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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
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 Adam SmithThe Wealth of NationsPrint: Book
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 Henry Home, Lord KamesEssays on the Principles of Morality and Natural R...Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'I was sent out first thing in the morning for a number of racing newspapers, over which my father pored while having his breakfast. Then he carefully wrote down the name...Thomas Garratt [racing newspapers] Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I was seriously alarmed at the beginning of this enquiry [into the memory of smells] by reading in McCosh: "When the organs of taste and smell, supposed by Ferrier...William Henry Hudson James McCoshIntuitions of the Mind Inductively InvestigatedPrint: Book
1700-1799'I was shewed a curious Thing today - a Letter written by Lord Strafford to his Daughter three Weeks before his Execution - he apparently expected no such Sentence, but r...Hester Lynch Thrale Lord Strafford[letter to his daughter, 1641]Manuscript: Letter
'I was shewed a little Novel t'other Day which I thought pretty enough & set Burney to read it, little dreaming it was by his second Daughter Fanny, who certainly must be...Charles Burney Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
'I was shewed a little Novel t'other Day which I thought pretty enough & set Burney to read it, little dreaming it was by his second Daughter Fanny, who certainly must be...Samuel Johnson Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
'I was shewed a little Novel t'other Day which I thought pretty enough & set Burney to read it, little dreaming it was by his second Daughter Fanny, who certainly must be...Hester Lynch Thrale Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1800-1849'I was shown today some verses by an accomplished man, which made me wish to be a free agent, and to visit the scenes which he describes so well. Mr Keppel Craven address...Charlotte Bury Walter Arthur Keppel Craven Unknown
1850-1899'I was sitting between one & two o'clock quietly enjoying a chapter in "Vanity Fair" when there was a bustling noise [?] to the Gaol. Polly looked out of the window & imm...John Buckley Castieau William Makepeace ThackerayVanity FairPrint: Book
1900-1945'I was so delighted with your cutting from the Crapouillot: I am sure I must seem quite fatuous, I shew it to so many people'Ford Madox Ford [unknown][article presumably praising Stella Bowen's exhibi...Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I was so ennuyed at my blindness, that one evening I made the Chaplain read me four Sermons, which alleviated my suffering for a time'.Thomas Fremantle [unknown]SermonsPrint: Unknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		'I was so interested in spectrum analysis that I took the big book to school with me, to read in playtime. The desks we had were box-type, there was a lid to lift and you...Joseph Stamper [unknown][Astronomy and spectrum analysis]Print: Book
1850-1899'I was so sorry to see that Dr Wendell Holmes called England "The Lost Leader". - I went & read the poem to Meta, who did not know it; - & we did so grieve!'Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Oliver Wendell Holmes[poem]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'I was struck this morning, in comparing the poems of George Herbert with those of Henry Vaughan, by the perfect ease and power of the former, the labour and short fallin...John Ruskin George Herbert[poems]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'I was struck this morning, in comparing the poems of George Herbert with those of Henry Vaughan, by the perfect ease and power of the former, the labour and short fallin...John Ruskin Henry Vaughan[poems]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'I was struck today by the "minding himself to go afoot" in Acts xx. 13. It is interesting to see the Apostle, after labouring and preaching all night, seek this retireme...John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Acts)Print: Book
1900-1945'I was thoroughly charmed by the volumes of verse. I read them with the liveliest sympathy and sincere admiration. The study of Pierre Loti is very interesting. What's mo...Joseph Conrad Jean Masbrenier (Mariel) Print: Book
1900-1945'I was thoroughly charmed by the volumes of verse. I read them with the liveliest sympathy and sincere admiration. The study of Pierre Loti is very interesting. What's mo...Joseph Conrad Jean Masbrenier (Mariel)Pierre Loti: Biographie-critiquePrint: Book
1900-1945'I was thoroughly charmed by the volumes of verse. I read them with the liveliest sympathy and sincere admiration. The study of Pierre Loti is very interesting. What's mo...Joseph Conrad Jean Masbrenier (Mariel)L'enseignement de GoethePrint: Book


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