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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
 
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "Sir William Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose. Before his time they were careless of arrangement, and did not mind whether a senten...Samuel Johnson William Temple Print: Book
1700-1799'JOHNSON. "The fallacy of that book [Mandeville's "Fable of the Bees"] is, that Mandeville defines neither vices nor benefits. He reckons among vices everything that give...Samuel Johnson Bernard MandevilleFable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Bene...Print: Book
1900-1945'Jolted back to Nyaungu and got in soon after tea. Had tea, read and finished La Mort des Dieux and wrote to Uncle George.' Gertrude Bell Dmitry Sergyeevich MerezhkovskyLa Mort des Dieux: Le roman de Julien l'ApostatPrint: Book
1700-1799'Joseph Fuller Jun. And Tho. Durrant drank some Coffee with me... to whom I read One of Tillotson's Sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsUnknown
1850-1899
1900-1945		'Joseph Keating read little but boys' magazines and 3d thrillers until he stumbled across Greek philosophy. He was particularly struck by the Greek precept 'Know thyself'...Joseph Keating [boys' magazines]Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899
1900-1945		'Joseph Keating read little but boys' magazines and 3d thrillers until he stumbled across Greek philosophy. He was particularly struck by the Greek precept 'Know thyself'...Joseph Keating [thrillers]Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'Joseph Keating read little but boys' magazines and 3d thrillers until he stumbled across Greek philosophy. He was particularly struck by the Greek precept 'Know thyself'...Joseph Keating [Greek Philosophy]Print: Book
1900-1945'Jude the Obscure, Edward Carpenter's Love's Coming of Age, Grant Allen's The Woman Who Did, H.G. Well's The New Machiavelli and Ann Veronica, as well as the examples of ...Eva Slawson Thomas HardyJude the ObscurePrint: Book, Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Jude the Obscure, Edward Carpenter's Love's Coming of Age, Grant Allen's The Woman Who Did, H.G. Well's The New Machiavelli and Ann Veronica, as well as the examples of ...Eva Slawson Edward CarpenterLove's Coming of AgePrint: Book
1900-1945'Jude the Obscure, Edward Carpenter's Love's Coming of Age, Grant Allen's The Woman Who Did, H.G. Well's The New Machiavelli and Ann Veronica, as well as the examples of ...Eva Slawson Herbert George WellsThe New MachiavelliPrint: Book
1900-1945'Jude the Obscure, Edward Carpenter's Love's Coming of Age, Grant Allen's The Woman Who Did, H.G. Well's The New Machiavelli and Ann Veronica, as well as the examples of ...Eva Slawson Herbert George WellsAnn VeronicaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Judging from the Pamphlet, you gave me & which I have found very useful, the insects of the Rio Plata are tolerably well-known.'Charles Darwin Jean Theodore LacordaireM?moire sur les habitudes des Col?opt?res de l'Am?...Print: Pamphlet
1850-1899'June (-July with Winnie and Edith)'Sarah Good Thomas Babington MacaulayLord ClivePrint: Book
1900-1945'Just a line to thank you for the book. As I turn the pages my consideration for you grows to the proportions of respect. There is a beauty of easy moving prose - charm o...Joseph Conrad Richard CurleWanderingsPrint: Book
1850-1899'Just a little note of this night. I had been working very hard and came to my room very late and tired, but took up a book, the "Fortunes of Nigel" and read on and on t...Margaret Oliphant Walter ScottFortunes of NigelPrint: Book
1850-1899'Just a word or two about Robert's book. It is a glorious performance. Much as we expected of him. [...] Nothing approaching it has appeared since Burton's "Mecca" ["Pers...Joseph Conrad R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame GrahamMogreb-el-AcksaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Just a word to tell you I have finished your Mother's book ["A Confederate Girl's Diary"]. Admirable.' Hence follow 14 lines of praise. Joseph Conrad Sara Morgan Dawson A Confederate Girl's DiaryManuscript: Proofs (see letter and fn.3 p.243 of source text)
1900-1945'Just after leaving school, I had been plunged into the same tumult of agonised inquiry by reading Mrs. Humphry Ward's "Robert Elsmere".'Vera Brittain Mary WardRobert ElsmerePrint: Book, Unknown
1700-1799'Just as I was writing about [italics] Worsdale [end italics] a Gentleman brought me a Pamphlet, entituled [sic], [italics] A parallel between Mrs Pilkington and Mrs Phil...Laetitia Pilkington [unknown]The Parallel: Or, Pilkington and Phillips Compared...Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849'Just as this is written enter my Lord of St Albans and Lady Charlotte to beg I recommend a book of sermons to Mrs. Coutts - much obliged for her good opinion - recommend...Walter Scott John LoganSermonsPrint: Book


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