several little passages explained, that I did not before entirely comprehend the beauty of...It would be ...Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu HomerIliadUnknown
1800-1849'I read part of Alexy. I repeated one of my own poems.'Percy Bysshe Shelley Thomas Jefferson HoggMemoirs of Prince Alexy Haimatoff, translated from...Print: Book
1800-1849'I read part of Alexy. I repeated one of my own poems.'Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe ShelleyunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'I read Plautus four times at Calcutta. The first in November and December 1834 The second in January and the beginning of February 1835 The third on the Sundays from ...Thomas Babington Macaulay PlautusunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'I read Plautus four times at Calcutta. The first in November and December 1834 The second in January and the beginning of February 1835 The third on the Sundays from ...Thomas Babington Macaulay PlautusunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'I read Plautus four times at Calcutta. The first in November and December 1834. The second in January and the beginning of February 1835'. Thomas Babington Macaulay PlautusunknownPrint: Book


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