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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945Sunday 14 October 1934: 'I cant write. When will my brain revive? in 10 days I think. And it can read admirably. I began [Thomson's] The Seasons last night; after Eddie [...Virginia Woolf Edward Sackville-WestThe Sun in CapricornPrint: Book
1850-1899'I wonder if you can tell me what the enclosed flower is? It is very pretty—deep, almost maroon, red flowers in a big coarse, burdock-like plant. It is not in my b...William Henry Hudson Edward StepWayside and Woodland Blossoms: A Pocket GuidePrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Edward StillingfleetOrigines Sacrae, or a rational account of the grou...Print: Book
1600-1699'And by coach home, where I spent the evening in reading Stillingfleetes defence of the Archbishop, that part about Purgatory, a point I had never considered before what ...Samuel Pepys Edward StillingfleetA rational account of the grounds of Protestant re...Print: Book
1600-1699'Thence back by water to Captain Cockes, and there he and I spent a great deal of the evening, as we had done the day, reading and discoursing over part of Mr Stillingfle...Samuel Pepys Edward StillingfleeteOrigines Sacrae, or A rational account of the grou...Print: Book
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1700-1799		Transcription in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand of Edward Tenison, a pair of anagrams on Elizabeth Lyttelton's name, and also a pair of couplets, written on the occasion of h...Elizabeth Lyttelton Edward Tenisonanagrams and coupletsManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Thanks for the little book ["Light and Twilight"] so full of good things. You know I have a prediliction for your prose with its quiet,flowing felicity of phrase and wha...Joseph Conrad Edward ThomasLight and TwilightPrint: Book
1900-1945'Saturday 25th December. ?Scrambles among the Alps? (Whymper) Trying to get the proper atmosphere in a snow-less Christmas. Certainly, if any book could give it, it ...Gerald Moore Edward WhymperScrambles among the AlpsPrint: Book
1900-1945'But instead of learning to sail, I read Edward Whymper's "Travels among the Great Andes of the Equator". The author is better known for his "Scrambles among the Alps", b...Eric Shipton Edward WhymperTravels among the Great Andes of the EquatorPrint: Book
1900-1945'C.I. Evans read Geoffrey Young's [?] poem 'Mountain Playmates' & Mary Hayward read Leslie Stephen's account of the first ascent of the Rothorn. R.B. Graham circulated sn...Alfred Rawlings Edward Whymper[on mountaineering accidents]Print: Book
1850-1899'Wrote and read till lunch. Merry lunch, we 3 after which I read Whymper's book and account of the 1st ascension of the Ecrins. Prince Louis of Orleans passed with Faure ...Gertrude Bell Edward WhymperScrambles among the Alps in the years 1860-18691Print: Book
1900-1945'Dined on soup and chicken at 5. Read Whymper's book. Cold and mist all round. Decide on an easy day tomorrow as I rather feel the effects of the first day's gymnastics. ...Gertrude Bell Edward WhymperScrambles among the Alps in the years 1860-69Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'You may as well say, which is a truth, that I do read bi[o]graphy and memoirs. History has a fascination for me. Naval, military, political'. [The following was delete...Joseph Conrad Edward WhymperTravels Amongst the Great Andes of the EquatorPrint: Book
1850-1899'do you ever see Fraser's Magazine. If you do I wish you would look back to the number for (say either) August, Sepr, or Octr, 1860 for a short poem by 'Edward Wilberforc...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Edward Wilberforce'Purgatory'Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Edward WilliamsPoems, Lyric and PastoralPrint: Book
1800-1849'W. dines with us - walk with him - his play - S finishes Every Man in his Humour'Mary Shelley Edward WilliamsPromise, The; or, a Year, a Month, and a DayManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945[List of books read in 1943, in diary for 1943]: 'The Farthing Spinster; Guy Mannering; Whereas I was Blind; And So to Bath; The Story of San Michele; Attack Alarm; The ...Hilary Spalding Edward WoodwardHouse of TerrorPrint: Book
1700-1799Read 'A True Estemate of Human Life' by Mr Young, a Sermon preach'd in St George's Church upon the King's death. Extreordinary stile. Poeticall, exceeding entertaining.Gertrude Savile Edward YoungA Vindication of Providence; Or, a True Estimate oPrint: Book
1700-1799Aunt had the coach at 5 to visit. I drank tea and read Mr Young's sermon. Mrs D'Enly went when the coach came back with Aunt near 10.Gertrude Savile Edward YoungA Vindication of Providence; Or, a True Estimate oPrint: Book
1700-1799Read the 'Universal Passion'Gertrude Savile Edward YoungThe Universal PassionPrint: Book


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