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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
 
1850-1899'There, too, in the book-lined room which she had made her study, she would on Sunday evenings carry out in practice those ideas on the teaching of the Bible which she ha...Janet Ward GospelsPrint: Book
1800-1849?Just as the boat was leaving Dover, a breathless Bots put a letter from town, and ?The Examiner? into my hands, the latter of which, I verily believe preserved me from t...Charles Dickens The ExaminerPrint: Newspaper, Unknown
1800-1849"I studied the Bible incessantly and immensely;both by daily reading of chapters,after the approved but mischievous method, and by getting hold of all commentries and wor...Harriet Martineau The BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'There, too, in the book-lined room which she had made her study, she would on Sunday evenings carry out in practice those ideas on the teaching of the Bible which she ha...Mary Augusta Ward GospelsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Let me say that the things that first made me love language and want to work [italics] in [end italics] it and [italics] for [end italics] it were nursery rhymes and fol...Dylan Thomas [Border Ballads]Print: Book
1900-1945'Let me say that the things that first made me love language and want to work [italics] in [end italics] it and [italics] for [end italics] it were nursery rhymes and fol...Dylan Thomas BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'The Royal Mandate deserves to be printed in letters of gold - how sweetly descriptive it is, the help to private devotion too, I think very spiritual, for a small work. ...Elizabeth Marshall The Royal MandatePrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Mrs Hannah More's "Practical piety" is a very useful book I think, perhaps you have read it if you think of any [underlined] you wish me to read my dear Susan please to ...Elizabeth Marshall BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Albans arrived at Scarborough this day, and in the afternoon paid me a visit, accompanied by Lord Amelius, and the Ladies Beauclerk.... newspaper articlePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I wrote endless imitations, though I never thought them to be imitations but, rather wonderfully original things, like eggs laid by tigers. They were imitations of anyth...Dylan Thomas Chums MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1600-1699Heere is the well where waters flow, To quench our heat of sinne, Heere is the tree where truth doth grow To lead our liues therein. Heere is the iudge that stintes...Susanna Beckwith The Bible, that is, etc. [Geneva Bible]Print: Book
1800-1849St John's Antigua, Jany 17 1828 My Dear Fanny I have been amusing myself almost all morning in perusing several of your old letters in many of which you accuse me of n...John Page [letters]Manuscript: Letter
1600-1699Eve Cohan is taken to church by her Christian music master to hear the organ; a New Testament is 'secretly conveyed to her' and 'she took great delight in reading in it',...Eve Cohan BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699'Even while she spelled words and syllables, she spelled out Christ; for if she met with a free promise, or some good sentence, holding out Gods love to man, she would sa...Martha Hatfeild BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699'il resolut de lire encore l'Evangile' (he resolved to read the Gospel again): is converted to Christianity and baptised in London.'Le Juif baptise' (The Baptised Jew) BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799When 8 or 9, 'my Father seeing I took Pleasure in learning my Book, he bestowed a Tutor on me ...' Reads Talmud etc. -- 'in all those Books, I made such Progress, that I ...Moses Marcus Bible (New Testament)Print: Book
1600-1699'She spent much time in reading the Scripture, and a Book called The best friend in the worst of times ... Another Book that she was much delighted with, was Mr Swinnock'...Sarah Howley BiblePrint: Book
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1600-1699		She 'alledged many Scriptures, which she had never read, but only tumbling and tossing over the Bible ... Shee had a custome in tumbling over of the Bible, to put her fin...Joan Drake BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699'a Bible lying near her, she took it up, and opened it in the presence of the Company, who observing what place it was openend at, they found it to be the seventeenth ...Sarah Bower GospelPrint: Book
1850-1899'Lastly there was a rather striking article in a recent Scribner on new ideas in French Literature generally in which the name of Barr?s was prominent.' Arnold Bennett 'Scribner'Print: Serial / periodical


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