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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
 
1800-1849'In Mr Tait's warehouse I read Hogg's "Shepherd's Calendar" and some of his poems also, while, at various times, many opportunities of hearing much about him.'James Glass Bertram James Hogg[poems]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'When in my early apprentice days I was first enabled to dip into the pages of "Maga", its chief attraction was the later series of "The Diary of a late physician". I gre...James Glass Bertram [n/a]Blackwood's Edinburgh MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849' ... he [ie George III] paid attention when books were read to him, and asked for excerpts from Boswell's "Life of Johnson" ...'King George III James BoswellLife of JohnsonPrint: Book
1800-1849'On the penult of the year 1819 I reached the last line of the "Iliad". To speak of the merits of the Maeonian Bard from one perusal only may be deemed presumption - ye...Robert Mitchell HomerThe IliadPrint: BookManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'A review for Brewster's philosophical journal of a German book on Magnetism, I must also write or say I cannot - the former alternative is better: and then (as our man o...Thomas Carlyle Professor HansteenInquiries Concerning the Magnetism of the EarthPrint: BookManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I consign you therefore if desirous of additional information, to two well-written articles by Jeffrey in the last "Edinr reviews" - and if you honour the maxim, audi al...Thomas Carlyle JeffreyArticle IXPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I consign you therefore if desirous of additional information, to two well-written articles by Jeffrey in the last "Edinr reviews" - and if you honour the maxim, audi al...Thomas Carlyle JeffreyArticle XPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I consign you therefore if desirous of additional information, to two well-written articles by Jeffrey in the last "Edinr reviews" - and if you honour the maxim, audi al...Thomas Carlyle Robert SoutheyArticle ixPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I consign you therefore if desirous of additional information, to two well-written articles by Jeffrey in the last "Edinr reviews" - and if you honour the maxim, audi al...Thomas Carlyle Robert SoutheyArticle ivPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, and sat themselves on a gun-carriage, to read by the...Jem Parsons [unknown]The adventures of a lousePrint: Book
1800-1849'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, and sat themselves on a gun-carriage, to read by the...Jem Parsons Henry WatsonValentine and OrsonPrint: Book
1800-1849'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, and sat themselves on a gun-carriage, to read by the...Jem Parsons [unknown]Roslin CastlePrint: Book
1800-1849'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, and sat themselves on a gun-carriage, to read by the...Jem Parsons [unknown][book of prayers]Print: Book
1800-1849'Nothing material has occurred to me since I returned from Mainhill. I wrote the first half of "Hunsteen" and translated, from the German, the first half of "Mohs";'Thomas Carlyle Friedrich MohsCrystalographyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have read Mr Jefferson's case to Edward [Austen], and he desires to have his name set down for a guinea and his wife's for another; but does not with for more than one...Jane Austen Revd T. JeffersonRequest for subscribers for "Two Sermons"Unknown
1800-1849'Ought I to be very much pleased with Marmion? - As yet I am not. James reads it aloud in the Eveng - the short Eveng - beginning at about 10, & broken by supper.'James Austen Walter ScottMarmion, or A Tale of Flodden FieldPrint: Book
1800-1849'This is a sad story about Mrs Powlett. I should not have suspected her of such a thing. - She staid the Sacrament I remember, the last time that you & I did. - A hint of...Jane Austen [newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'It is now half past twelve, & having heard Lizzy [JA's niece] read, I am moved down into the Library for the sake of a fire...'Lizzy Knight unknownunknownPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'While I write now, George is most industriously making and naming paper ships, at which he afterwards shoots with horse-chestnuts, brought from Steventon on purpose; and...Edward Knight Anna Maria PorterLake of KillarneyPrint: Book
1800-1849'On the subject of matrimony, I must notice a wedding in the Salisbury paper, which has amused me very much, Dr Phillot to Lady Frances St Lawrence.'Jane Austen newspaperPrint: Newspaper


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