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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'The first meeting after the formation of the [Metaphysical] Society took place at the Deanery, Westminster, June 2nd, 1869, under the presidency of Sir John Lubbock, whe...Mr Knowles Alfred TennysonThe Higher PantheismUnknown
1850-1899Edward Fitzgerald to Alfred Tennyson, 9 July 1875: 'I had bought your Play a few days before your gift-copy reached me. I have not had sufficient time to digest either...Edward Fitzgerald Alfred TennysonQueen MaryPrint: Book
1850-1899Sir Henry Bedingfield, Bart., to Alfred Tennyson, 20 August 1875: 'As a great admirer of your genius, I eagerly read your drama "Queen Mary," but was so surprised and ...Sir Henry Bedingfield, Bart. Alfred TennysonQueen MaryPrint: Book
1850-1899Robert Browning to Alfred Tennyson, 21 December 1876: 'True thanks again, this time for the best of Christmas presents, another great work, wise, good, and beautiful. ...Robert Browning Alfred TennysonHaroldPrint: Book
1850-1899Aubrey de Vere to Alfred Tennyson, 28 December 1876: 'I do not like to defer longer sending you my most cordial thanks for sending me your "Harold." I have already rea...Aubrey de Vere Alfred TennysonHaroldPrint: Book
1850-1899Aubrey de Vere to Alfred Tennyson, 28 December 1876: 'I do not like to defer longer sending you my most cordial thanks for sending me your "Harold." I have already rea...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonHaroldUnknown
1850-1899A. P. Stanley to Alfred Tennyson, 25 December 1876: 'I will gladly contrive if you wish to transmit your poem [Harold] to the Queen. I know that Her Majesty is expecti...A. P. Stanley Alfred TennysonHaroldPrint: Book
1850-1899G. H. Lewes to Alfred Tennyson, 18 June 1877: 'We have just read "Harold" (for the first time) and "Mary" (for the fourth) [...] It is needless for me to say how profo...G. H. Lewes and George EliotAlfred TennysonHaroldPrint: Book
1850-1899G. H. Lewes to Alfred Tennyson, 18 June 1877: 'We have just read "Harold" (for the first time) and "Mary" (for the fourth) [...] It is needless for me to say how profo...G. H. Lewes and George EliotAlfred TennysonQueen MaryPrint: Book
1850-1899'The play [Becket] is so accurate a representation of the personages and of the time, that J. R. Green said that all his researches into the annals of the twelfth century...J. R. Green Alfred TennysonBecketPrint: Book
1850-1899The Right Honourable J. Bryce to Alfred Tennyson: 'As I have been abroad for some time it was only a little while ago that I obtained and read your "Becket." Will you,...J. Bryce Alfred TennysonBecketPrint: Book
1850-1899The Right Honourable J. Bryce to Alfred Tennyson: 'As I have been abroad for some time it was only a little while ago that I obtained and read your "Becket." Will you,...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonBecketUnknown
1850-1899Lady Cardwell to Alfred Tennyson, 9 April 1878: 'It may interest you to know another instance of the solace you have given those in distant lands severed from all thos...C. E. Gordon Alfred Tennyson Print: Book
1850-1899'My father's first meeting with the Princess of Wales took place at Mrs Greville's in Chester Square. The Princess asked him to read the "Welcome to Alexandra." When he h...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonWelcome to AlexandraUnknown
1850-1899'My father was fond of asking Joachim [celebrity violinist] to play to him in his own house. One particular evening I remember, at 86, Eaton Square. My father had been ex...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonThe RevengeUnknown
1850-1899[Mary Brotherton writes] 'I told him [Tennyson] the story [of the eighteenth-century woman soldier Phoebe Hessel] one day at Farringford, knowing it would touch him, and ...Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson'Bones'Unknown
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's account of a voyage on the Pembroke Castle (September 1883): '[18 September] In response to an invitation from the hospitable Sir Donald [Currie...Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson"The Bugle Song"Unknown
1850-1899From Hallam Tennyson's account of a voyage on the Pembroke Castle (September 1883): '[18 September] In response to an invitation from the hospitable Sir Donald [Currie...Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson"The Grandmother"Unknown
1850-1899From Phillips Brooks's journal (1883), on a visit to Tennyson's home: 'After dinner, Tennyson and I went up to the study [...] and I had him to myself for two or three...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonLocksley HallUnknown
1850-1899From Phillips Brooks's journal (1883), on a visit to Tennyson's home: 'After dinner, Tennyson and I went up to the study [...] and I had him to myself for two or three...Alfred Tennyson Alfred TennysonSir GalahadUnknown


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