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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849between 1 and 2, the first 7 propositions of the 1st book of Euclid, with which I mean to renew my acquaintance and to proceed diligentlyin the hope that [...], may somet...Anne Lister Euclid The ElementsPrint: Book
1500-1599'Early examples of [Gabriel Harvey's] marginalia in [the fields of cosmology and astronomy] are found in the large 1527 folio containing Sacrobosco's "Textus de Sphaera",...Gabriel Harvey Euclid First book of geometryPrint: Book
1850-1899'At Dowlais again alone [following period spent in London and elsewhere], the day's record started prosaically: "Works journal till 8, then Euclid till 9."'Lady Charlotte Guest Euclid  Print: Book
1850-189914 June 1853: 'Another lovely morning, Euclid tilll 8.'Lady Charlotte Guest Euclid  Print: Book
1850-1899'As if she had not already enough to occupy her mind [with business and legal affairs following her first husband's death in November 1852] Lady Charlotte now suddenly de...Lady Charlotte and Ivor GuestEuclid  Print: Book
1850-1899'I have been reading lately "Les memoires d'un colonel d'Husserds" and "La petite Soeur" two little vaudevilles by Mr Scribe -'Albert Battiscombe Eug?ne ScribeLes memoires d'un colonel d'Husserds: com?die en 1...Print: Book
1850-1899'I have been reading lately "Les memoires d'un colonel d'Husserds" and "La petite Soeur" two little vaudevilles by Mr Scribe -'Albert Battiscombe Eug?ne ScribeLa Petite soeur, com?die vaudeville en 1 actePrint: Book
1900-1945Tuesday 17 January 1939: 'Yesterday I went to the London Library [...] read Tom [Eliot]'s swan song in the Criterion [...] home & read Delacroix journals; about whiich I ...Virginia Woolf Eugene DelacroixJournal de Eugene DelacroixPrint: Book
1800-1849Charlotte Bronte to W. S. Williams, 16 November 1848:

'To-day I have received the "Spectator" and the "Revue des deux Mondes." The "Spectator" consistently m...		Charlotte Brontë Eugene Forcade[Review of Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Many thanks for your letter and the book. I read the book at once, d?un trait. This is praise, I think! It reminds me of "Dominique".' Arnold Bennett Eugene FromentinDominiquePrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley ...Percy Bysshe Shelley Eugene LabaumeRelation circonstanci?e de la campagne de RussiePrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's Reading List for 1815. Only those titles not mentioned in journal entries are given separate database entries. xs denote books also read by Percy Shelley]...Mary Godwin Eugene LabaumeRelation circonstanciee de la campagne de Russie
1900-1945'Friday 17th December. French Class again tonight. I don?t know whether they liked me last time. Took Mother?s class. Only 3 present. Rather jolly. I think I cou...Gerald Moore Eugene LabicheLe Voyage de M. P?rrichonPrint: Book
1900-1945Meeting held at 70 Northcourt Avenue: 14. 12. 37
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6. The evening was completed by the reading of extracts from the works of various authors who had rece...		Dorothea Taylor Eugene O'NeillThe Village All God’s Chillun Got WingsPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		"... [the young Cicely Hamilton] found a dusty copy of Eugene Sue's Juif Errant in a cupboard and with the aid of a dictionary, read it from cover to cover. The fact tha...Cicely Hammill Eugene SueJuif ErrantPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have been reading some French books lately viz, "Mathilde" par Eugene Sue and "Les mariages de paris" par Edmond About -'Albert Battiscombe Eugene SueMathilde ou les Memoires d'une jeune femmePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 21 November 1842: 'Keep my secret -- but I have been reading a good deal lately of the new French literature [...] I was c...Elizabeth Barrett Eugene SueunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 20-21 February 1844: 'We will talk of Eugene Sue. ' know the "Mysteries of Paris" very well, & much admire the genius whi...Elizabeth Barrett Eugene SueThe Mysteries of ParisPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 20-21 February 1844: 'We will talk of Eugene Sue. I know the "Mysteries of Paris" very well, & much admire the genius whi...Mary Russell Mitford Eugene SueThe Mysteries of ParisPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 20-21 February 1844: 'We will talk of Eugene Sue. I know the "Mysteries of Paris" very well, & much admire the genius whi...Elizabeth Barrett Eugene SueMathilde, Memoires d'une Jeune FemmePrint: Book


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