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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'Sat alone all the evening and read two Shakespeare's plays, "Measure for Measure" and "Henry the 6th".'Thomas Fremantle William ShakespeareMeasure for MeasurePrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Sat alone all the evening and read two Shakespeare's plays, "Measure for Measure" and "Henry the 6th".'Thomas Fremantle William ShakespeareHenry VIPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Then I became seized with a desire to know something about religion, and I read the commandments over and over again, as well as those portions of the Bible which I coul...Mark Jeffrey [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'It is very likely that I may send you some Mathematical thing or other, seeing I have got Bossut's history of mathematics, at this time, where perhaps there may be somet...Thomas Carlyle Charles BossutEssai sur l'histoire generale des mathematiquesPrint: Book
1800-1849[Carlyle transcribes a poem by John Leyden he has read in Hogg's 'Spy' and sends it to Robert Mitchell] 'Well, if I am not much deceived you will thank me, for transcribi...Thomas Carlyle John Leyden'Shout, Britons, for the Battle of Asaye'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Have you read Shakespear? If you have not, then I desire you, read it directly, and tell me what you think of him -which is his masterpiece. He is always excellent'Thomas Carlyle William Shakespeare[Works]Print: Serial / periodical, Unknown
1800-1849'I noticed, with pleasure, the insertion of your "Critique": but was very much mortified, - at seeing the pitiful conclusion which the Editor had foisted in,- in addition...Thomas Carlyle Thomas Murray[critique of William Nicholson's works in 'The Cou...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I noticed, with pleasure, the insertion of your "Critique": but was very much mortified, - at seeing the pitiful conclusion which the Editor had foisted in,- in addition...Thomas Carlyle W. Scott Irving[poem celebrating peace at end of Napoleonic wars]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I noticed, with pleasure, the insertion of your "Critique": but was very much mortified, - at seeing the pitiful conclusion which the Editor had foisted in,- in addition...Thomas Carlyle W. Scott Irving[essays on Burns and monuments]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I was greatly diverted by your specimen of Mr. Maclaurin's prose-run-mad. He seems to have imbibed, in the full sense of the word, the melody of his native mountains; - ...Thomas Carlyle Maclaurin[writings quoted in a letter from Thomas Murray to...Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'Once, for instance, I recollect that to fill up one of those aweful hiatus in conversation that occur at times in spite of all one's efforts to the contrary - and to ent...Thomas Carlyle Laurence SterneTristram ShandyPrint: Book
1800-1849'A-propos of Authors - This evening at tea, Miss Ramsay (our governess) inquired at me if I had read that affecting representation of the Calamities of Literary men, in t...Thomas Carlyle Thomas Murray[article entitled 'An Affecting Occurrence']Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I have seen the last number of the Edinr review at Mount-annan. I regret, with you, that Jeffrey should bestow so much of his time on Politics; and I rejoice in the pros...Thomas Carlyle Francis JeffreyEdinburgh ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'What are you reading? I am waiting for an account of "Waverl[e]y" from you. - The principal part of my reading in addition to Mathematics &c has been "the Exiles of Sibe...Thomas Carlyle Sophie CottinElisabeth, ou les exiles de SiberiePrint: Book
1800-1849'What are you reading? I am waiting for an account of "Waverl[e]y" from you. - The principal part of my reading in addition to Mathematics &c has been "the Exiles of Sibe...Thomas Carlyle James BeattieThe MinstrelPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'What are you reading? I am waiting for an account of "Waverl[e]y" from you. - The principal part of my reading in addition to Mathematics &c has been "the Exiles of Sibe...Thomas Carlyle Christoph WielandOberon. Ein Gedicht in 14 GesangenPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'What are you reading? I am waiting for an account of "Waverl[e]y" from you. - The principal part of my reading in addition to Mathematics &c has been "the Exiles of Sibe...Thomas Carlyle John HooleTasso's Jerusalem DeliveredPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'What are you reading? I am waiting for an account of "Waverl[e]y" from you. - The principal part of my reading in addition to Mathematics &c has been "the Exiles of Sibe...Thomas Carlyle Richard Savage[Poems]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'What are you reading? I am waiting for an account of "Waverl[e]y" from you. - The principal part of my reading in addition to Mathematics &c has been "the Exiles of Sibe...Thomas Carlyle Francois FenelonAbrege des vies des anciens philosophesPrint: Book
1800-1849'What are you reading? I am waiting for an account of "Waverl[e]y" from you. - The principal part of my reading in addition to Mathematics &c has been "the Exiles of Sibe...Thomas Carlyle James BeresfordMiseries of Human LifePrint: Book


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