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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'V[irginia] W[oolf] made notes (see Holograph Reading Notes, vols XI and XII in the Berg Collection) on George Puttenham's The Arte of English Poesie (1589); on William W...Virginia Woolf Gabriel HarveyLetter Book, 1573-1580Print: Book
1800-1849From John Wilson Croker's Journal of 1818: 'December 16th. -- Before dinner His Royal Highness told me he had been reading Walter Scott's edition of Swift, which, an...George Augustus Frederick Prince of Wales Mrs Delanyletter containing account of Royal visitManuscript: Letter, Copied.
1800-1849'Well Sir - I have to thank you for your last, which certainly is the most tasteful Epistle I ever, in my life, received. I verily believe there is not a word of it, tha...Jane Baillie Welsh Thomas CarlyleLetter dated 13 February 1822Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I am very curious to see Mrs Montagu's catalogue of duties: so take care that you do not light your pipe with the letter. I have heard from the "noble Lady" again, and ...Jane Baillie Welsh Mrs MontaguLetter dated 13 JuneManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'My dearest I thought to write to you from this place with joy; I write with shame and tears. The enclosed letter, which I found lying for me, has distracted my thoug...Jane Baillie Welsh Mrs MontaguLetter dated 20 JulyManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'Well! Dearest you have criticised my letter - it is now my turn to criticise yours. Be patient, then, and good-tempered, I beg; for you shall find me a severer critic ...Jane Baillie Welsh Thomas CarlyleLetter dated 20th January 1825Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'My own Jane!- You are a noble girl; and your true and generous heart shall not lie oppressed anotehr instant under any weight that I can tkae from it... This letter is, ...Thomas Carlyle Jane Baillie WelshLetter dated 29th JanuaryManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'My own, best, dearest Love I do believe I should have gone out of my senses, if your letter had been a day longer of coming. As it was they were obilged to put leeches...Jane Baillie Welsh Thomas CarlyleLetter dated 29th July 1825Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849I had two sheets from Mrs Montagu the other day trying to prove to me that I knew nothing at all of my own heart (Mercy how romantic she is[.)] write presently to Templan...Jane Baillie Welsh Mrs MontaguLetter dated 3 JulyManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'My dear Carlyle, I received your letter with the inclosed addressed to Mr Burns, which I had the pleasure of delivering to him about three weeks ago. I reached Edinburgh...James Johnston Thomas CarlyleLetter dated 4 August Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'We are greatly pleased with your sketches of 'German character'; your Oken, your pert Surgeon, your Schelli[n]g &c must surely be pictures from the Life. Becker says Ok...Thomas Carlyle John A. CarlyleLetter dated 6th Feb, MunichManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'How kind, how simple, true and good! Beautifully welcome, in my sombre vacancy here! (Dumfries, Septr, 1868) This Letter to my Mother (dear kind Letter!) I must have br...Thomas Carlyle Jane Baillie WelshLetter dated 9 October 1825Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Siegfried Line with Two French soldiers. The chief is reading a letter from his mother: "How are you getting on?" Air raid shelter at end with notice: "Keep out of the s... letter from his motherManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Maria Branwell to Patrick Bronte, 18 November 1812: 'On Saturday ev[enin]g about the time when you were writing your description of an imaginary shipwreck, I was reading ...Maria Branwell Letter from sisterManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte, Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell, 1850: 'Currer Bell [ie Charlotte Bronte]'s book [The Professor] found acceptance nowhere ... he tried one ...Charlotte Bronte Letter from Smith, Elder & Co., publishersManuscript: Letter
1850-1899'Today, from your kindness, I received the "Chronicle" with Robert's [Cunninghame Graham] letter. C'est bien ça -- c'est bien lui!' [Its good, that-- it's really him!] Joseph Conrad R.(Robert) B.(Bontine) Cunninghame Grahamletter in Daily Chronicle "Pax Britannica"Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'When "Currer" [Charlotte Bronte] and I [Harriet Martineau] came home, there were proof-sheets [of Martineau's correspondence with Atkinson] lying; and I read her Mr. Atk...Harriet Martineau Mr AtkinsonLetter on "distribution of the brain"Print: In proof
1800-1849'Up by nine. Read a little this morning in Lord Bolingbroke's "Study of History". What extreme foppery! Yet what can one point out as proofs?'William Windham Henry Saint John, Viscount BolingbrokeLetter on the Study and Use of HistoryPrint: Book
1800-1849Journey into Scotland in Aug 1834 with husband and two daughters: 'At Kenmore, they enjoyed a quiet Sunday and tolerable highland accommodation. In the evening, anxious t...Elizabeth Fry Joseph John GurneyLetter to a Friend on the Authority, Purpose and E...Print: Book
1850-1899'I [Harriet Martineau] wrote a letter [...] to an Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, who was earnest in his endeavours to get workhouses supplied with milk and vegetables, ...Harriet Martineau Harriet MartineauLetter to Assistant poor-law CommissionerPrint: Newspaper


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