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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Adam Smith, Sir [-] informed me, was no admirer of the Rambler or the Idler, but was pleased with the pamphlet respecting the Falkland Islands, as it displayed in such f...Adam Smith James Beattie'Minstrel, The'Print: Book
1800-1849'Adam Smith, Sir [-] informed me, was no admirer of the Rambler or the Idler, but was pleased with the pamphlet respecting the Falkland Islands, as it displayed in such f...Adam Smith Allan RamsayGentle Shepherd, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Adam Smith, Sir [-] informed me, was no admirer of the Rambler or the Idler, but was pleased with the pamphlet respecting the Falkland Islands, as it displayed in such f...Adam Smith Giovanni Battista GuariniIl Pastor FidoPrint: Book
1800-1849''We talked a great deal of our poor friend, Lady E[-], and lady [-] said she thought the portrait of Imogen, in the Novice of St Dominic, was a fac-simile of her charact...Lady [-] Sydney OwensenNovice of St Dominic, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'[Sir [-]] observed that he was reperusing Miss Seward's Letters, and said, what an odd fancy it was to bequeath them to Constable, enjoining their publication after her ...Sir [-] Anna SewardLettersPrint: Book
1800-1849'[in a letter from Bury's correspondent [-]] I believe I told you I had been reading Horace Walpole's Letters over again, and also Madame du Deffand's Letters to him, and...Horace WalpoleLettersPrint: Book
1800-1849'[in a letter from Bury's correspondent [-]] I believe I told you I had been reading Horace Walpole's Letters over again, and also Madame du Deffand's Letters to him, and...Marie Anne de Vichy-Chambrond, Marquise du DeffandLetters of the Marquise du Deffand to the Hon. Hor...Print: Book
1800-1849'[in a letter from Bury's correspondent [-]] I believe I told you I had been reading Horace Walpole's Letters over again, and also Madame du Deffand's Letters to him, and...Marie Anne de Vichy-Chambrond, Marquise du Deffand[Letters to Voltaire]Print: Book
1800-1849'[in a letter from Bury's correspondent [-]] I have been reperusing Madame de Stael's De l'Allemagne. I cannot very well express how much I am charmed with that work. As ...Anne Louise Germaine, Baronne de Sta?l-HolsteinDe l'AllemagnePrint: Book
1800-1849'I visited Lady [-], who was engaged in reading Miss F[errier]'s new novel. I told her, I heard she did not acknowledge being the authoress. Lady [-] observed it was surp...Lady [-] Susan FerrierMarriagePrint: Book
1800-1849'"At that time [ca 1809]", continued Lady [-], "all the world was engaged in reading Ida of Athens. I think it was likely to please a [italics] vivid imagination [end ita...Lady [-] Sydney OwensonWoman, or Ida of AthensPrint: Book
1800-1849From John Wilson Croker's Journal of 1818: 'December 16th. -- Before dinner His Royal Highness told me he had been reading Walter Scott's edition of Swift, which, an...George Augustus Frederick Prince of Wales Mrs Delanyletter containing account of Royal visitManuscript: Letter, Copied.
1800-1849'I have many things I should like to say to the writer of the remarks on 'Mary Barton' which Miss Mitchell has sent me, and which I conjecture were written by your husban...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Sam Greg[remarks on Gaskell's 'Mary Barton']Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Your descriptions of your travels do indeed set my feet moving, and my heart longing to see all you have seen; and this desire has been increased by reading the "Corsair...Susan Ferrier George Gordon, Lord ByronCorsair, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'I am now labouring very hard at "Patronage", which, I must honestly confess, is the greatest lump of cold lead I ever attempted to swallow. Truth, nature, life, and sens...Susan Ferrier Maria EdgeworthPatronagePrint: Book
1800-1849'I allude to my old friend, and your acquaintance, the Ettrick Shepherd (for I will not mention him by the unpoetical name of Mr James Hogg) who is now, you will perceive...Walter Scott James Hogg[ballads]Unknown
1800-1849[Charlotte Bury went to see Humphry Davy, hoping to enlist his support in a subscription for James Hogg] 'and the visit was productive to me of a great treasure; for seei...Charlotte Bury Humphry Davy'To the Glow-Worm'Manuscript: Sheet
1800-1849'The extracts you sent me of "The Thompson" correspondence are charming. I am happy to see that "we" have lost none of our powers of writing; "[italics] dat [end italics]...William Gell [letters from Princess Caroline]Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849'I was glad to have the enjoyment of reading Schlegel's History of Literature. It is a fine work, built on a sure foundation; and though I do not always agree with his ta...Charlotte Bury Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel[probably] Geschichte der alten und neuen Literatu...Print: Book
1800-1849'Spent a quiet day at home. Read "The Story of a Life" by Sherer; a powerfully written book with vivid description and truth of portraiture, both as to human character an...Charlotte Bury Joseph Moyle ShererThe Story of a Life. By the Author of Scenes and I...Print: Book


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