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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Read some descriptions of West Indies.'John Cole [unknown][descriptions of the West Indies]Print: Book
1800-1849'Aftn. Suitable readings & social prayers. Read a sermon by the Revd E. Butcher.'John Cole E Butcher[sermon]Print: Book
1800-1849'Aftn. Suitable readings & social prayers. Read a sermon by the Revd E. Butcher.'John Cole [Anon][suitable readings]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read a portion of Sir R Phillips "Tour".'John Cole Richard PhillipsTourPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read acct of the "Tailor Bird".'John Cole [unknown][Account of the Tailor Bird]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read portions if Sir Rd Phillip's "Tour" and Journal.'John Cole Richard PhillipsTourPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read portions if Sir Rd Phillip's "Tour" and Journal.'John Cole Richard PhillipsJournalPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Elizabeth Fry] told me [Harriet Martineau] that her brother, J. J. Gurney, and other members of her family had become convinced by reading "Cousin Marshall" and others ...J. J. Gurney Harriet MartineauStories including "Cousin Marshall"Print: Unknown
1800-1849'[Elizabeth Fry] told me [Harriet Martineau] that her brother, J. J. Gurney, and other members of her family had become convinced by reading "Cousin Marshall" and others ...Family of Elizabeth FryHarriet MartineauStories including "Cousin Marshall"Print: Unknown
1800-1849'Read portions if Sir Rd Phillip's "Tour".'John Cole Richard PhillipsTourPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Robert Owen] told me [Harriet Martineau] that he knew the Bible so well as to have been heartily sick of it in his early youth. He owned that he had never read it sinc...Harriet Martineau William ShakespeareHamletPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, on research for a story on Bills of Exchange to be set either in Holland or South America: 'I thought Holland on the whole the more convenient of the t...Harriet Martineau Sir William Temple[work on Holland]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read an acct of the walkers of Rotherham in Sir Rich'd's book. I knew them well at Scarborough i.e. the descendents of the original where, in the season, they were const...John Cole Richard PhillipsTourPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, on her research for a story to be set in Ceylon: 'I gathered what I could from books, but really feared being obliged to give up a singularly good illu...Harriet Martineau Maria GrahamunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, on her research for a story to be set in Ceylon: 'I gathered what I could from books, but really feared being obliged to give up a singularly good illu...Harriet Martineau HeberunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, on her research for a story to be set in Ceylon: 'I gathered what I could from books, but really feared being obliged to give up a singularly good illu...Harriet Martineau Columbo almanackPrint: Book
1800-1849'In "Briery Creek," I [Harriet Martineau] indulged my life-long sentiment of admiration and love fo Dr. Priestley, by making him, under a thin disguise, the hero of my ta...Lady Durham newspapersPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I [Harriet Martineau] sent the first copy I could get [of her two "Excise" stories, "The Jerseymen Meeting" and "The Jerseymen Parting"] to the Chancellor of the Excheq...Harriet Martineau The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Since reading "Cousin Marshall" and others of my Numbers, [Lord Henley] had dropped his subscriptions to some hurtful charities, and had devoted his funds to Education, ...Lord Henley Harriet MartineauStories including "Cousin Marshall"Print: Unknown
1800-1849'After reading Southey's Life and Correspondence, the maintenance of that friendship [between the conservative Southey and the more radical William Taylor] appears to me ...Harriet Martineau Robert SoutheyLife and CorrespondencePrint: Book


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