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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
 
1800-1849Mr Nelson's estate which is advertised for sale in the Hull papers. I likewise saw it in The Times.Robert Sharp The Hull Packet and Humber GazettePrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1800-1849I see by the paper that Mr Canning is indeed very ill...Robert Sharp [a newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'Recd the Courier this morning with an account of the Death of Mr Canning...'Robert Sharp The CourierPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'A very small market this day... I saw Bells's life in London with a portrait of Mr Canning. It is a strange rough concern, the onlyconsolation is that it cannot be his l...Robert Sharp Bell's Life in London and Sporting ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Sent last night to WM a Basket... after that amused myself by reading in the Spectator the account of Sir Roger de Coverley, It really is an entertaining description of ...Robert Sharp The SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'In the Times there is an Order from the Magisterial Gentlemen of Beverley at the last sessions...'Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'On the paper I received this morning was written near the seals "Billy's away" and a sketch of some kind of head... The prosecutors for libel have Reaped but little bene...Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I have read the "Literary Gazette"; the notice of the Life of Bonaparte is quite entertaining, some of the names of the French Revolutionists who were quite familiar abo...Robert Sharp The Literary GazettePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have seen some advertisements of Books from Ths. Hurst & Co in St Paul's Church yard...'Robert Sharp [book advertisements]Print: Advertisement
1800-1849'It appears by the Times that there are several dreadful houses in the Neighbourhood of Bow Street, where the unthinking are robbed of their property...'Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Isaac Wilson in his paper of the 16th inst said that the Poll was settled at Preston and Cobbett thrown out, but it appears the contest is still continued, but without a...Robert Sharp The Hull AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I see by the Times of Saturday last that Hunt retired from the contest'.Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I see a review of Moxon's book in the Imperial Mag. For July, it is very fair I think.'Robert Sharp The Imperial Magazine; or Compendium of ReligiousPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I saw a piece in the times headed 'Poor old Cobbett' where it seems to be insinuated that he has not spent all the money which he has given an acccount of, I suppose he ...Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I see by the Times this morning that a young man of the name of Dunn from Hull has been robbing his employers Sewell & Co... May this be a warning to all young men... [a...Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'There is a paragraph in the Times this morning on the subject of large farms, which is much to the purpose...'Robert Sharp The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I read in the Edinburgh Review the Remarks there made on the Hamiltonian System of acquiring languages. I think it merits being attended to from the specimens of the Ita...Robert Sharp Edinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'While their [her daughters'] Father's Life preserv'd my Authority entire, I used it [italics] all & only [end italics] for their Improvement; & since it expired with him...Hester Lynch Thrale and her daughters Hester, Susanna and Sophia [books of European travels]Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		"Anthony Errington, a Tyneside wagonway wright, sat down in 1823 to write out his life history ... After brief accounts of his parents and his infancy, he turned to his e...Anthony Errington  Print: tombstone epitaphs
1800-1849"A young handloom weaver in Carlisle was able to develop both his literacy skills and his political consciousness as his workshop responded with keen interest to the moun...William Farish newspapersPrint: Newspaper


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