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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 conformity with ancient custom, I ought now to transmit you some account of my studies- But I have too much conscience to dilate upon this subject... On the same auth...Thomas Carlyle Horace Benedict SaussureVoyages dans les AlpesPrint: Book
1800-1849'In December 1810 a box of books arrived and the family began to read a novel which they "liked very much". This book is "Modern Philosophy", whose anti-heroine, "Miss Bi...Harriet Grove Elizabeth HamiltonMemoirs of modern philosophersPrint: Book
1800-1849'In December 1810 a box of books arrived and the family began to read a novel which they "liked very much". This book is "modern Philosophy", whose anti-heroine, "Miss Bi...Harriet Grove Elizabeth HamiltonMemoirs of Modern PhilosophersPrint: Book
1900-1945'In December he read Lang's translation of the elegies by Bion and Moschus that had been Shelley's model for "Adonais".'Wilfred Owen Bion of Smyrna'Epitaph on Adonis'Print: Book
1900-1945'In December he read Lang's translation of the elegies by Bion and Moschus that had been Shelley's model for "Adonais".'Wilfred Owen Moschus'Epitaph on Bion'Print: Book
1850-1899'In discussing Meredith's "Evan Harrington" (1861) in a letter to Campbell, Arthur reveals his Victorian-orientated interst in the autobiographical element in novels: ".....Arthur Symons George MeredithEvan HarringtonPrint: Book
1700-1799'In Dodsley's "Miscellanies" there are two or three pretty pieces of Mr Mason. Bacon's "Life by Mr Mallet" perhaps you have seen. He is not near so good a Man, I fear, as...Samuel Richardson William Mason[items in Dodsley's Miscellanies]Print: Book
1700-1799'In Dodsley's "Miscellanies" there are two or three pretty pieces of Mr Mason. Bacon's "Life" by Mr Mallet perhaps you have seen. He is not near so good a Man, I fear, as...Samuel Richardson David Mallett[Life of Bacon]Print: Book
1700-1799'In Dublin, she complained that she was not reading a great deal, but in the same breath remarked that books provided her only relaxation. She must have at least browsed ...Mary Wollstonecraft William Cowper Print: Book
1700-1799'In Dublin, she complained that she was not reading a great deal, but in the same breath remarked that books provided her only relaxation. She must have at least browsed ...Mary Wollstonecraft John Hewlett[sermons]Print: Book
1700-1799'In Dublin, she complained that she was not reading a great deal, but in the same breath remarked that books provided her only relaxation. She must have at least browsed ...Mary Wollstonecraft William PaleyPrinciples of Moral and Political PhilosophyPrint: Book
1800-1849'In early life, I have said, my attention was turned to politics. My first impressions were for universality. "Cobbett's Register" and "Wooler's Black Dwarf" were the fir...Christopher Thomson William CobbettCobbett's political registerPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'In early life, I have said, my attention was turned to politics. My first impressions were for universality. "Cobbett's Register" and "Wooler's Black Dwarf" were the fir...Christopher Thomson Thomas Jonathan WoolerBlack DwarfPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'In early Oct. 1810 C[oleridge] wrote to W[ordsworth]: "I send the Brazil which has entertained & instructed me."'Samuel Taylor Coleridge Robert SoutheyHistory of BrazilPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'In evening I went into town & read the Papers at the Mechanics, nothing yet done about the formation of a new Ministry all sorts of rumours however & very various combin...John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'In examining a fig which we had found at our last going ashore, we found in the fruit a "Cynips", very like, if not exactly the same species as "Cynips sycomori", Linn.,...Joseph Banks Fredrik HasselquistIter PalestinumPrint: Book
1800-1849'in expressing our acknowledgement of the good they have done, it is our duty to point out those parts of their proceedings which appear to us inexpedient and injudicious...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'In February 1896, seven titles were added to his [Oscar Wilde's] store. These were: Dante's "Divina commedia", accompanied by an Italian grammar and dictionary to help W...Oscar Wilde Dante AlighieriDivina CommediaPrint: Book
1850-1899'In February 1896, seven titles were added to his [Oscar Wilde's] store. These were: Dante's "Divina commedia", accompanied by an Italian grammar and dictionary to help W...Oscar Wilde Italian Grammar BookPrint: Book
1850-1899'In February 1896, seven titles were added to his [Oscar Wilde's] store. These were: Dante's "Divina commedia", accompanied by an Italian grammar and dictionary to help W...Oscar Wilde Italian DictionaryPrint: Book


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