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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
 
1500-1599'In the early 1590s [Gabriel Harvey] studied Spanish with the aid of Antonio de Corro's "Spanish Grammer" (1590) and Richard Perceval's "Bibliotheca Hispanica"(1591), an ...Gabriel Harvey Antonio de CorroSpanish GrammerPrint: Book
1500-1599'In the early 1590s [Gabriel Harvey] studied Spanish with the aid of Antonio de Corro's "Spanish Grammer" (1590) and Richard Perceval's "Bibliotheca Hispanica"(1591), an ...Gabriel Harvey Richard PercevalBibliotheca HispanicaPrint: Book
1900-1945'In the early spring of 1913 Sappho [i.e. Mrs Catherine Dawson Scott, nicknamed after a poem she had authored] wrote in her diary: '"When Charlotte [Mew] came [to Mrs Da...Charlotte Mew Charlotte Mew"The Farmer's Bride"Unknown
1900-1945'In the early thirties she had read a lot of French, starting with Stendhal: and a chunk of his "De l'amour", in the French, found its way into "To the North". In 1932 sh...Elizabeth Bowen Stendhal [pseud.]De l'amourPrint: Book
1900-1945'In the early thirties she had read a lot of French, starting with Stendhal: and a chunk of his "De l'amour", in the French, found its way into "To the North". In 1932 sh...Elizabeth Bowen Gustave FlaubertL'Education SentimentalePrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even and the day read 2 of Tillotson's sermons and part of Sherlock upon death. I this day completed reading of Tillotson's sermons over the second time, and so f...Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even and the day read 2 of Tillotson's sermons and part of Sherlock upon death. I this day completed reading of Tillotson's sermons over the second time, and so f...Thomas Turner William SherlockA practical discourse concerning deathPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even and the day read 6 of Bishop Sherlock's sermons, which I think extremely good, there being sound reasoning in them and seem wrote with an ardent spirit of pi...Thomas Turner Thomas SherlockSermons on various subjects, moral and theological...Print: Book
1700-1799'In the even and the day read two of Tillotson's sermons and part of the 2nd volume of Hervey's "Meditations". Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even and the day read two of Tillotson's sermons and part of the 2nd volume of Hervey's "Meditations". Thomas Turner James HerveyMeditations among the tombs: in a letter to a ladyPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even began Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant". Read his "Life" and the "Eulogium" on it by M. Fountenelle. Memorandums on his life: [describes life of Tournefo...Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even finished reading of Horneck's "Great Law of Consideration", which I think a very good subject, and I am thoroughly persuaded that the only motive the author ...Thomas Turner Anthony HorneckThe great law of consideration; or, a discourse, w...Print: Book
1700-1799'In the even finished reading Salmon "On Marriage", which I think to be a very indifferent thing, for the author appears to me to be a very bad logician.'Thomas Turner Thomas SalmonA critical essay concerning marriagePrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even finished reading Wake's "Catechism", which I think is a very good book and proper for all families, there being good instructions in it and also something wh...Thomas Turner William WakeThe principles of the Christain religion explained...Print: Book
1700-1799'In the even I read to my friend a sermon preached at the last Visitation held at Lewes, written by Mr Nicholl, Vicar of Westham in this county, and part of three discour...Thomas Turner John NichollThe execrable practice of buying and selling livin...Print: Unknown
1700-1799'In the even I read to my friend a sermon preached at the last Visitation held at Lewes, written by Mr Nicholl, Vicar of Westham in this county, and part of three discour...Thomas Turner James WalderThe ax laid to the root; or, a preservative agains...Print: Book
1700-1799'in the even I wrote my London letters... also read the News paper... as I was a writing all the even my wife read "Clarissa Harlowe" to me.'Peggy Turner Samuel RichardsonClarissaPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'In the even in reading the "Lewes Journal" I found the following remarkable character, which I admire not for the diction, but for the justness of it and for imitation: ...Thomas Turner Lewes JournalPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'In the even Mr Tipper read to me part of a -I know not what to call it but "Tristram Shandy".'Thomas Tipper Laurence SterneTristram ShandyPrint: Book
1700-1799'in the Even my Wife and I read part of the Sermon preach'd... at the opening of St Peters Cornhill 1681.'Peggy Turner unknown sermonUnknown


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