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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'[italics to indicate Shelley's hand] Easter Monday. Maie finished the 5th vol. of Gibbon [...] In the evening read - S finishes Livy (p920 vol 3.) & 1/2 past 12 at night...Mary Godwin Edward GibbonHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empir...Print: Book
1800-1849'[italics to indicate Shelley's hand] Easter Monday. Maie finished the 5th vol. of Gibbon [...] In the evening read - S finishes Livy (p920 vol 3.) & 1/2 past 12 at night...Percy Bysshe Shelley LivyAd Urbe ConditaPrint: Book
1800-1849'read man as he is - Hogg comes and reads Rokeby to me'.Mary Godwin Robert BageMan as He Is. A NovelPrint: Book
1800-1849'read man as he is - Hogg comes and reads Rokeby to me'.Thomas Jefferson Hogg Walter ScottRokeby; a poemPrint: Book
1800-1849'go to the British Museum - see all the fine things - ores, fossils, statues, divine &c &c. - return - read Rokeby - go upstairs to talk with S. - read and finish Rokeby'...Mary Godwin Walter ScottRokeby; a poemPrint: Book
1800-1849'after dinner read l'esprit des nations 132 Shelley read[s] Italian - read 15 lines of Ovids metamo[r]phosis with Hogg - [italics to indicate Shelley's hand] The Assassin...Mary Godwin Voltaire [pseud.]Le Micromegas de M. de Voltaire, avec une histoire...Print: Book
1800-1849'after dinner read l'esprit des nations 132 Shelley read[s] Italian - read 15 lines of Ovids metamo[r]phosis with Hogg - [italics to indicate Shelley's hand] The Assassin...Mary Godwin and Thomas Jefferson Hogg OvidMetamorphosesPrint: Book
1800-1849'after dinner read l'esprit des nations 132 Shelley read[s] Italian - read 15 lines of Ovids metamo[r]phosis with Hogg - [italics to indicate Shelley's hand] The Assassin...Percy Bysshe Shelley [unknown][work in Italian]Print: Unknown
1800-1849'after dinner read l'esprit des nations 132 Shelley read[s] Italian - read 15 lines of Ovids metamo[r]phosis with Hogg - [italics to indicate Shelley's hand] The Assassin...Percy Bysshe Shelley Edward GibbonHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empir...Print: Book
1800-1849'read some lines of Ovid before breakfast'Mary Godwin OvidMetamorphosesPrint: Book
1800-1849'read Ovid with Hogg (fin. 2nd fable). Shelley reads Gibbon and pastor fido with Clary - in the evening read Esprit des Nations (72). S. reads Pastor Fido (102) and Gibbo...Mary Godwin and Thomas Jefferson Hogg OvidMetamorphosesPrint: Book
1800-1849'read Ovid with Hogg (fin. 2nd fable). Shelley reads Gibbon and pastor fido with Clary - in the evening read Esprit des Nations (72). S. reads Pastor Fido (102) and Gibbo...Percy Shelley and Claire ClairmontEdward GibbonHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empir...Print: Book
1800-1849'read Ovid with Hogg (fin. 2nd fable). Shelley reads Gibbon and pastor fido with Clary - in the evening read Esprit des Nations (72). S. reads Pastor Fido (102) and Gibbo...Percy Shelley and Claire ClairmontGiovanni Battista GuariniIl Pastor Fido; tragicomedio pastoralePrint: Book
1800-1849'read Ovid with Hogg (fin. 2nd fable). Shelley reads Gibbon and pastor fido with Clary - in the evening read Esprit des Nations (72). S. reads Pastor Fido (102) and Gibbo...Mary Godwin Voltaire [pseud.]Le Micromegas de M. de Voltaire, avec une histoire...Print: Book
1800-1849"Now my lot in the Heavens is this, Milton lov'd me in/childhood & shew'd me his face./Ezra came with Isaiah the Prophet, but Shakespeare in riper/ years gave me his hand...William Blake John MiltonunknownUnknown
1800-1849"I shall not be able to avail myself of the assistance of Bruno's fairies." [Reference to writings of Giordano Bruno 1548-1600. Italian Heretic philosopher - according to...William Blake Giordano BrunounknownUnknown
1800-1849'read Ovid with Hogg (fin. 2nd fable). Shelley reads Gibbon and pastor fido with Clary - in the evening read Esprit des Nations (72). S. reads Pastor Fido (102) and Gibbo...Percy Bysshe Shelley OvidMetamorphoses - story of MyrrhaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Voltaire before breakfast (87)'Mary Godwin Voltaire [pseud.]Le Micromegas de M. de Voltaire, avec une histoire...Print: Book
1800-1849'[italics to denote Shelley's hand] Mary reads the 3rd fable of ovid. S & Clare read Pastor Fido. S. Reads Gibbon - (To recollect the life of Rienzi - Fortifiocca)[end i...Mary Godwin OvidMetamorphoses (3rd fable)Print: Book
1800-1849'[italics to denote Shelley's hand] Mary reads the 3rd fable of ovid. S & Clare read Pastor Fido. S. Reads Gibbon - (To recollect the life of Rienzi - Fortifiocca)[end i...Percy Shelley and Claire ClairmontGiovanni Battista GuiariniIl pastor fido; tragicomedio pastoralePrint: Book


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