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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'I think the praise of the "Saturday Review" and the "Times" - evidently both are much dissatisfied with the book [George Eliot's "Felix Holt"] and neither daring to say ...Margaret Oliphant Review of 'Felix Holt the Radical'Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I think the public taste is not in any danger of relapsing into Arcadian pastorals, but I suspect these Caledonian pastorals to be almost as ideal. Crabbe, with his occ...Eleanor Anne Porden George Crabbe[poems]Print: Book
1800-1849'I think the stanzas greatly improved and they are in the press as an introduction to the second edition of the [italics] wake [end italics]. There was one term which I w...James Hogg Bernard Barton'To James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, author of Th...Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I think this extract from a western newspaper pretty nearly beats the record (slang again) for confusion of metaphors: "He [Sir Stafford Northcote] is a statesman, the b...Francis Romano (Cecco) Oliphant [newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I think very highly of both the books you have sent me but far most highly of Lights and Shadows in which there is a great deal of very powerful effect purity of sentime...James Hogg John WilsonLights and Shadows of Scottish LifePrint: Book
1800-1849'I think very highly of both the books you have sent me but far most highly of Lights and Shadows in which there is a great deal of very powerful effect purity of sentime...James Hogg John GaltProvostPrint: Book
1850-1899'I think very highly of Daudet as a novelist, but I know nothing of him personally.'Margaret Oliphant Alphonse Daudet[novels]Print: Book
1800-1849'I think you do not mean the Treatise of Copplestone that I do, for I see nothing in his Discourses of Necessity and Contingency, of Predestination & Free-will, which are...George Crabbe Edward CoplestonInquiry into the Doctrines of Necessity & Predesti...Print: Book
1800-1849'I think you do not mean the Treatise of Copplestone that I do, for I see nothing in his Discourses of Necessity and Contingency, of Predestination & Free-will, which are...George Crabbe Joseph MilnerHistory of the Church of ChristPrint: Book
1800-1849'I think you do not mean the Treatise of Copplestone that I do, for I see nothing in his Discourses of Necessity and Contingency, of Predestination & Free-will, which are...George Crabbe John NewtonCardiphonia, or Utterance of the HeartPrint: Book
1900-1945'I think you should like 'La Nouvelle Revue Francaise' (31 Rue Jacob, Paris. 1 fr 50c. monthly). The critical articles at the end are always quite first class, & much o...Arnold Bennett La Nouvelle Revue FrancaisePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I think you will like Sir James Mackintosh's Life; it is full of his own thoughts upon men, books and events, and I derived from it the greatest pleasure. He makes most ...Sydney Smith Robert James MackintoshMemoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir Ja...Print: Book
1850-1899'I think Zack [Gwendolen Keats] may be congratulated on the novel. It is an advance on the short stories--a promising advance. I've just finished reading it having waited...Joseph Conrad Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I this evening boasted, that although I did not write what is called stenography, or short-hand, in appropriated characters devised for the purpose, I had a method of my...Samuel Johnson William RobertsonHistory of AmericaPrint: Book
1800-1849'I thought I heard My Shelley call me - Not my Shelley in Heaven - but My Shelley - my companion in my Daily tasks - I was reading - I heard a voice say "Mary" - "It is S...Mary Shelley [unknown][unknown]Unknown
1900-1945'I thought it would be interesting to me in my work (Salesmanship - Hover)' HoverSalesmanshipPrint: Book
1800-1849'I thought to rise at five on Thursday morning, but fatigue made my head bad. I slept till nine - I opened "Mary Stewart" after breakfast but Dr Fiffe interrupted me, an...Jane Baillie Welsh Friedrich SchillerMary StewartPrint: Book
1850-1899'I threw myself (in a manner of speaking) on "Popes et popadias" with eagerness and high hopes. From the first lines my hopes were realised - and then very quickly surpas...Joseph Conrad Marguerite PoradowskaPopes et popadias (published in book form as Les F...Print: Serial / periodical
1600-1699'I to boat again and to my book; and having done that, I took another book, Mr Boyles of Colours, and there read where I left [28 April?], finding many fine things worthy...Samuel Pepys John EvelynPublick enjoyment and an active life ... prefer's ...Print: Book
1600-1699'I to boat again and to my book; and having done that, I took another book, Mr Boyles of Colours, and there read where I left [28 April?], finding many fine things worthy...Samuel Pepys Robert BoyleExperiments and considerations touching coloursPrint: Book


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