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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'What do you think of the "Wardour", by Madame d'Arblais [sic]? It has only proved to us that she forgot her English; and the same suspicion has arisen again in my mind, ...Princess Caroline Princess of Wales Frances Burney, Madame d'ArblayWanderer, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'What do you think of the "Wardour", by Madame d'Arblais [sic]? It has only proved to us that she forgot her English; and the same suspicion has arisen again in my mind, ...Princess Caroline Princess of Wales Frances BurneyEvelinaPrint: Book
1800-1849'"I do not consider at all", observed Madame de C[-], "the author of a book, but only the work itself abstractedly, and I think the work we are now speaking of is one of ...Madame de [C-] Anne Louise Germaine de Stael HolsteinDe l'AllemagnePrint: Book
1800-1849'Madame de C[-], who appears to me to be a clever and deep-thinking person, admired the whole of it without reserve, and said, she thought nothing could be more luminous ...Madame de [C-] Anne Louise Germaine de Stael HolsteinDe l'AllemagnePrint: Book
1800-1849'Madame de C[-] praised Miss Porter's "Scottish Chiefs", and said, it quite [italics] monted [end italics] her imagination about Scotch persons and Scotland. Had she know...Madame de [C-] Jane PorterScottish Chiefs, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Madame de Stael sur les Passions. What a wonderful mind is hers! what an insight she has into the recesses of human feeling! How many secret springs does she unlock...Charlotte Bury Anne Louise Germaine Stael-HolsteinTreatise on the Influence of the PassionsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Madame de Stael's "Essai sur les fictions" delights me particularly: for every word in it is a beautiful echo of my own feelings'.Charlotte Bury Anne Louise Germaine Stael-HolsteinEssai sur les fictionsPrint: Book
1800-1849'I read several chapters of Miss Berry's work, a Comparative View of the English and French Nations, since the time of Charles II to the present day. I think this work a ...Charlotte Bury Mary Berry[historical work]Print: Book
1800-1849'I read a novel all the evening, but yet his very presence is horridly degrading'Charlotte Bury [a novel]Print: Book
1800-1849'[Lord D-] pulled out of his pocket some very abominable verses, which he called "capital" and desired me to read. He said they were written by Miss [-]. I do not believe...Charlotte Bury versesManuscript: MS verses
1800-1849'I read in Stafford's library the wonderful news of the allies entering into Paris'.Charlotte Bury [newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I have myself read his [Kant's] works, and I think nothing can be more lucid than his style, or more easy to be understood'.Charlotte Bury Immanuel Kant Print: Book
1800-1849'Read some Italian letters of Gallileo's [sic] and Raphael's, more for the names of the writers than the matter of the letters. How dull they are! how many letters writte...Charlotte Bury Galileo Galilei[letters]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read some Italian letters of Gallileo's [sic] and Raphael's, more for the names of the writers than the matter of the letters. How dull they are! how many letters writte...Charlotte Bury Raphael[letters]Print: Book
1800-1849'Took notes from Miss Plumtre. Finished the first volume'Charlotte Bury Miss Plumtre or Plumptre Print: Book
1800-1849'[during an encounter with a Madame de Villegard who showed her 'curious old books on the black art'] I read some of the letterpress of the cabalistic books, which indeed...Charlotte Bury 'curious books on the black arts'Print: Book
1800-1849'of all the generations who have praised Madame de Sevigne, and commended her writings, I am certain no one has ever entered more completely into the sentiment of her del...Charlotte Bury Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de SevigneLettersPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am often ashamed when I read over what I have written, to see how I allow my mind to wander, and my pen to note down so many of its vagaries. Yet I never have resoluti...Charlotte Bury Charlotte BuryDiaryManuscript: MS journal
1800-1849'I read Montaigne and Metastasio'.Charlotte Bury Michel de MontaigneEssaisPrint: Book
1800-1849'I read Montaigne and Metastasio'.Charlotte Bury Metastasio [pseud.] Print: Book


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