√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1700-1799 [Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 26 April 1763:]
'Your Carlo Maggi, were he not such a horrible papist, is a most excellent companion to me. Do you remember the ... Catherine Talbot Carlo Maggi Letters to Rosa Print : Book1700-1799 [Elizabeth Carter to Catherine Talbot, 13 June 1761:]
'I never had the least doubt but Mrs Phillips's Letters to Sir Charles Cotterel were genuine; it is so long since... Elizabeth Carter Katherine Phillips Letters to Sir Charles Cotterel Print : Book1800-1849 Mary Berry, Journal, 14 August 1808, during stay at Bothwell Castle, seat of Lord Douglas: 'Sat till dinner-time in Lady Douglas's dressing-room, reading old letters to h... Mary Berry Mrs Warburton Letters to the Duchess of Argyll Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Mary Berry, Journal, 29 May 1814: 'The Princess [of Wales] sent for me at three o'clock. She made Lady Charlotte read to me the letters that had passed between the Queen... Lady Charlotte Queen of England Letters to the Princess of Wales Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Mary Berry, Journal, 29 May 1814: 'The Princess [of Wales] sent for me at three o'clock. She made Lady Charlotte read to me the letters that had passed between the Queen... Lady Charlotte Princess of Wales Letters to the Queen of England Manuscript : Letter1900-1945 'Moreover I have been reading Meredith's letters - undoubtedly one of the masterpieces of English literature -especially the 1st vol.' Arnold Bennett George Meredith Letters vol 1 Print : Book1700-1799 'BOSWELL. "Pray, Sir, is the 'Turkish Spy' a genuine book?" JOHNSON. "No, Sir. Mrs. Manley, in her 'Life', says that her father wrote the first two volumes: and in anothe... James Boswell Giovanni Paolo Marana Letters written by a Turkish spy, who lived five a... Print : Book1800-1849 'Binda gave us a satirical character of the Duke of wellington said to be written by B.Constant "un heros froid et mediocre [...]" I am quite sick of Hobhouse's book his ... Benjamin Newton anon Letters written by an eminent persons in the seven... Print : Book1800-1849 'Finish the Rights of Woman - begin Chesterfields Letters to his son' Mary Godwin Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Letters written by the . . . Earl of Chesterfield ... Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Locke and Chesterfield - De Senectute and the wanderer' Mary Godwin Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Letters written by the . . . Earl of Chesterfield ... Print : Book1800-1849 'read the Wanderer - read de Senectute & Chesterfield' Mary Godwin Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Letters written by the . . . Earl of Chesterfield ... Print : Book1800-1849 'Read Lord Chesterfield - part of the Lay sermon' Mary Shelley Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Letters written by the . . . Earl of Chesterfield ... Print : Book1700-1799 1800-1849 'Books lately read' Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his son, 4 vols. It has been said of these letters... The first and 2nd vols appear to me unexceptionable. Of the othe... Ellen Weeton Philip Dormer Stanhope Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Phili Print : Book1800-1849 [Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1814 - since all these titles are mentioned in journal entries, they are not given separate database entries from this source]
'Mary. ... Mary Godwin Mary Wollstonecraft Letters Written During a Short Residence in Norway... Print : Book1800-1849 'You ask me (pertly enough - pardon the expression) Whether I have read The Lay of the Last Minstrel - alas, only twice - And have, in addition, only the following Catalo... Sarah Harriet Burney Robert Southey Letters written during a short residence in Spain ... Print : Book1700-1799 'Took "Letters from Norway & c" back to the Vestry Library. I did not read them, but Mr E. said they were very entertaining & instructive; brought Mrs Wollstonecraft "Vie... Joseph Evans Mary Wollstonecraft Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden Print : Book1800-1849 'Even during their elopement in Switzerland and Germany in 1814, Shelley read to her: "The Siege of Jerusalem" from Tacitus is read by Lake Lucerne, and as they sail to M... Percy Bysshe Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Letters written during a short residence in Sweden... Print : Book1800-1849 'Shelley reads aloud the letters from Norway'. Percy Bysshe Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Letters written during a short residence in Sweden... Print : Book1800-1849 'read Letters from Norway' Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Letters written during a short residence in Sweden... Print : Book1800-1849 'Finish Letters from No[r]way' Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Letters written during a short residence in Sweden... Print : Book