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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 return your Italian volumes, my dear friend, with many thanks, owning honestly, that I have never looked into them; for the thread of my interest in Botta's History ha...Sarah Harriet Burney William RobertsonHistory of the Reign of the Emperor Charles VPrint: Book
1800-1849'I return your Italian volumes, my dear friend, with many thanks, owning honestly, that I have never looked into them; for the thread of my interest in Botta's History ha...Sarah Harriet Burney PlutarchLivesPrint: Book
1800-1849'I returned from Brighton the day before yesterday having felt a drawing of love to visit the Friends; and to attend to the difficulties of the District Society. I went [...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]Bible (Psalms)Print: Book
1700-1799'I returned home and read four chapters of Winn's abridgement of Lock[e] on the human understanding. The transition from such a dissipate scene [a party she has left] to ...Anna Larpent John LockeEssay on human understandingPrint: Book
1700-1799'I returned to my friend's chambers and we read some of Mr Addison's papers in "The Spectator" with infinite relish'James Boswell Joseph AddisonThe SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I revised "Pericles" [for Elocution exam] and wrote notes on it. It's a horrid play, completely unlikely but quite fast moving.'Hilary Spalding William ShakespearePericlesPrint: Book
1700-1799'I rode to Brighton on my way back, where I spent the evening and slept at the Old Ship, amusing myself besides my novel, with going on with some of the draught or rough ...John Marsh [unknown][a novel]Print: Book
1900-1945'I rode to Montbard...and thence here, which is a tiny village about 15 miles from Vezelay "the grandest Norman church in Europe" (or outside it I presume) the guide-...Thomas Edward Lawrence [Anon] [Anon][guide book]Print: Book
1800-1849'I rose at 5 O'clock, and going to a small plantation that overlooked the Jed I learned all I ever knew of English Grammar. At that time grammar was not taught in such of...Robert White anon[English Grammar]Print: Book
1600-1699'I rose early this morning, and looked over and corrected my brother John's speech which he is to make the next Apposition'Samuel Pepys John Pepys[speech]Manuscript: Sheet
1850-1899'I rose pretty early before break of day, it was a splendid morning. I read several bits of the Christian Age before I went to mine.'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I rose with a heavy heart on the Sunday morning, and read mechanically a chapter in the little Bible in which my mother had blotted my name upon the title page: but my t...Charles Manby Smith [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'I run on with leaden feet and do not seem to advance an inch. I see no one, read nothing but "Maga" which is a solace a treat, an event.' Hence follows a short comment...Joseph Conrad Blackwood's Magazine.Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I said rather dazedly aloud - to Beston - I wonder what time the next train to London goes - & a stranger with a time-table told me. I had just time to catch it. I had a...Violet Asquith Robert GreenePandostoPrint: Book
1600-1699'I sat down and read over the Bishop of Chichesters sermon upon the anniversary of the King's death - much cried up but methinks a mean sermon.'Samuel Pepys Dr Henry KingA sermon preached the 30th of January...1664Print: Book
1900-1945'I sat in a seat in the square, my neighbours were mainly old men wrapped in dowdy overcoats and growling spasmodically to each other. I continued to read "War and Peace"...Leo TolstoyWar and PeacePrint: Book
1900-1945'I sat in my rickety camp chair which had been artfully and ingeniously repaired by [Sherpa] Wangdi to prevent it falling to pieces, and read Shakespeare's sonnets.'Frank Smythe William ShakespeareSonnetsPrint: Book
1600-1699'I sat up an hour after Mr Coventry was gone to read my vowes - it raining a wonderful hard showre about 11 at night for an hour together. So to bed.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][vowes]Unknown
1900-1945'I sat up late reading of Mr. Jingle's artifices, until at last I began to speculate drowsily as to that gentleman's proficiency on ski. It seemed that he was arguing fie...Frank Smythe Charles DickensThe Pickwick PapersPrint: Book
1850-1899'I sat up smoking & reading with an occasional turn at nagging till nearly twelve o'clock'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown


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