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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
1900-1945		'I was reading a lot of magazine stories now. There was a boys' reading-room at the public library; the magazines were brought second-hand out of the men's reading-room w...Joseph Stamper [n/a]Pearson'sPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I was reading an article by a Labour M.P. who wants to harbour refugees. He's all wrong. Good job we haven't got dictators here.' anon [A Labour MP]articlePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'I was reading Congreve's Way of the World two Evenings ago, the character of Petulant is borrowed from Shakespear's Nym in Henry V: and the Expressions are in no few Pas...Hester Lynch Thrale William CongreveWay of the World, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'I was reading Congreve's Way of the World two Evenings ago, the character of Petulant is borrowed from Shakespear's Nym in Henry V: and the Expressions are in no few Pas...Hester Lynch Thrale William ShakespeareHenry VPrint: Book
1700-1799'I was reading Derham's Astro, not his Astro, his Physico Theology; and can hardly help laughing when I see these simple Philosophers praising God Almighty for making the...Hester Lynch Thrale William DerhamPhysico-Theology, or, A Demonstration of the Being...Print: Book
1900-1945'I was reading in the headquarters shelter when the great man [the Brigadier-General] suddenly drew aside the sacking of the entrance, and gleamed stupendously in our can...Edmund Blunden unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'I was reading of Charlotte Bronte the other day, and could not help comparing myself with the picture more or less as I read. I don't suppose my powers are equal to her...Margaret Oliphant Elizabeth GaskellLife of Charlotte BrontePrint: Book
1800-1849'I was reading Pascal's "lettres provinciales". None can help admiring his wit & probity. He sustains excellently the character of [italics]naivet?[end italics]which he h...Thomas Carlyle Blaise PascalLes Provinciales, ou les lettresPrint: Book
1700-1799'I was reading something of Swift one Day & commending him as a Writer - I cannot endure Swift replied my eldest Daughter; every thing of his seems to be [italics] Froth ...Hester Maria Thrale Jonathan Swift Print: Book
1700-1799'I was reading something of Swift one Day & commending him as a Writer - I cannot endure Swift replied my eldest Daughter; every thing of his seems to be [italics] Froth ...Hester Lynch Thrale Jonathan Swift Print: Book
1800-1849'I was reading the little book aloud to my mother one evening when he was in the room, and not being well was lying on the sofa half asleep, as I thought; but he listened...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing SewellStories on the Lord's PrayerPrint: Book
1900-1945'I was reading the other day the story of an air flight. They had a long and dangerous journey to undertake, and before they set out, they made a list of the things they ... [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'I was reading to the Girls to day More's Acct of The King of Prussia's Severity to his favourite Valet who unable to endure it, shot himself' [there follows a long accou...Hester Lynch Thrale John MooreView of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland...Print: Book
1800-1849'I was reading to-day and I have since finished Miss Martineau's "Deerbrook", a capital novel though it is too full of preaching. It is inferior in execution to Miss Aus...Henry Crabb Robinson Harriet MartineauDeerbrookPrint: Book
'I was reading today where Menage tells a story of a notable fellow in his native town Angers, who was such a bustler that they called him sport Monsieur Tracas.' Hester Lynch Thrale Gilles MenageMenagianaPrint: Book
1800-1849'I was reading yesterday and to-day "Sense and Sensibility", which I resumed at the second volume. The last volume greatly improves on the first, but I still think it one...Henry Crabb Robinson Jane AustenSense and SensibilityPrint: Book
1800-1849'I was reading your inimitable description of Dora Creswell the other day to a friend of mine who was confined to his bed by illness. He laughed and cried by turns, and a...Catharine M. Sedgwick Mary Russell MitfordOur Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scene...Print: Book
1850-1899'I was repelled at home, rather than encouraged to read, and I never remember to have seen a book in my elders' hands. Literature was limited to the "Daily Telegraph". To...Thomas Okey William Shakespeare[works]Print: Book
1850-1899'I was repelled at home, rather than encouraged to read, and I never remember to have seen a book in my elders' hands. Literature was limited to the "Daily Telegraph". To...Okey family, parents and grandparents of Thomas Okey [n/a]Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I was re[a]ding lately, Stewart's "life of Robertson", Smith's "wealth of nations", and Kames' "Essays on the principles of morality". The first is a sensible sort of bo...Thomas Carlyle Dugald StewartThe Life and Writings of William RobertsonPrint: Book


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