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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
 
1850-1899'I was fond of reading when at home, but we had not an abundance of books; so as soon as I settled at Notting Hill, I often in the evening made my way to Oxford and other...William Tinsley [unknown][various titles]Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'I was getting a lot of stiff reading out of the public library, now, "for my father". One work was "Quain's Anatomy" in two volumes. The first volume was anatomy and phy...Joseph Stamper [unknown]Quain's AnatomyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I was glad to have the enjoyment of reading Schlegel's History of Literature. It is a fine work, built on a sure foundation; and though I do not always agree with his ta...Charlotte Bury Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel[probably] Geschichte der alten und neuen Literatu...Print: Book
1700-1799'I was glad to hear Mr. Remond's history from you, though the newspapers had given it to me [italics] en gros [italics].'Mary, Lady Wortley Montagu newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I was glad to see your hand, as it forced me to write to you. About 5 or 6 weeks ago I had the impulse to write to you about the high satisfaction I had from your last ...Arnold Bennett John SquireThe Three HillsPrint: Book
1700-1799'I was going to proceed, when Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] interrupted me; I was, said he, at the Duke of [italics] Richmond[end italics]'s last Summer, when his Dau...Emilia, Lady Lennox [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'I was greatly diverted by your specimen of Mr. Maclaurin's prose-run-mad. He seems to have imbibed, in the full sense of the word, the melody of his native mountains; - ...Thomas Carlyle Maclaurin[writings quoted in a letter from Thomas Murray to...Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'I was greeted in the mess at breakfast today by the whole table exclaiuming: "Genius" - it appears that someone had read the British weekly which says "Mr H's literary p...soldier [unknown][a review of Ford's work]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I was however turning over Horace yesterday to look for the Expression [italics] tenui fronte [end italics] in Vindication of my Assertion to Johnson that low Foreheads ...Hester Lynch Thrale Horace'8th Ode'Print: Book
1900-1945'I was idly looking at [italics] Jacob's Room [end italics] tonight. It exasperated yet charmed me. Here was an attempt to relate day and night. She [Virginia Woolf] lays...Antonia White Virginia WoolfJacob's RoomPrint: Book
1850-1899'I was in Paris during the elections for the Chamber, when a triumphant majority was returned, as of course you know, against the very bad, or very stupid, or else both, ...Robert Louis Stevenson Edmé-Patrice-Maurice MacMahon, comte de Print: Poster
1800-1849'I was indeed surprised to find my name in "Patronage" but my surprise was principally caused by finding such honourable mention made of me and by seeing myself in compan...Samuel Romilly Maria EdgeworthPatronagePrint: Book
1900-1945'I was intensely interested in the Romantics at this time, that explosion of creative thought so inadequately explained in reading and in lectures. We talked of French an...Ralph Glasser [unknown][Romantic texts and works about Romanticism]Print: Book
1800-1849'I was invited on one occasion to Mr Champley's, in Newborough, where I saw a specimen of Etty's peculiar painting in the portrait of Mr Champley himself; and looked over...John Cole [unknown]Royal Academy CataloguePrint: Book, Pamphlet
1900-1945'I was just about to write to you on the "Dole " articles. They are wonderfully the right thing: matter, tone, attitude, interest.[...] Jessie is lost in admiration.'Joseph Conrad Richard CurleScandals of the DolePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I was just reading how he was going to attack Ireland in the next five days. I don't like the sound of that., . . . Ireland isn't ready yet.' newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'I was last night at the Club. Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many [italics] fits [end italics]; it is pretty enough. He has printed, and will soon publish it.'Samuel Johnson Thomas PercyHermit of Warkworth, ThePrint: Unknown
1900-1945'I was lately forced into the rather close examination of this book, for I had to translate it into French, that forcing me to give it much closer attention than would be...Ford Madox Ford Ford Madox FordGood Soldier, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'I was left by myself & spent the time pretty comfortably reading some sketches by "Yates", then smoking & thinking for a change'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'I was much amused by one prisoner's letter that in the course of Duty I read to-day. The prisoner is in Gaol for beating his wife & excused himself in this fashion.'John Buckley Castieau [prisoner][letter]Manuscript: Letter


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