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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'At Winchester I was able to get the first volume of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall", but had no time to finish it. On another occasion at another prison I read the whole wor...Stuart Wood [pseud?] Edward GibbonDecline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have read thro' that clear & candid but cold hearted narration of David Hume - and now seven of Toby Smollet[t]'s eight chaotic volumes are before me. To say nothing o...Thomas Carlyle Edward GibbonDecline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have been reading little except Coxe's travels in Switzerland, Poland, Russia &c, Humes history together with part of Smollet[t], Gibbon &c. Coxe is an intelligent man...Thomas Carlyle Edward GibbonDecline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePrint: Book
1700-1799'Looked into Gibbon's "Miscellaneous Works"...'Thomas Green Edward GibbonMiscellaneous WorksPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished Gibbon's "Memoirs of himself"--an exquisite morceau of literature...'Thomas Green Edward GibbonMemoirsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read Gibbon's "Essai sur l'Etude de la Litterature": an ostentatious performance...'Thomas Green Edward GibbonEssai sur l??tude de la litt?raturePrint: Book
1800-1849'In the evening S[helley] C[lary] and H[ogg] sleep - read Gibbon'Mary Godwin Edward GibbonThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman E...Print: Book
1800-1849'Shelley reads Gibbon alloud to me'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Edward GibbonThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman E...Print: Book
1800-1849'read Gibbon (end of I vol) S. reads Livy'.Mary Godwin Edward GibbonThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman E...Print: Book
1800-1849'talk with Hogg - and read Gibbon but very little (30) in the evening work & S reads Gibbons memoirs aloud'.Mary Godwin Edward GibbonThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman E...Print: Book
1800-1849'S reads Gibbon aloud to me (160) - Weeks calls - Hogg comes - work - S reads Gibbons memoirs aloud'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Edward GibbonThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman E...Print: Book
1800-1849[italics] 'The Maie 3th vol. of Gibbon 607. Virgils Georgics'. [end italics]Mary Godwin Edward GibbonThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman E...Print: Book
1800-1849[italics] 'S. remains at home. reads Livy - [scored out] p.532 2d vol. [end scored out] Maie reads very little of Gibbon - We read and are delighted with Lara - the fines...Mary Godwin Edward GibbonThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman E...Print: Book
1800-1849[italics]'S. Livy p.532 - Cumis, (adeo minimis etiam rebum prava religio inserit Deos) mures in aede Jovis aurum rosisse 556. 2 vol. Maie says that if we had met the Empe...Mary Godwin Edward GibbonThe History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman E...Print: Book
1800-1849'in the evening Hogg reads Gibbon to me (393)'.Thomas Jefferson Hogg Edward GibbonHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empir...Print: Book
1800-1849'Hogg reads Gibbon to me - go to Bullocks Museum - see the birds - return at 4 - work and H reads Gibbon aloud (finish 4 volume)'.Thomas Jefferson Hogg Edward GibbonHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empir...Print: Book
1800-1849Shelley reads Livy and then reads Gibbon with me till dinner'.Mary Godwin and Percy ShelleyEdward GibbonHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empir...Print: Book
1800-1849'[italics to indicate Shelley's hand] Easter Monday. Maie finished the 5th vol. of Gibbon [...] In the evening read - S finishes Livy (p920 vol 3.) & 1/2 past 12 at night...Mary Godwin Edward GibbonHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empir...Print: Book
1800-1849'after dinner read l'esprit des nations 132 Shelley read[s] Italian - read 15 lines of Ovids metamo[r]phosis with Hogg - [italics to indicate Shelley's hand] The Assassin...Percy Bysshe Shelley Edward GibbonHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empir...Print: Book
1800-1849'read Ovid with Hogg (fin. 2nd fable). Shelley reads Gibbon and pastor fido with Clary - in the evening read Esprit des Nations (72). S. reads Pastor Fido (102) and Gibbo...Percy Shelley and Claire ClairmontEdward GibbonHistory of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empir...Print: Book


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