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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899' In Bourke Street I met Joe White & we commenced as usual chatting on different subjects. I asked what sort of a place the "Oriental Saloon" was as an article had appea...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]The AgePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945' In Konrad's [sic] "little corner" in the living room one more book appeared on his table: Witkiewicz's "Matejko". It had been sent by my sister [Aniela Zagorska] for Ja...Joseph Conrad Stanisław WitkiewiczMatejkoPrint: Book
1850-1899' In the Australasian of yesterday "The Peripatetic" announced his last article having as he said sold his office of Free Speech for a mess of official porridge in other ...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]AustralasianPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899' In the evening I went to the Mechanics & read the Evening Paper.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945' Most mornings he spent reading the papers until about half past ten, then answered any letters that had come [...].'Joseph Conrad  Print: Newspaper
1850-1899' Read at home during the evening.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1800-1849' Reading from pp 22 to 32, II, Nouvelle Heloise.'Anne Lister Jean Jaques RousseauJulie: ou Nouvelle HeloisePrint: Book
1800-1849' Tea at 8. Read aloud to my aunt the first 31pp of Moore's Buxton and Castleton Guide.'Anne Lister Henry MooreBuxton and Casleton Guide Picturesque Excursions iPrint: Book
1800-1849' Tea at 8. Then read aloud to my aunt the first 74pp Vol I, "Sayings and Doings'."Excellent. Dont know when I have laughed so much or so heartily. We both laughed. Came ...Anne Lister Theodore HookSayings and DoingsPrint: Book
1900-1945' This is really great, great in every dimension. [...] I have read the book ["The New Machiavelli"] yesterday and this evening I re-read it from pp.290-504. I don't know...Joseph Conrad H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe New MachiavelliPrint: Book
1900-1945' We shall go to Kish on the way back and if only the weather is nice it will be delightful. It has been raining in such torrents that I hope we may have a dry spell for ...Gertrude Bell Dante AlighieriLa Divina CommediaPrint: Book
1800-1849' Went out [..] to the Tuileries Gardens at 8.55. In going, bought at the 1st shop on the left, under the arcades. a pamphlet by M.Chateaubriand. ' Le Roi Est Mort, Vive ...Anne Lister ChateaubriandLe Roi Est Mort, Vive Le RoiPrint: Pamphlet
1850-1899' Went to the Mechanics this evening & read the papers'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945' What else? Yes, I have read Cowper: "The stable yields a stercoraceous heap...." It bears an unpleasant resemblance to The Land, doesn't it? But it has its good mom...Vita Sackville-West William CowperThe Task, Part III (The Garden)Print: Book
1700-1799' [Boswell lamenting the dificulty of compiling a definitive Johnson bibliography] I once got from one of his friends a list, which there was pretty good reason to suppos...James Boswell [list of Johnson's works compiled by Mr Levett]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799' [Johnson having asked for details about Lord Peterborough] "But, (said his Lordship [Lord Eliot,) the best account of Lord Peterborough that I have happened to meet wit...Lord Eliot Daniel DefoeMemoirs of Captain George CarletonPrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson having asked for details about Lord Peterborough] "But, (said his Lordship [Lord Eliot,) the best account of Lord Peterborough that I have happened to meet wit...Samuel Johnson Daniel DefoeMemoirs of Captain George CarletonPrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Deserted Village,' were it not sometimes too much the ec...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Deserted Village,' were it not sometimes too much the ec...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithDeserted Village, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799' [Johnson said of Goldsmith] "Take him as a poet, his 'Traveller' is a very fine performance; ay, and so is his 'Deserted Village,' were it not sometimes too much the ec...Samuel Johnson Oliver GoldsmithRoman History From The Foundation of The City of R...Print: Book


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