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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'Wednesday Oct 19th [...] Read Prince Alexy Haimatoff again -- read also Political Justice [...] In the Evening read Memoires of Voltaire by himself.' Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849Extract from chaplain's [John Field] journal, 18 Jul 1844: 'Found that a prisoner committed yesterday was an avowed infidel who had read attentively Paine's "Age of Reas...H.C. Tom PaineAge of ReasonPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday Oct 19th [...] Read Prince Alexy Haimatoff again -- read also Political Justice [...] In the Evening read Memoires of Voltaire by himself.' Claire Clairmont Voltaire MemoirsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Oct -- 20th [...] After dinner read Political Justice [...] read Memoires of Voltaire -- & the Life of Alfieri till late [...] I am much delighted with Alfier...Claire Clairmont Voltaire MemoirsPrint: Book
1800-1849Extract from chaplain's [John Field] journal, 23 Feb 1845: 'The prisoner (H.C.) who avowed his infidelity when first committed (July 18) was discharged this morning. I d...H.C. [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Oct -- 20th [...] After dinner read Political Justice [...] read Memoires of Voltaire -- & the Life of Alfieri till late [...] I am much delighted with Alfier...Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Oct -- 20th [...] After dinner read Political Justice [...] read Memoires of Voltaire -- & the Life of Alfieri till late [...] I am much delighted with Alfier...Claire Clairmont Victor AlfieriMemoirs of the Life and Writings of Victor Alfieri...Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday Oct. 24th. Rise at eight [...] M. reads aloud She stoops to [C]onquer -- She sets out to see Shelley at eleven -- I stay at home & read Political Justice'.Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Oliver GoldsmithShe Stoops to ConquerPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday Oct. 24th. Rise at eight [...] M. reads aloud She stoops to [C]onquer -- She sets out to see Shelley at eleven -- I stay at home & read Political Justice'.Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849Accounts of prisoners: 'I.N., 21, Reg. no. 491. - Convicted of a felony. - I found this criminal entirely ignorant of the contents of the Bible when committed, his for...I.N. [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday Oct. 28th. [...] I walk out by myself about Kentish Town -- Read Comus.'Claire Clairmont John MiltonComusPrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday -- 29th. [...] Read Comus. & Prince Alexy Haimatoff'.Claire Clairmont John MiltonComusPrint: Book
1800-1849Accounts of prisoners: 'W.H., 35, Reg. no. 637 - Convicted of a felony about five months since, and had been three times previously convicted. His mental improvement h...W.H. [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday -- 29th. [...] Read Comus. & Prince Alexy Haimatoff'.Claire Clairmont Thomas Jefferson HoggMemoirs of Prince Alexy HaimatoffPrint: Book
1800-1849'Sunday Oct 30th. [...] Dine at four. Read Comus. S[helley] & M[ary Wollstonecraft Godwin] go away in a coach at 1/2 past 8 [...] Sit up till ten reading Queen Mab'.Claire Clairmont John MiltonComusPrint: Book
1800-1849Accounts of prisoners: 'G.B., 30, Reg. no 388. - A convicted felon, who had been in another prison for a similar offence. When committed appeared hardened and very unp...G.B. [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Sunday Oct 30th. [...] Dine at four. Read Comus. S[helley] & M[ary Wollstonecraft Godwin] go away in a coach at 1/2 past 8 [...] Sit up till ten reading Queen Mab'.Claire Clairmont Percy Bysshe ShelleyQueen MabPrint: Book
1800-1849Accounts of prisoners: 'The writer of the following exercise was entirely ignorant of the contents of the Bible, and could not repeat the Lord's Prayer, when committed...anon [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Accounts of prisoners: H.W., 26, Reg. no. 530. - Committed six months since for obtaining money under false pretences, having been three times previously in gaol, and ...H.W. [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Sunday Oct 31st [...] Get up at nine. Breakfast. Read a Canto of Queen Mab & Louvet's Memoirs. I am much interested in Louvet -- but like all French men he is so in...Claire Clairmont Percy Bysshe ShelleyQueen MabPrint: Book


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