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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'The observations of my friend Mr. Dempster in a letter written to me, soon after he had read Dr. Johnson's book, are so just and liberal that they cannot be too often re...Mr Dempster Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Knox, another native of Scotland, who has since made the same tour, and published an account of it, is equally liberal. "I have read (says he) his [Johnson's] book a...Mr Knox Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'Mr. Tytler, the acute and able vindicator of Mary Queen of Scots, in one of his letters to Mr. James Elphinstone, published in that gentleman's "Forty Years' Corresponde...Mr Tytler Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'I found his " Journey" the common topick of conversation in London at this time, wherever I happened to be. At one of Lord Mansfield's formal Sunday evening conversation...William Murray, First Earl Mansfield Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson was here solaced with an elegant entertainment, a very accomplished family, and much good company; among whom was Mr. Harris of Salisbury, who paid him many comp...Mr Harris Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Boswell to Johnson] I have not yet distributed all your books [presumably a new edition of the "Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland"]. Lord Hailes a...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Boswell to Johnson] I have not yet distributed all your books [presumably a new edition of the "Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland"]. Lord Hailes a...James Burnett, Lord Monboddo Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799' [letter from Sir Alexander Dick to Johnson] I had yesterday the honour of receiving your book of your "Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland", which you was so goo...Alexander Dick Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'On Monday, September 15, Dr. Johnson observed, that every body commended such parts of his "Journey to the Western Islands", as were in their own way. "For instance, (sa...Edmund Burke Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'On Monday, September 15, Dr. Johnson observed, that every body commended such parts of his "Journey to the Western Islands", as were in their own way. "For instance, (sa...Mr Jackson Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799'On Monday, September 15, Dr. Johnson observed, that every body commended such parts of his "Journey to the Western Islands", as were in their own way. "For instance, (sa...Mr Jones Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of ScotlandPrint: Book
1700-1799' [Letter from Johnson to Boswell] Last night I corrected the last page of our "Journey to the Hebrides".' Samuel Johnson Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of Scotland. Print: proofs
1700-1799'[Letter from Boswell to Johnson] Be pleased to accept of my best thanks for your "Journey to the Hebrides", which came to me by last night's post. I did really ask the f...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonJourney to the Western Islands of Scotland. Print: Book
1800-1849'Read the merry beggars. Elvira'Mary Shelley Richard BromeJovial Crew, A; or the Merry BeggarsPrint: Book
1900-1945' I didn't write before because I was finishing something. That does not mean that I did not read the play ["Joy"] at once. I've read it more than once the very first day...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyJoyPrint: probably a playscript
1850-1899'As a circuit preacher Pyke introduced farm people to Milton, Carlyle, Ruskin and Tolstoy. His own reading ranged from Shakespeare and Boswell to Shelley's poems and Geor...Richard Pyke Thomas HardyJude the ObscurePrint: 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'[Helen Crawfurd] derived lessons in socialism and feminism from Carlyle, Shaw, Wells, Galsworthy, Arnold Bennett, Ibsen's Ghosts and A Doll's House, Dickens, Disraeli's ...Helen Crawfurd Thomas HardyJude the ObscurePrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'A.E. Coppard, a laundrywoman's son who grew up in dire poverty, left school at nine, ascended the ranks of clerkdom and became (at age forty) a professional author. At f...Alfred Edgar Coppard Thomas HardyJude the ObscurePrint: Book
1850-1899'You might, if you care, read my criticism of Hardy?s new novel in Wednesday next?s Woman ?though it contains little actual criticism, I imagine it to give a sort of impr...Arnold Bennett Thomas HardyJude the ObscurePrint: Book


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