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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
 
1800-1849Lord Francis Jeffrey to Mary Berry, 22 April 1842 ('Friday Evening'): 'I have just been reading over your admirable letter for a third time, and, after nourishing the med...Lord Francis Jeffrey Mary BerryLetter to Lord Francis JeffreyManuscript: Letter
1900-1945Transcribed in E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1927): 'What is principle to me? I am a Pitt. -- Lady Hester Stanhope. Copyright? What is copyright to me? I am a Beerb...Edward Morgan Forster Max BeerbohmLetter to Lytton StracheyManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elizabeth Barrett, ?27 March 1842: 'I made my father happy in reading what you say of Sir Robert [Peel]: his eyes brightened like diamonds at...Mary Russell Mitford Elizabeth Barrettletter to Mary Russell MitfordManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 28 December 1842: 'I am bewitched, my beloved friend, to be sure! Do you know I could have been obstinate in my self-pers...Elizabeth Barrett Frances TrollopeLetter to Mary Russell MitfordManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 13 March 1844: 'My dearest friend I return Mr Reade's letter which amused me more perhaps than it [italics]shd[end italics...Elizabeth Barrett John Edmund Readeletter to Mary Russell MitfordManuscript: Letter
'This year the Reverend Mr. Horne published his "Letter to Mr. Dunning on the English Particle"; Johnson read it, and though not treated in it with sufficient respect, he...Samuel Johnson George HorneLetter to Mr Dunning on the English ParticlePrint: Unknown
1800-1849Dorothy Wordsworth describing progress of electioneering in Kendal to Sara Hutchinson, 24 March 1818: 'This morning ... [William Crackenthorp] called ... just before he...William Crackenthorp Thomas Clarksonletter to Mr WakefieldUnknown
1900-1945Passages transcribed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1935-6) include quotation from letter of Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne: ' "I stand for the heart. To...Edward Morgan Forster Herman MelvilleLetter to Nathaniel Hawthorne, ?1 June 1851Print: Book
1800-1849Robert Peel to John Wilson Croker [undated], to accompany 'a collection of choice documents' on Ireland: 'The little volume called "A Sketch of Irish History" is a m...Robert Peel 'a priest at Longford' letter to parishionerManuscript: Letter
1900-194529 July: 'I'm paralysed by the task of describing a week end at Garsington. I suppose we spoke some million words between us [...] There was Gertler; Shearman & Dallas ...Philip Morrell Siegfried SassoonLetter to Philip Morrell regarding his defence of ...Unknown
1800-1849William Wordsworth to Christopher Wordsworth, 1 January 1819: 'Mr Monkhouse will probably have shewn you the copy of Mr Russel's Letter [on Madras method of education], ...Christopher Wordsworth William Wordsworthletter to Revd. John RussellManuscript: Letter
1800-1849Joseph Arnould to Alfred Domett, c.8 November 1843: 'Browning & Sister[,] Dowson & wife dined with us a week back, Browning read us your letter, a capital one [...] ...Robert Browning Alfred Domettletter to Robert BrowningManuscript: Letter
1850-1899'We have just had Oscar Wilde's incredible letter to Colvin and have roared over it ...'Robert Louis Stevenson Oscar Wildeletter to Sidney ColvinManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'Saturday Feb. 5th. [...] Read Paine's Letter to the Abbe Raynal. Read Travels before the Flood which I like much [makes detailed notes on this text].'Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineLetter to the Abbe RaynalPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Monday Feb. 7th. [...] Read and finish Paine's Letter to the Abbe Raynal the feeling of this letter I admire exceedingly -- it is truly cosmopolitan -- Finish the trave...Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineLetter to the Abbe RaynalPrint: Unknown
1800-1849I read Mr. Beverley?s pamphlets which Mr. Boyd had lent to me; the letter to the Archbishop of York, & the Tombs of the prophets. ? They are clever & forcible; coarse eno...Elizabeth Barrett BeverleyLetter to the Archbishop of YorkPrint: Pamphlet
1700-1799'[Letter from Johnson to Boswell] 'I have just advanced so far towards recovery as to read a pamphlet; and you may reasonably suppose that the first pamphlet which I read...Samuel Johnson James BoswellLetter to the People of Scotland on the Present St...Print: Pamphlet
1800-1849John Wilson Croker to his wife, 20 July 1815: '[General] Becker showed us a copy of Buonaparte's letter to the Prince Regent, in which he says that driven out of hom...John Wilson Croker Napoleon Bonaparteletter to the Prince RegentManuscript: Unknown, Copied.
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Benjamin Robert Haydon, 29 October 1842: 'I have to thank you [...] for the sight of a very interesting letter of the Sheffield paper which I se...Elizabeth Barrett Benjamin Robert Haydonletter to the Sheffield Mercury regarding formatio...Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'Mr. Burke's "Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol, on the affairs of America", being mentioned, Johnson censured the composition much, and he ridiculed the definition of a ...Samuel Johnson Edmund BurkeLetter To The Sheriffs Of Bristol Print: Unknown


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