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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'Read twelve page[s] of Curt. write - & read the reveries of Rousseau - S. reads Pliny's Letters'Mary Godwin Jean Jacques RousseauLes Confessions; suivies de R?veries du promeneur ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read twelve page[s] of Curt. write - & read the reveries of Rousseau - S. reads Pliny's Letters'Mary Godwin Quintus Curtius Rufus[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read ten pages of Quintius Curtius and Rousseau's reveries'.Mary Godwin Jean Jacques RousseauLes Confessions; suivies de R?veries du promeneur ...Print: Book
1800-1849'It occurred to me; much about the same time that it would be proper to study Stewart's Essays, Berkel[e]y's principes of knowledge, Rumfords Essays, Newton ['s] Institut...Thomas Carlyle Sir Isaac NewtonInstitutesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Quintius Curtius - Shelley reads Pliny's letters'Percy Bysshe Shelley Pliny[letters]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read ten pages of Quintius Curtius and Rousseau's reveries'.Mary Godwin Quintus Curtius Rufus[letters]Print: Book
1800-1849'Write - read Voltaire and Quintus Curtius - a rainy day with thunder and lightning - Shelley finishes Lucretius and reads Pliny's letters'.Mary Godwin Quintus Curtius Rufus[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Quintius Curtius - Shelley reads Pliny's letters'Mary Godwin Quintus Curtius Rufus[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Write - read Voltaire and Quintus Curtius - a rainy day with thunder and lightning - Shelley finishes Lucretius and reads Pliny's letters'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Lucretiusde Rerum NaturaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Write - read Voltaire and Quintus Curtius - a rainy day with thunder and lightning - Shelley finishes Lucretius and reads Pliny's letters'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Pliny[letters]Print: Book
1800-1849'I read Voltaires Romans. S. reads Lucretius ... talks with Clare'.Mary Godwin Voltaire (pseud.)[possibly] Romans et contesPrint: Book
1800-1849'I read Voltaires Romans. S. reads Lucretius ... talks with Clare'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Lucretiusde Rerum NaturaPrint: Book
1800-1849'We arrived wet to the skin - I read nouvelle nouvelles and write my story'.Mary Godwin Mme de GenlisNouveaux contes moraux et nouvelles historiquesPrint: Book
1800-1849[italics to indicate PB Shelley's hand] 'In the evening I walk alone a long way by the lake. Read Julie all day [end italics]'Percy Bysshe Shelley Jean Jacques RousseauJulie; ou, La Nouvelle HeloisePrint: Book
1800-1849'Shelley goes alone to the Glacier of Boison - I stay at home - read several tales of Voltaire'Mary Godwin Voltaire (pseud.)[possibly] Romans et contesPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for Mary's reading in early 1816. Later in the year text...Percy Bysshe Shelley Carl Philipp MoritzReisen eines Deutschen in England im Jahr 1782Print: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for Mary's reading in early 1816. Later in the year text...Percy Bysshe Shelley George Gordon, Lord ByronThe Siege of Corinth: a poem; Parisina: a poemPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1816. The diary from May 1815-July 1816 is lost, so this list is our only record for Mary's reading in early 1816. Later in the year text...Percy Bysshe Shelley Elizabeth HamiltonMemoirs of Modern PhilosophersPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have looked into the Belfast Town and Country Almanack - and consulted several cunning men upon the subject - and from all quartrs, I collect - that the moon will be f...Thomas Carlyle anonBelfast Town & County AlmanackPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'With regard to the division of the circle into 360 parts,- I think it cannot be done by elementary Geometry - at least if M. Gauss is right - who (Leslie tells us) has d...Thomas Carlyle Sir John LeslieElements of GeometryPrint: Book


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