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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'I have just been beset by two of my little boys who are deep in your little books and who beg that I will give their very best love to you. One of them, 4 and a half, sa...Maria EdgeworthRosamondPrint: Book
1800-1849'I wish you had been present when I opened the parcel and read the title page, the exclamations, the elevated voices, the "O Mama pray let me look" and "O Mama may [itali...Anne Romilly Maria Edgeworth[title page of a children's book]Print: Book
1800-1849'We were very much pleased with Mr Lovell Edgeworth's narrative which Mrs Marcet showed us, a very little addition from your pen would have made a very delightful fashion...Anne Romilly Richard Lovell Edgeworth[a narrative]Unknown
1800-1849John Wilson Croker to John Murray, 18 July 1819: 'I am agreeably disappointed by finding "Don Juan" very little offensive. It is by no means worse than "Childe Harol...John Wilson Croker George Gordon, Lord ByronDon Juan: cantos I-IIPrint: Book
1800-1849'One amongst the innumerable excellent things I have learnt from Practical Education is to consider what is passing in the child's mind at the moment, and I am sure this ...Anne Romilly Maria EdgeworthPractical EducationPrint: Book
1800-1849' have not yet seen him [Sir James Mackintosh], but I hear that he has read or has heard some chapters of "L'Angleterre". He says it is full of talent, but that there are...James Mackintosh Germaine de Stael[writings about England, never published as 'De L'...Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Mr Rocca's "Memoirs sur la guerre Des Francois en Espagne" [sic] is just out. I have only read a very few pages but they give me a great desire to read more, particularl...Anne Romilly Albert Jean Michel de RoccaMémoires sur la guerre des Français en EspagnePrint: Book
1800-1849'Mr Rocca's "Memoirs sur la guerre Des Francois en Espagne" [sic] is just out. I have only read a very few pages but they give me a great desire to read more, particularl...Sophie Romilly Albert Jean Michel de RoccaMémoires sur la guerre des Français en EspagnePrint: Book
1800-1849'The "Edinburgh Review" will have praised "Waverley" to your hearts content. I think however they left out one of the most affecting parts of the work, which is the retur...Anne Romilly [unknown]Edinburgh Review [review of 'Waverley']Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'The "Edinburgh Review" will have praised "Waverley" to your hearts content. I think however they left out one of the most affecting parts of the work, which is the retur...Anne Romilly Walter ScottWaverleyPrint: Book
1800-1849'The "Edinburgh Review" will have praised "Waverley" to your hearts content. I think however they left out one of the most affecting parts of the work, which is the retur...Anne Romilly Walter ScottLord of the Isles, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'The "Edinburgh Review" will have praised "Waverley" to your hearts content. I think however they left out one of the most affecting parts of the work, which is the retur...Anne Romilly Walter ScottLady of the Lake, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'The "Edinburgh Review" will have praised "Waverley" to your hearts content. I think however they left out one of the most affecting parts of the work, which is the retur...Anne Romilly Walter ScottMarmionPrint: Book
1800-1849'The "Edinburgh Review" will have praised "Waverley" to your hearts content. I think however they left out one of the most affecting parts of the work, which is the retur...James Mackintosh Walter ScottLord of the Isles, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Since I wrote the first two pages of this letter I have read Eugene and Guilliaume, and quite agree with you. Pray correct Sir James Mackintosh's opinion [about "Waverle...James Mackintosh Walter ScottLord of the Isles, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Since I wrote the first two pages of this letter I have read Eugene and Guilliaume, and quite agree with you. Pray correct Sir James Mackintosh's opinion [about "Waverle...James Mackintosh Walter ScottRokebyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Since I wrote the first two pages of this letter I have read Eugene and Guilliaume, and quite agree with you. Pray correct Sir James Mackintosh's opinion [about "Waverle...Anne Romilly Mary BruntonDisciplinePrint: Book
1800-1849'Since I wrote the first two pages of this letter I have read Eugene and Guilliaume, and quite agree with you. Pray correct Sir James Mackintosh's opinion [about "Waverle...Anne Romilly Albert Jean Michel de RoccaMémoires Sur La Guerre Des Français En EspagnePrint: Book
1800-1849'Goldsmiths description of the Appennines is exact - "Woods over Woods in [italics] gay theatric pride [end italics]". Never was epithet more appropriate to the whole sce...Anne Romilly Oliver GoldsmithTraveller, The; or, A Prospect of Society Print: Unknown
1800-1849'Mr Schlegel's Essays are most certainly worth reading, altho' you will not entirely agree with him in many of his opinions'.Anne Romilly August Wilhelm von Schlegel[Essays]Print: Book


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