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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'I... am going through an English literature of Kirk's by Andrew Lang. Lang is always charming whatever he does - or "did" as we must unfortunately say, and this book i...Clive Staples Lewis Andrew LangHistory of English Literature from "Beowulf" to Sw...Print: Book
1850-1899'Reading; First book of Lucretius, 6th book of the Iliad; Samson Agonistes, Warton's History of English Poetry; Grote 2nd vol; Marcus Aurelius; Vita Nuova; vol IV, Chapte...George Eliot [pseud.] Thomas WartonHistory of English Poetry, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'I like the books which we purchased though the Physiological Botany is rather too minute & supposes the Reader a Learner indeed. The Travels are I think really good & go...George Crabbe Thomas WartonHistory of English Poetry, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Reading; First book of Lucretius, 6th book of the Iliad; Samson Agonistes, Warton's History of English Poetry; Grote 2nd vol; Marcus Aurelius; Vita Nuova; vol IV, Chapte...George Eliot [pseud.] Edwin GuestHistory of English Rhythms, APrint: Book
1850-1899?Two or three years my senior, Sam, like myself, was acquiring a taste for books. Our tastes were not wholly dissimilar. Both of us read and enjoyed poetry; but while Sam...Samuel Bailey Archibald AlisonHistory of EuropePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have begun Alison's "Europe" - a pompous title, by the by, for an account of the Bedlam devilries of the French revolution. Good deal of inaccurate English, but clever...John Ruskin Sir Archibald AlisonHistory of EuropePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read a little Alison and much chemistry, but a little headachy and out of order.'John Ruskin Sir Archibald AlisonHistory of EuropePrint: Book
1900-1945

Meeting held at School House, L. P. : 13.9.35

Francis E. Pollard in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read and approved.

2. Account of the Excu...

Francis E. Pollard H. A. L. FisherHistory of EuropePrint: Book
1800-1849'Hallam's style does not appear to me so bad as it has been represented; indeed I am ashamed to say I rather think it a good style. He is a bold man and great names do no...Sydney Smith Arthur HallamHistory Of Europe During The Middle AgesPrint: Book
1800-1849'I read a little now, and am almost afraid I am learning to do without reading. Napoleon's battles in Alison's history are so dreadfully dry, after one has been writing a...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Archibald AlisonHistory of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in MDC...Print: Book
1850-1899'I have read rapidly through Max Muller's History of Sanskrit Literature and am now reading Lecky's "History of Morals". I have also finished H. Spencer's last number of ...George Eliot [pseud] William LeckyHistory of European Morals from Augustus to Charle...Print: Book
1900-1945[Following notes on 'squabble' between SS. Jerome and Augustine] 'Extracted from ch. iv of Lecky's "Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne", interesting, ill-indexed, str...Edward Morgan Forster W. E. H. LeckyHistory of European Morals from Augustus to Charle...Print: Book
1850-1899'Rest in room and discovered "History of Fair Rosamond".'John Ruskin anonHistory of Fair RosamondPrint: Book
1850-1899'Began again Prescott's Ferdinand and Isabella'.George Eliot [pseud.] William Henry PrescottHistory of Ferdinand and Isabella, ThePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'After the breakdown of her marriage in 1752, Sarah Scott read voraciously and eclectically, the "History of Florence" and Lord Bacon's essays, and the Old Plays, Christi...Sarah Scott Niccolo MachiavelliHistory of FlorencePrint: Book
1900-1945'Thursday, 7th January, Offered Pat 19th January or 16th March for his friend?s lecture. Smith does not expect to leave for the Coast until about October. He expects to...Gerald Moore Niccolo MachiavelliHistory of FlorencePrint: Book
1700-1799'Began, with a view of comparing notes, Macchiavel's "Historie Fiorentino"...'Thomas Green Niccolo MachiavelliHistory of FlorencePrint: Book
1850-1899'I read […] Martin’s "History of France"[…]'Robert Louis Stevenson Henri MartinHistory of FrancePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonHistory of Friar BaconPrint: Book
1850-1899'Began "Friedrich" to purpose and worked well.'John Ruskin Thomas CarlyleHistory of Friedrich II of Prussia OR Frederick th...Print: Book


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