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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'This evening, after dusk, as I sat at my window, looking drearily out on the darkening waters, something was thrown from the door of my cell, and lighted at my feet. Pic...John Mitchel [n/a][London newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'Of the state of public opinion in Ireland, and the spirit shown by the surviving organs thereof, I have but this indicium. The "Freeman's Journal", one number of which I...John Mitchel [n/a]Freeman's JournalPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have omitted, of late, to set down the titles of - for want of a better name I must call them - books, that I have been reading these past months; chiefly because they...John Mitchel Madame Pichler[Siege of Vienna]Print: Book
1800-1849'I have omitted, of late, to set down the titles of - for want of a better name I must call them - books, that I have been reading these past months; chiefly because they...John Mitchel [George] [Allan?][biography of Walter Scott]Print: Book
1800-1849'I have omitted, of late, to set down the titles of - for want of a better name I must call them - books, that I have been reading these past months; chiefly because they...John Mitchel Dr Memes [pseud?][Life of William Cowper]Print: Book
1800-1849'And have I read no books, then, save bad ones? That I have. Amongst those sent to me from home is an old Dublin copy of Rabelais, in four volumes, imprinted by Philip Cr...John Mitchel Francois Rabelais[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'And have I read no books, then, save bad ones? That I have. Amongst those sent to me from home is an old Dublin copy of Rabelais, in four volumes, imprinted by Philip Cr...John Mitchel Claudius Galen[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'With Shakespeare also I hold much gay and serious intercourse; and I have read, since coming here, three or four dialogues of Plato, with the critical diligence of a jun...John Mitchel William Shakespeare[various titles]Print: Book
1800-1849'With Shakespeare also I hold much gay and serious intercourse; and I have read, since coming here, three or four dialogues of Plato, with the critical diligence of a jun...John Mitchel PlatoDialoguesPrint: Book
1800-1849'With Shakespeare also I hold much gay and serious intercourse; and I have read, since coming here, three or four dialogues of Plato, with the critical diligence of a jun...John Mitchel Aristotle?PoliteiaPrint: Book
1800-1849'One of the last books I have laid hands on is Lieutenant Burnes's (afterwards Sir Alexander Burnes) "Journey through Bokhara and Voyage up the Indus". And, not to speak ...John Mitchel Sir Alexander Burnes[Journey through Bokhara and Voyage up the Indus]Print: Book
1800-1849'Several newspapers have come to hand; also "Blackwood's Magazine" for October. "Blackwood" has a long article on Irish affairs, which pleases me much; for they say it is...John Mitchel [n/a][newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'Several newspapers have come to hand; also "Blackwood's Magazine" for October. "Blackwood" has a long article on Irish affairs, which pleases me much; for they say it is...John Mitchel [n/a]Blackwood's Edinburgh MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Read "Antony and Cleopatra".'John Mitchel William ShakespeareAntony and CleopatraPrint: Book
1800-1849'Get on but slowly with my translation of the "Politeia": and nearly repent that I began it; for I lack the energy and strength to go through with it. On some days I have...John Mitchel Aristotle?PoliteiaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Dawdling over Keightley's history of the war in Greece, compiled out of all the newspapers and all the memoirs. Full enough of incident certainly; for the author seems t...John Mitchel Thomas KeightleyHistory of the War of Independence in GreecePrint: Book
1800-1849'Then I have been turning lazily over the pages of a certain "magazine" called the "Saturday Magazine", which the worthy chaplain has lent me. There are six double volume...John Mitchel [n/a]Saturday MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Tired to death of reading books - at least all books of an instructive sort - and have now been devouring (for about the fifth time) "Ivanhoe" and "The Heart of the Mid-...John Mitchel Walter ScottIvanhoePrint: Book
1800-1849'Tired to death of reading books - at least all books of an instructive sort - and have now been devouring (for about the fifth time) "Ivanhoe" and "The Heart of the Mid-...John Mitchel Walter ScottThe Heart of the Mid-LothianPrint: Book
1800-1849'Have been reading in "Tait's Magazine" an elaborate review of a new book by the indefatigable Government literator, Macaulay - no less than a "History of England". "Tait...John Mitchel [uknown]Tait's Edinburgh Magazine [review of Macaulay's Hi...Print: Serial / periodical


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