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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Proceeded with Denham's "Physico-Theology". Read Hurd's sermon on "Every soul shall be salted with fire", an odd mode of preaching he seems to give two guesses at the me...Benjamin Newton Richard HurdSermons [sermons preached at Lincolns Inn]Print: Book
1800-1849'Proceeded with Denham's "Physico-Theology". Read Hurd's sermon on "Every soul shall be salted with fire", an odd mode of preaching, he seems to give two guesses at the m...Benjamin Newton William DerhamPhysio Theology or a Demonstartion of the beingPrint: Book
1700-1799'Procured a paper in form of an advertisement called "Long Faces" published Feb. 28th 1794 on the fast which was held that day. It is a very keen satire on fast days in g...Joseph Hunter Anon Long Faces; Amusement for Starving MechanicsPrint: Advertisement
1800-1849'Procured the loan of Bridge's [sic] "History of Northamptonshire" from Birdsall's Library in order to consult it for my "History of Wellingborough".'John Cole BridgesHistory of NorthamptonshirePrint: Book
1850-1899'Professor Gardiner, in the 2nd volume of his "Great Civil War", has given so much prominence to the character and actions of the Great Marquis of Montrose, that I think ...Jennet Pryce GardinerGreat Civil WarPrint: Book
1850-1899'Progress was so slight [in Charles Schreiber's recovery following disorder of lungs in spring 1883] that the doctors recommended a sea journey to South Africa. On Octobe...Lady Charlotte Schreiber William Shakespeare Print: Book
1850-1899'Progress was so slight [in Charles Schreiber's recovery following disorder of lungs in spring 1883] that the doctors recommended a sea journey to South Africa. On Octobe...Lady Charlotte Schreiber Walter Scott Print: Book
1850-1899'Prominent among these was a set of the poems of Walter Scott, and in his unwonted geniality and provisional spirit of compromise, my Father must do no less than read the...Philip Gosse Walter ScottThe Lady of the LakePrint: Book
1800-1849'Proselytised by a follower of the mystic Joanna Southcott, he read some of his propaganda but found "Some things that did not Correspond with the bible and also that it ...Joseph Mayett follower of Joanna Southcott  Print: Unknown
1850-1899'PS I've read "Two Magics" Henry James's last. The first story ["The Turn of the Screw"] is all there. He extracts an intellectual thrill out of the subject. The second [...Joseph Conrad Henry JamesThe Two MagicsPrint: Book
1900-1945'PS I've seen your most charming article on the French in the "Fortnightly [Review]". 'Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyFrance, 1916-1917: An ImpressionPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'PS Since I finished this, I have got Alick's letter, and the Courier all in order! Thank Alick and my dear Father for the pleasure and contentment they have given me: h...Thomas Carlyle The CourierPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Ps. 116 v. precious
Began Ps 119 in Spurgeon.'		Albert Ruskin Cook Charles Haddon Spurgeon?Our Own Hymnbook: A Collection of Psalms and Hymn...Print: BookManuscript: Telegraph cable
1800-1849'Ps. Have you read Miss Martineau on Mesmerism in the Athenaeum (two of them). I have got them and if you like I will send them to you. They are very wonderful [underlin...Alfred Tennyson Harriet MartineauMiss Martineau on MesmerismPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Psalm LI. 15; XVII. 1 and 15.'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Psalms)Print: Book
1700-1799'Psalmanazar wrote the Cosmogony, and the History of the Jews after his Conversion; how odd that he shold quote the Formosan Opinions therefore as corroborative of some H...Hester Lynch Thrale George Psalmanazar[articles contributed to the 'Universal History']Print: Book
1850-1899'Punch's Almanack was published this morning. I purchased a copy. The engravings are very creditably executed, but there is an apparent want of originality throughout. ...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]PunchPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Pupils at Queen's College remembered the puritanical standards imposed by Owen Breen, English and Elocution Professor there in the 1890s. L. V. Hodson notes that when r...English class, Queen's CollegeRichard Brinsley Sheridan Print: Book
1700-1799'Pursued Boswell's "life of Johnson"....'Thomas Green James BoswellLife of JohnsonPrint: Book
1900-1945'Putting my weakest books to the wall last night I came across a copy of "Howard's End" and had a look into it. But it's not good enough. E.M.Forster never gets any fur...Katherine Mansfield E.M. ForsterHoward's EndPrint: Book


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