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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'In the evening read a little of Antony Trollope's West Indies 'John Buckley Castieau Anthony TrollopeWest IndiesPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R...George Eliot [pseud.] John Bright[4th speech on India]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R...George Eliot [pseud.] unknown[Italian story]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R...George Eliot [pseud.] unknownSpectator, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R...George Eliot [pseud.] W Thomson[essay in Revue des Cours]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'In the evening read an Italian Translation of Pamela'Mary Shelley Samuel RichardsonPamelaPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read away for some time & had some words with Polly on a very disagreeable subject'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'in the evening read Cicero de Senectute & the Paradoxa - Night comes. Jane walks in her sleep & groans horribly. listen for two hours - at length bring her to Mary. Begi...Percy Bysshe Shelley CiceroCato Maior de SenectutePrint: Book
1800-1849'in the evening read Cicero de Senectute & the Paradoxa - Night comes. Jane walks in her sleep & groans horribly. listen for two hours - at length bring her to Mary. Begi...Percy Bysshe Shelley CiceroParadoxa StoicorumPrint: Book
1800-1849'in the evening read Cicero de Senectute & the Paradoxa - Night comes. Jane walks in her sleep & groans horribly. listen for two hours - at length bring her to Mary. Begi...Percy Bysshe Shelley Julius (Or Lucus Annaeus) Florus[possibly] Epitome bellorum omnium annorumPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read for a while, then played Bezique with Mrs Castieau'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'In the evening read for some time with Harry, he manages Shakespeare tolerably well for a boy of his age'John Buckley and Harry CastieauWilliam Shakespeare[unknown]Print: Book, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'In the evening read Goldwin Smith's answer to Mansel'George Eliot [pseud] Goldwin Smith[answer to Mansel]Print: Book
1800-1849'In the evening read Louvet's memoirs'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Jean-Baptiste Louvet de CouvrayNarrative of the dangers to which I have been expo...Print: Book
1800-1849'In the evening read memoirs of Voltaire.'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin VoltaireMemoirs of the life of Voltaire written by himselfPrint: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read Monteil - a marvellous book: crammed with erudition, yet not dull or tiresome'George Eliot [pseud] Amans-Alexis Monteil[presumably one of his works on history of French ...Print: Book
1700-1799'In the evening read one of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the evening read part of the "Jewish Antiques".'Thomas Turner Flavius JosephusThe genuine works of Flavius JosephusPrint: Book
1800-1849'In the evening read poem of "Talevera" ascribed to Croker.'William Windham John Wilson CrokerThe Battles of Talevera, a poemUnknown
1800-1849'In the evening read principally papers in the "Adventurer" and Rogers' "Pleasure of Memory"; thought less of the papers in the "Adventurer" than I had done formally, i.e...William Windham [unknown]Spanish GrammarPrint: Unknown


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