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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'Of course you have read Segur, & Pepys, and with the latter are perhaps "mightily" weary now & then, but on the whole amused - There is a interesting History of the Towe...Sarah Harriet Burney John RussellTour in Germany, and some of the southern province...Print: Book
1800-1849'What paltry stuff the Memoirs of poor vain Genlis are!'Sarah Harriet Burney Stephanie Felicite Brulart, comtesse de GenlisMemoiresPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tor Hill, I have read - and was amused to find myself [underlined] en pays de connaissance [end underlining]. Many years ago, I walked with my poor brothers James & Mart...Sarah Harriet Burney Horatio SmithTor HillPrint: Book
1800-1849'The most spirit-stirring author, next to the Great Unknown [walter Scott], that I have met with, is the American who has written the spy, and the Last of the Mohicans, &...Sarah Harriet Burney James Fenimore CooperSpy, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'The most spirit-stirring author, next to the Great Unknown [walter Scott], that I have met with, is the American who has written the spy, and the Last of the Mohicans, &...Sarah Harriet Burney James Fenimore CooperLast of the Mohicans, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have bought a book lately full of general information, & written in a good spirit - that is containing a happy mixture of religious feeling with Science. Its title is ...Sarah Harriet Burney John Mason GoodBook of Nature, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have had the perseverance to read Sir W. Scotts Boney - and hackneyed as is the subject, I was lured on from page to page, with unwearied interest and entertainment. I...Sarah Harriet Burney Walter ScottLife of Napoleon BuonapartePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have had the perseverance to read Sir W. Scotts Boney - and hackneyed as is the subject, I was lured on from page to page, with unwearied interest and entertainment. I...Sarah Harriet Burney [Reviews in the Quarterly Review of Bishop Heber's...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'I like your Capt. Franklin mainly - and his manly & respectful commendation of my poor dear James, is charming. - I am (though a little ashamed to own it) not fond, in g...Sarah Harriet Burney John FranklinNarrative of a Second expedition to the Shores of ...Print: Book
1800-1849'If you want light easy Italian reading, get Giraud's Commedie - They are excessively amusing - Some are farcical & some are grave, but all full of action, & with a great...Sarah Harriet Burney Giovanni GiraudCommediePrint: Book
1800-1849'If you want light easy Italian reading, get Giraud's Commedie - They are excessively amusing - Some are farcical & some are grave, but all full of action, & with a great...Sarah Harriet Burney Alberto NotaCommediePrint: Book
1800-1849'I read only Italian books - and have just finished Niccolini's Foscarini, which is a fine masculine, energetic performance, & gave me much pleasure, and makes me admire ...Sarah Harriet Burney Giovanni Battista NiccoliniAntonio FoscariniPrint: Book
1800-1849'I really wonder at, and am sorry that our tastes differ so much that you do not like Pignotti, though I like him so very much. I have read as far as the beginning of the...Sarah Harriet Burney Lorenzo PignottiStoria della Toscana sino al principatoPrint: Book
1800-1849The Duke of Wellington to John Wilson Croker, 31 December 1840: 'I will not deny myself the satisfaction of telling you with what delight I have perused your article i...Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington John Wilson Crokerarticle on British foreign policyPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849John Wilson Croker to his wife, whilst in Oxford for the installation of the Duke of Wellington as Chancellor of the University, 12 June 1834: 'The dinner at Christ Ch...John Wilson Croker  Print: Unknown
1800-1849From John Wilson Croker's Diary, 3 October 1834: 'I happened to mention the profuse fabrication of French Memoires, and instanced those of Fouche; the Duke said: "I da...Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington FoucheMemoiresPrint: Book
1800-1849The Rev W. F. Hook to John Wilson Croker, 8 April 1839: 'Mr. Murray forwarded to me a copy of the "Quarterly Review" a few days ago, and he did so, I presume, by your ...T. W. Hook William Sewellarticle on 'the Oxford Divines'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Sir Robert Peel to John Wilson Croker, 29 September 1833: 'Strange as it may seem, I have not read nor have I seen the Ministerial pamphlet. I saw some extracts from i...Sir Robert Peel Lord Brougham and others'The Reformed Ministry and the Reformed Parliament...Print: Newspaper
1800-1849The Duke of Rutland to John Wilson Croker, 7 May 1849: 'I read with much interest your review of Macaulay's book. I cannot deny that I read the book itself with much a...Duke of Rutland John Wilson Crokerreview of Thomas Babington Macaulay, History of En...Print: Book
1800-1849John Gibson Lockhart to John Wilson Croker, 12 January 1849, on Macaulay's recently-published History of England: 'He has written some very brilliant essays [...] but ...John Gibson Lockhart Thomas Babington MacaulayHistory of England, vols 1 and 2Print: Book


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