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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'I was re[a]ding lately, Stewart's "life of Robertson", Smith's "wealth of nations", and Kames' "Essays on the principles of morality". The first is a sensible sort of bo...Thomas Carlyle Dugald StewartThe Life and Writings of William RobertsonPrint: Book
1800-1849'When I returned to Annan, it occurred to me, that it would be proper to see what was become of my Hall discourses. It occurred to me, much about the same time, that it w...Thomas Carlyle Dugald StewartPhilosophical EssaysPrint: Book
1800-1849'I return always to the study of Physics with more pleasure - after trying "The Philosophy of Mind". It is delightful, after wandering in the thick darkness of metaphysic...Thomas Carlyle Dugald Stewart[Introductory essay to Encyclopaedia Britannica]Print: Book
1800-1849'My habits have been so much deranged by change of place, that I have not yet got rightly settled to my studies. I have read little since I saw you: and of that little, I...Thomas Carlyle Dugald StewartElements of the Philosophy of the Human MindPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just read Dugald Stewart's "Preliminary Dissertations". In the first place, it is totally clear of all his defects. No insane dread of misrepresentation; no discu...Sydney Smith Dugald Stewart[Dissertation printed in the Encyclopaedia Britann...Print: Book
1800-1849'Thursday March 16th. [...] Read the Life of Adam Smith [makes notes on this] [...] In Smith's Treatise concerning the Imitative Arts I find the following: "The Minuet,...Claire Clairmont Dugald StewartLife of Adam SmithPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Edmund Henry Barker, 12 May 1829: 'You desire to have my remarks on Dugald Stewart versus Sir Uvedale [Price]. Some time ago I read Stewart's Ess...Elizabeth Barrett Dugald StewartessaysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Edmund Henry Barker, 12 May 1829: 'You desire to have my remarks on Dugald Stewart versus Sir Uvedale [Price]. Some time ago I read Stewart's Ess...Elizabeth Barrett Dugald StewartessaysPrint: Book
1800-1849'[EDITOR'S WORDS] Although Mrs Hamilton never lost her relish for works of humour and imagination, she had, during the last six years of her life, a decided preference fo...Elizabeth Hamilton Dugald Stewart[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'A book I have a high opinion of'Frances Hamilton Dugald StewartElements of the Philosophy of the Human MindPrint: Book
1800-1849Thursday, 9 April 1829: 'I got a book from the Duke de Leviz, the same gentleman with whom I had an awkward meeting at Abbotsford [in August 1828] owing to his having ...Walter Scott Duke de LevizThe Carbonaro, A Piedmontese TalePrint: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal, 18 May 1867: 'He [Tennyson] read the new version of one of the "Window Songs," "Take my Love"; Heine's "Songs"; and some of the Reign of...Alfred Tennyson Duke of ArgyllThe Reign of LawPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Duncan ForbesThe Whole WorksPrint: Book
1900-19456 March 1920: 'On Thursday, dine with the MacCarthys, & the first Memoir Club meeting [hosted by MacCarthys]. A highly interesting occasion. Seven people read -- & Lord k...Duncan Grant Duncan Grantautobiographical essayManuscript: Unknown
1900-19456 March 1920: 'On Thursday, dine with the MacCarthys, & the first Memoir Club meeting [hosted by MacCarthys]. A highly interesting occasion. Seven people read -- & Lord k...Duncan Grant Duncan Grantautobiographical essayManuscript: Unknown
1600-1699"Back I went by Mr. Downing's order, and stayed there til 12 o'clock in expectation of one to come to read some writings, but he came not, so I stayed all alone reading t...Samuel Pepys Dutch Ambassador[a speech]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House, Leighton Park. Jan 27th 1942 J. Knox Taylor in the Chair.
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5. The subject was a provocative one “Modern Poetry” & we...		[a member of the XII Book Club – one of Isabel Taylor, Roger Moore, Margaret Dilks, A. G. Joselin, or F. E. Pollard] Dylan Thomas[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Aftn. Suitable readings & social prayers. Read a sermon by the Revd E. Butcher.'John Cole E Butcher[sermon]Print: Book
1900-1945'I'm not keen to read books dealing with the current situation. War's grim enough, I prefer to choose books without war interest. For that reason I try and get books of ...E M DelafieldThe Diary of a Provincial LadyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I can't tell you what delight and happiness The Eternal Moment has been to me, and I can't thank you enough for your very great kindness in sending it to me. Even though...Edith Sitwell E M ForsterThe Eternal MomentPrint: Book


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