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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'On seeing some Autumn Flowers' 'Those few pale autumn flowers, How beautiful they are!...' 'L.G. Feb 1831''L.G.' Caroline Anne BowlesAutumn FlowersUnknown
1500-1599'On sig. A2 of "A New Letter of Notable Contents" (1593) [Gabriel] Harvey refers to [Barnabe Barnes, "Parthenophil and Parthenophe" as one of the recently-read books rece...Gabriel Harvey Barnabe BarnesParthenophil and Parthenope. Sonnettes, madrigals...Print: Book
1500-1599'On sig. AIv of [John] Blundevill, ["The fower chiefest offices belonging to Horsemanship"], [Gabriel] Harvey inscribes: "I use Mr Astley [John Astley's "The Art of Ridi...Gabriel Harvey John AstleyThe Art of RidingPrint: Book
1900-1945'On Sunday morning Blair and I left Hospital. We drove to the McCormicks' Bungalow, and since then I've been having a real slack time. I am reading The Crisis by Wi...Robert Dunlop Smith Winston ChurchillThe CrisisPrint: Book
1900-1945'On Sunday morning Blair and I left Hospital. We drove to the McCormicks' Bungalow, and since then I've been having a real slack time. I am reading The Crisis by Wi...Robert Dunlop Smith Winston ChurchillThe CrossingPrint: Book
1900-1945'On Sunday morning, June 16th, I opened the "Observer", which appeared to be chiefly concerned with the new offensive - for the moment at a standstill - in the Noyon-Mont...Vera Brittain The ObserverPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'On Sunday, April 12, I found him at home before dinner; Dr. Dodd's poem entitled "Thoughts in Prison" was lying upon his table. This appearing to me an extraordinary eff...Samuel Johnson William DoddThoughts in Prison Print: Book
1700-1799'On Sunday, April 12, I found him at home before dinner; Dr. Dodd's poem entitled "Thoughts in Prison" was lying upon his table. This appearing to me an extraordinary eff...James Boswell William DoddThoughts in Prison Print: Book
1700-1799'On Sunday, March 31, I called on him, and shewed him as a curiosity which I had discovered, his "Translation of Lobo's Account of Abyssinia", which Sir John Pringle had ...James Boswell Samuel JohnsonTranslation of Lobo's Account of AbyssiniaPrint: Book
1800-1849'On Taste' 'Taste is from Heaven /...'E.E.R. John Clare'On Taste' from The Village Minstrel, Volume II.Print: Book
1800-1849'On Taste' 'Taste is from Heaven /...'E.E.R. John Clare'Sorrows for a Friend' from The Village Minstrel,Print: Book
1800-1849'On the 17 February, 1856, ''Finished Guy Mannering'' was entered in her diary. This means my father finished reading it aloud to us. These evening readings to the childr...Charles Darwin Walter ScottGuy ManneringPrint: Book
1800-1849'On the 17 February, 1856, ''Finished Guy Mannering'' was entered in her diary. This means my father finished reading it aloud to us. These evening readings to the childr...The Darwin familyWalter ScottGuy ManneringPrint: Book
1850-1899'On the 21st February [1851] their [Alfred and Emily Tennyson's] diary reads: "We read Alton Locke"'.Alfred and Emily TennysonCharles KingsleyAlton LockePrint: Book
1800-1849'On the 28th September I was reading "Blackwood", when the magazines of our metropolis were just getting on their outer garments; while their northern brethren were quiet...Charles Knight Blackwood's MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'On the 6th of March came out Lord Bolingbroke's works, published by Mr David Mallet. The wild and pernicious ravings, under the name of [italics] Philosophy [end italics...James Boswell Henry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokePhilosophical worksPrint: Book
1850-1899'On the 8th of May [1851], I [Harriet Martineau] went for a fortnight to stay with some friends, between whom and myself there was cordial affection, though they were Swe...anon Auguste ComteunknownPrint: Book
1700-1799'On the appearance of Mr Wilson's "Isle of Palms", I was so greatly taken with many of his fanciful and visionary scenes, descriptive of bliss and woe, that it had a tend...James Hogg John WilsonIsle of Palms, and Other PoemsPrint: Book
1800-1849'On the circular table in the centre of the room was placed among other books an album, and Mr Storey being called away, I noted the following excellent morsels of litera...John Cole [unknown][album]Print: Book
1850-1899'On the day in question, I was unable to endure the drawing-room meeting to its close, but, clutching my volume of the Funeral Poets, I made a dash for the garden...Then ...Edmund Gosse Samuel BoyseThe DeityPrint: Book


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