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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'At that time [my eighth year] I had read, under my father?s tuition, a number of Greek prose authors, among whom I remember the whole of Herodotus, and of Xenophon?s Cer...John Stuart Mill IsocratesAd DemonicumPrint: Book
1800-1849'At that time [my eighth year] I had read, under my father?s tuition, a number of Greek prose authors, among whom I remember the whole of Herodotus, and of Xenophon?s Cer...John Stuart Mill Lucian Print: Book
1800-1849'At that time [my eighth year] I had read, under my father?s tuition, a number of Greek prose authors, among whom I remember the whole of Herodotus, and of Xenophon?s Cer...John Stuart Mill XenophonCyropaediaPrint: Book
1800-1849'At that time [my eighth year] I had read, under my father?s tuition, a number of Greek prose authors, among whom I remember the whole of Herodotus, and of Xenophon?s Cer...John Stuart Mill XenophonMemorials of SocratesPrint: Book
1800-1849'I faintly remember going through Aesop?s Fables, the first Greek book which I read. The Anabasis, which I remember better, was the second.'John Stuart Mill XenophonThe AnabasisPrint: Book
1800-1849'I also read, in 1813, the first six dialogues (in the common arrangement) of Plato, from the Euthyphron to the Theaetetus inclusive: which last dialogue, I venture to th...John Stuart Mill PlatoEuthyphroPrint: Book
1800-1849'I also read, in 1813, the first six dialogues (in the common arrangement) of Plato, from the Euthyphron to the Theaetetus inclusive: which last dialogue, I venture to th...John Stuart Mill PlatoTheaetetusPrint: Book
1800-1849'I also read, in 1813, the first six dialogues (in the common arrangement) of Plato, from the Euthyphron to the Theaetetus inclusive: which last dialogue, I venture to th...John Stuart Mill PlatodialoguesPrint: Book
1800-1849'He [?my father?] also made me read, and give him a verbal account of, many books which would not have interested me sufficiently to induce me to read them of myself: amo...John Stuart Mill John MillarHistorical View of the English Government Print: Book
1800-1849'He [?my father?] also made me read, and give him a verbal account of, many books which would not have interested me sufficiently to induce me to read them of myself: amo...John Stuart Mill John RuttyHistory of the Rise and Progress of the People cal...Print: Book
1800-1849'He [?my father?] also made me read, and give him a verbal account of, many books which would not have interested me sufficiently to induce me to read them of myself: amo...John Stuart Mill William SewellThe History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress, o...Print: Book
1800-1849'He [?my father?] also made me read, and give him a verbal account of, many books which would not have interested me sufficiently to induce me to read them of myself: amo...John Stuart Mill Johann Lorenz von MosheimAn Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, fro...Print: Book
1800-1849'He [?my father?] also made me read, and give him a verbal account of, many books which would not have interested me sufficiently to induce me to read them of myself: amo...John Stuart Mill Thomas McCrieLife of John KnoxPrint: Book
1800-1849'About this period, Mr Tymms sent down for inspection the proof of his Acct. of Northamptonshire for the Family Topographer to which I added several paragraphs and correc...John Cole TymmsFamily TopographerPrint: Proof
1800-1849'... I took up a London paper, and the first object in it which struck my eye, was the death of Charles Lamb. I felt it as a friend of the deceased for, although I had ne...John Cole anonnewspaperPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Read letter from Rev R Garvey of Lincoln (?) reps. Lecture'.John Cole R GarveyletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'Craster letter received'.. John Cole unknownletterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'Day wet - read'.John Cole unknownunknownUnknown
1800-1849'Scriptures and Natural history readings'.John Cole BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Mary, William and Emma commenced their readings of Thomson.'Mary, William and Emma Cole ThomsonThe Seasons [probably]Print: Book


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