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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
 
1800-1849'My uncle was so particular about his books that he used to declare that when a child's finger had touched one it was spoilt. Acting upon this idea, he gave up certain bo...brothers of Elizabeth missing Sewell, including Henry, William and JamesJoseph GlanvillPhilosophical Considerations touching Witches and ...Print: Book
1800-1849'My uncle was so particular about his books that he used to declare that when a child's finger had touched one it was spoilt. Acting upon this idea, he gave up certain bo...Elizabeth Missing Sewell and her sisters, including Eleanor [n/a]Arabian Nights Entertainments, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'[I] had made myself miserable, after reading about Jephtha's vow, because I imagined that every time the thought of making a vow came into my head I had actually made it...Elizabeth Missing Sewell [n/a]Book of JudgesPrint: Book
1800-1849'We learned passages from the best authors, and my delight in Walter Scott made me add to the regular lesson large portions of "The Lady of the Lake" which are fresh in m...Elizabeth Missing Sewell Walter ScottLady of the Lake, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'We formed a book-club amongst ourselves, chose and purchased some special favourite, or one which we heard praised, read it in turn, and then sold it by auction'Elizabeth Missing Sewell and school friends [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'Everything in the Bible that was at all perplexing was turned into a stumbling-block, and came before me, not only during the reading of the Scriptures but at all times....Eliazbeth Missing Sewell [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Miss Aldridge gave us Henry's "Communicant's Companion" - a fearful book filled with questions which it would have taken months to answer - and I tried to find time for ...Eliazbeth Missing Sewell Matthew HenryCommunicant's CompanionPrint: Book
1800-1849Benjamin Robert Haydon to Elizabeth Barrett, 28 April 1843: 'I have been sadly shocked at Reading Wilkie[']s life, -- to think that for 20 years of our earliest Frie...Benjamin Robert Haydon unknown'life' of David WilkiePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 1 May 1843: 'I have been reading Carlyle .. his "Past & Present" -- There is nothing new in it -- even of Carlyleism .......Elizabeth Barrett Thomas CarlylePast and PresentPrint: Book
1800-1849Benjamin Robert Haydon to Elizabeth Barrett, 17 May 1843: '[David Wilkie] was amiable & affectionate -- and when I read [of] his Death, (I was at Dover) I felt as if...Benjamin Robert Haydon notice of death of David Wilkie (on 1 June 1841)Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 18 May 1843: '[William Wordsworth] had the kindness to send me the poem upon Grace Darling when it first appeared: and with a ...Elizabeth Barrett William WordsworthGrace DarlingUnknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 24 May 1843: 'Mary Howitt's last translation from Frederika Bremer's swedish, "The Home" charms me even more than "The Nei...Elizabeth Barrett Frederika BremerThe Home: or, Family Cares and Family JoysPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 29 May 1843: 'The other day I took up the Foreign Quarterly of last January in which is your Chinese paper, & fell upon a...Elizabeth Barrett Julia Pardoe'Modern Turkish Travellers'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 29 May 1843: 'Reading Mr Halpin of the Shakespeare society upon Oberon's command to Puck in the "midsummer night's dream,...Elizabeth Barrett Nicholas John HalpinOberon's Vision in the Midsummer-Night's DreamPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 29 May 1843: 'By the way [...] I have been reading you in the Illuminated Magazine.' Elizabeth Barrett Richard Hengist Hornearticle on Royal Commission on Children's Employme...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 29 May 1843: 'Mr Reade's "Sacred Poems" I am now looking into by dear Mr Kenyon's kindness. He is [italics]in Wordsworth n...Elizabeth Barrett John Edmund ReadeSacred PoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Benjamin Robert Haydon to Elizabeth Barrett, 6 June 1843: 'I read Vasari, all day -- yesterday[.] Why are Vasari's Lives so popular [--] why have they gone through s...Benjamin Robert Haydon Giorgio VasariDelle vite de piu eccelenti pittori, scultori, ed ...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 9 June 1843: 'A gentleman, a poet, a correspondent, at large intervals, of mine [...] wrote to me, praising [John] Sterli...Elizabeth Barrett Philip James BaileyFestusPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 9 June 1843: 'A gentleman, a poet, a correspondent, at large intervals, of mine [...] wrote to me, praising [John] Sterli...anon Philip James BaileyFestusPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 16 June 1843: 'My idea of [italics]V[ed italics] has always been .. a clever woman, whose vocation it is not, to write poe...Elizabeth Barrett V IX Poems by V. (extracts)Print: Unknown


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