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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
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 GroteHistory of GreecePrint: Book
1800-1849'I am much interested by Pignotti's history, which [underlined] though I bought [end underlining], I am reading, and have got into the seventh volume. The squabbles and t...Sarah Harriet Burney Lorenzo PignottiStoria della Toscana sino al principatoPrint: Book
1800-1849'The papers are sent to me very regularly by the kind Shuldhams, and I read them with indescribable eagerness; but they take away my spirits for the rest of the day. The ...Sarah Harriet Burney [newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I am reading Michaud's Histoire des Croisades, well written and entertaining; and I have just finished Monti's fine Tragedy of Caius Gracchus. I like it much better than...Sarah Harriet Burney Joseph-Francois MichaudHistoire des CroisadesPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am reading Michaud's Histoire des Croisades, well written and entertaining; and I have just finished Monti's fine Tragedy of Caius Gracchus. I like it much better than...Sarah Harriet Burney Vincenzo MontiAristodemoPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am reading Michaud's Histoire des Croisades, well written and entertaining; and I have just finished Monti's fine Tragedy of Caius Gracchus. I like it much better than...Sarah Harriet Burney Vincenzo MontiGaleotto ManfrediPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am reading Michaud's Histoire des Croisades, well written and entertaining; and I have just finished Monti's fine Tragedy of Caius Gracchus. I like it much better than...Sarah Harriet Burney Vincenzo MontiCaio GraccoPrint: Book
1800-1849'I like - I admire the Italian translation of the Gospels & Psalms, which are what I have hitherto read. If the Prophetical books are not so well rendered, I will abide b...Sarah Harriet Burney [Gospels and Psalms]Print: Book
1800-1849'Mr Layard has lent me Sir Humphry Davy's "Consolations in Travel, or the Last Days of a Philosopher". It is a posthumous publication, & the editor says that "Had his lif...Sarah Harriet Burney Humphry DavyConsolations in Travel, or the Last days of a Phil...Print: Book
1800-1849'Another book of a very different character has amused me mightily; it is entitled "Tablettes Romaines", and is full of wit and vivacity, and gives a very just and true p...Sarah Harriet Burney J.H., Count de Santo DomingoTablettes romaines; contenant des faits, des anecd...Print: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished Trelawney's Adventures of a Younger Brother. It is a book that excites whilst reading, and leaves behind it, many painful feelings. A true radical s...Sarah Harriet Burney Edward John TrelawneyAdventures of a Younger SonPrint: Book
1800-1849John Wilson Croker to Lord Hertford, 30 January 1833: 'Are you fond of a bit of superstition? One day last week, at A. Baring's, I told them at breakfast that I dreamt...John Wilson Croker report of death of Lord ExmouthPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849The Duke of Wellington to John Wilson Croker, 16 March 1831: 'I had read the Report of your speech in the newspapers; and I read it again last night with great satisfa...Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington Report on John Wilson Croker's speech on the first...Print: Newspaper
1800-1849The Duke of Wellington to John Wilson Croker, 16 March 1831: 'I had read the Report of your speech in the newspapers; and I read it again last night with great satisfa...Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington John Wilson CrokerSpeech on the first Reform Bill, 4 March 1831Print: Unknown
1800-1849John Wilson Croker to Lord Hertford, 30 January 1833: 'Are you fond of a bit of superstition? One day last week, at A. Baring's, I told them at breakfast that I dreamt...John Wilson Croker and others at home of A. Baring Death reportsPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'By the way, have you read Mr Morier's Hohrab, or the Hostage? And if you have, do you (as I hope) like it? And if you have not, can you tell whether others like it? I wa...Sarah Harriet Burney James Justinian MorierZohrab the HostageManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'would you like, Ma'am, to know what I have been doing all alone and at home this winter? - I have, 'an please you, for the 2d time in my life read Mde de Sevigne, 9 vols...Sarah Harriet Burney Marie de Rabutin - Chantal, marquise de SevigneLetters of Madame de Sevigne to her daughter and h...Print: Book
1800-1849'would you like, Ma'am, to know what I have been doing all alone and at home this winter? - I have, 'an please you, for the 2d time in my life read Mde de Sevigne, 9 vols...Sarah Harriet Burney Louis-Adolphe ThiersHistoire de la Revolution FrancaisePrint: Book
1800-1849'would you like, Ma'am, to know what I have been doing all alone and at home this winter? - I have, 'an please you, for the 2d time in my life read Mde de Sevigne, 9 vols...Sarah Harriet Burney Carlo BottaStoria d'Italia, continuata da quella del Guicciar...Print: Book
1800-1849'would you like, Ma'am, to know what I have been doing all alone and at home this winter? - I have, 'an please you, for the 2d time in my life read Mde de Sevigne, 9 vols...Sarah Harriet Burney Andre MorelletMemoiresPrint: Book


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