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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849John Playfair to Mary Berry, 22 September 1810, in response to her edition of the Letters of Madame du Deffand, received three days previously: 'The preface is excellent,...John Playfair Mary BerryPreface and notes to Letters of Madame du DeffandPrint: Book
1800-1849John Playfair to Mary Berry, 22 September 1810, in response to her edition of the Letters of Madame du Deffand, received three days previously: 'The preface is excellent,...John Playfair Madame du DeffandLettersPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mr Cambridge' to Mary Berry: 'I was about to take up my pen to you to express the pleasure and satisfaction we have just experienced in the perusal of your "Life of Mada...Mr Cambridge Mary BerryLife of Madame du DeffandPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mr Hope' to Mary Berry: 'Your preface [to her edition of the Letters of Madame du Deffand] I devoured the moment I got it. I have since not [italics]despatched[end ital...Mr Hope Mary BerryPreface and Notes to Letters of Madame du DeffandPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mr Hope' to Mary Berry: 'Your preface [to her edition of the Letters of Madame du Deffand] I devoured the moment I got it. I have since not [italics]despatched[end ital...Mr Hope Mary BerryLife of Madame du DeffandPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mr Roscoe' to Mary Berry: 'I may almost be said to have past the last ten or twelve days in your society; for having been confined to the house by indisposition, my chie...Mr Roscoe Madame du DeffandLettersPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, Sunday 14 October 1810, on stay in Greathead household at Guy's Cliff: '[After church attendance] The blind Miss Williams played much of Handel's mus...Mr Greathead ClarkeTravelsPrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 16 March 1811: 'I had heard from Lord Stafford, at Lady Spencer's the night before, that the "Scotch Review," with the criticism upon "Madame du Deff...Mary Berry anonReview of Mary Berry, ed., Letters of Madame du De...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849M. G. Lewis to Lady Charlotte Bury, 9 December 1810: 'I have galloped through two volumes of Madame du Deffand's Letters, and with much amusement, though the anecdotes ar...M. G. Lewis Madame du DeffandLetters (2 vols)Print: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, Saturday 18 May 1811: 'I went with Joanna Baillie to Hampstead, to remain till Monday. Dined before four, and went out upon the Heath. Sat for abov...Mary Berry and Joanna BaillieMary BerryThe Two MartiusManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, Saturday 18 May 1811: 'I went with Joanna Baillie to Hampstead, to remain till Monday. Dined before four, and went out upon the Heath. Sat for abov...Mary Berry and Joanna BaillieMary Berry["scraps" of writings]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 19 May 1811, on stay with Joanna Baillie at Hampstead: 'Sat by the fire the whole day. Joanna Baillie gave us her drama upon Hope to read; it is onl...Mary Berry Joanna BaillieHopeUnknown
1800-1849Mary Berry, Journal, 8 June 1811: 'Went to Lady Cork's. A curious party, where, by way of something to do, she had [John] Thelwall reading Milton's "Invocation to Light,...John Thelwall John Milton'Invocation to Light'Print: Book
1800-1849'you must see Esdaile's book. If there are any sane persons who still doubt "the truth of Mesmerism", that book must cure them, or show them incurable. But you ought to k...Harriet Martineau James EsdaileMesmerism in India and its Practical Application i...Print: Book
1800-1849'Can you tell me about "Jane Eyre", - who wrote it? I am told I wrote the 1st vol: and I don't know how to disbelieve it myself, - though I am wholly ignorant of the auth...Harriet Martineau Charlotte BronteJane EyrePrint: Book
1800-1849'O! "Esmond"! That book marks its own year in one's life. I never did any justice to Thackeray before; and I cannot now read "Vanity Fair". But the pub...Harriet Martineau William Makepeace ThackerayHeny EsmondPrint: Book
1800-1849'O! "Esmond"! That book marks its own year in one's life. I never did any justice to Thackeray before; and I cannot now read "Vanity Fair". But the pub...Harriet Martineau Charlotte BronteVillettePrint: Book
1800-1849'I hope some woman will arise who, with power like, or equal to, C.B.'s [Charlotte Bronte's], will bring us up to high art again, and not help to sink us in the subjectiv...Harriet Martineau Elizabeth GaskellRuthPrint: Book
1800-1849'I hope some woman will arise who, with power like, or equal to, C.B.'s [Charlotte Bronte's], will bring us up to high art again, and not help to sink us in the subjectiv...Harriet Martineau Elizabeth Gaskell[possibly the story, 'Stopped Payment, at Cranford...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I wanted to write about Malcolm's Life and Sothey's new letters, and other things; but I must stop now'.Harriet Martineau John William KayeLife and Correspondence of... Sir John Malcolm, Th...Print: Book


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