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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
 
1900-1945'There is no particular talk in this house except the slump in theatres, & the general & increasing badness of the 'London Mercury'. I find the L.M. very dull & pompous....Arnold Bennett London MercuryPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'I very much appreciate the Sentinel and the L.O. There's nothing like L.O. for a good laugh. Did you read the "Wisdom of Wunstar" (One star). Two months ago I shou...John Lawton London OpinionPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Shrapnel and pieces of shell were falling all about us and we expected every minute to be our last ... It was a rotten half hour ... During this bombardment a London ...Horace Bruckshaw London TelegramPrint: Newspaper
1600-1699'Here I also saw a printed account of the examinations taking touching the burning of the City of London, showing the plots of the papists therein; which it seems hath be...Samuel Pepys [unknown]London's Flames, or The discovery of such evidence...Print: Book
1700-1799'The Reverend Dr Douglas, now Bishop of Salisbury, to whom I am indebted for some obliging communications, was then a student at Oxford, and remembers well the effect whi...John Douglas Samuel JohnsonLondon: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of...Print: Unknown
1700-1799'I was much pleased to find myself with Johnson at Greenwich, which he celebrates in his "London" as a favourite scene. I had the poem in my pocket, and read the lines al...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonLondon: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of...Print: Book
1700-1799'After dinner our conversation first turned upon Pope. Johnson said, his characters of men were admirably drawn, those of women not so well. He repeated to us, in his for...Alexander Pope Samuel JohnsonLondon: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of...Print: Unknown
1700-1799'His "Vanity of Human Wishes" has less of common life, but more of a philosophick dignity than his "London". More readers, therefore, will be delighted with the pointed s...David Garrick Samuel JohnsonLondon: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of...Print: Unknown
1800-1849'Talking of Vixisse it may not be impertinent to notice that Knox (Footnote: William Knox), a young poet of considerable talent, died here a week or two since...His poeti...Walter Scott William KnoxLonely HearthUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene; 6.XII.'32.
    Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
2. A statement of ...		Reginald H. Robson Harold BrighouseLonesome-LikePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene; 6.XII.'32.
    Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
2. A statement of ...		Celia Burrow Harold BrighouseLonesome-LikePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene; 6.XII.'32.
    Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
2. A statement of ...		Rosamund Wallis Harold BrighouseLonesome-LikePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene; 6.XII.'32.
    Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved.
2. A statement of ...		George Burrow Harold BrighouseLonesome-LikePrint: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'Long ago!'; [Text] 'Long ago!` Oh long ago!/ Do not these words recall past years?/ And scarcely knowing why they flo... [unknown]Long ago!Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Procured a paper in form of an advertisement called "Long Faces" published Feb. 28th 1794 on the fast which was held that day. It is a very keen satire on fast days in g...Joseph Hunter Anon Long Faces; Amusement for Starving MechanicsPrint: Advertisement
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding Alexander WoolcottLong, Long AgoPrint: Book
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 PalgraveLonger PoemsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Although Larkin had first read them [Auden and Isherwood] at KHS [his school], it wasn't until he reached Oxford that he began fully to appreciate their irony and ebulli...Philip Larkin Wystan Hugh AudenLook, Stranger!Print: Book
1900-1945'James Murray, a Glasgow woodcarver, represented the kind of reader Dent and Rhys were trying to reach. He credited Everyman magazine with "opening up an entirely new set...James Murray Edward BellamyLooking Backward: 2000-1887Print: Book
1850-1899'I perceive you mention "Looking Backwards". I write to save your life. Don't DON'T DON'T read that most ... [ellipsis in original] of shockers. I bough...Ernest Dowson Edward BellamyLooking Backward: 2000-1887Print: Book


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