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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'We have been much instructed by the readings on poetry and long for the Irish Tales'.Romilly FamilyRichard Lovell EdgeworthReadings on poetryPrint: Book
1800-1849'I send you some lines which he [Lord Byron] printed but did not publish, and which were handed about [italics] confidentially everywhere [end italics]. The usual consequ...Anne Romilly George Gordon, Lord ByronSketch from Private Life, APrint: Unknown
1800-1849'I send you some lines which he [Lord Byron] printed but did not publish, and which were handed about [italics] confidentially everywhere [end italics]. The usual consequ...Anne Romilly [n/a]Morning ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'I send you some lines which he [Lord Byron] printed but did not publish, and which were handed about [italics] confidentially everywhere [end italics]. The usual consequ...Samuel Romilly George Gordon, Lord ByronSketch from Private Life, APrint: Unknown
1800-1849'I send you some lines which he [Lord Byron] printed but did not publish, and which were handed about [italics] confidentially everywhere [end italics]. The usual consequ...Samuel Romilly George Gordon, Lord ByronFare thee wellPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'For once I must think differently from Mr Edgeworth. I have none of the fears that he has for the fate of "Little Plays for Children". Those of Madame de Genlis have alw...Anne Romilly Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de Genlis[children's plays]Print: Book
1800-1849'For once I must think differently from Mr Edgeworth. I have none of the fears that he has for the fate of "Little Plays for Children". Those of Madame de Genlis have alw...Anne Romilly Maria EdgeworthOld PozPrint: Book
1800-1849'His [Byron's] "Farewell" is miserable poetry, and the allusions to the intimacy of marriage are not only ungentlemanly, but unmanly. "The Domestick Sketch" is powerfully...Richard Lovell Edgeworth George Gordon, Lord ByronSketch from Private Life, APrint: Unknown, either in newspaper or version circulated in society
1800-1849'I have read both Emma and [torn and illegible]. In the first there is so little to remember, and in the last so much that one wishes to forget, that I am not inclined to...Anne Romilly [unknown][unidentified novel]Print: Book
1800-1849'By the bye have you read Mr C.'s "Adolphe"? It divides the whole world, and I think the general opinion seems to be that it is not worthy of the talents he is supposed t...Mr Whishaw Benjamin ConstantAdolphePrint: Book
1800-1849'Do you not think the contrast of the manners between Melbourne House and Devonshire House [in "Glenarvon"] well drawn? One of our friends, well read in Johnson, told me ...Caroline LambGlenarvonPrint: Book
1800-1849'Do you not think the contrast of the manners between Melbourne House and Devonshire House [in "Glenarvon"] well drawn? One of our friends, well read in Johnson, told me ...Samuel JohnsonRambler, ThePrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'[Maria Edgeworth's brother] talked a great deal of you and of "Glenarvon". Have you read the preface of the second edition? I took it up at the Library, having read an e...Anne Romilly Caroline LambGlenarvonPrint: Book
1800-1849'[Maria Edgeworth's brother] talked a great deal of you and of "Glenarvon". Have you read the preface of the second edition? I took it up at the Library, having read an e...Anne Romilly [newspaper extract of Preface to "Glenarvon"]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'[Maria Edgeworth's brother] talked a great deal of you and of "Glenarvon". Have you read the preface of the second edition? I took it up at the Library, having read an e...Mr Edgeworth Caroline LambGlenarvonPrint: Book
1800-1849'Have you not been delighted with Mrs Marcet? What an extraordinary work for a woman! Everybody who understands the subject is in a state of astonishment, and those, who ...Anne Romilly Jane Haldimand MarcetConversations on Political EconomyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Have you not been delighted with Mrs Marcet? What an extraordinary work for a woman! Everybody who understands the subject is in a state of astonishment, and those, who ...James Mansfield Jane Haldimand MarcetConversations on Political EconomyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Have you read Lord Byron and his horrid Incantation? Can you doubt but that it is intended as a curse on his wife? Her nerves must be strong if she can read it without s...Anne Romilly George Gordon, Lord ByronManfredPrint: Book
1800-1849'Have you read Lord Byron and his horrid Incantation? Can you doubt but that it is intended as a curse on his wife? Her nerves must be strong if she can read it without s...Anne Romilly George Gordon, Lord ByronChilde HaroldPrint: Book
1800-1849'Pray read "Tales of my Landlord". They are charming. I think there can be no doubt but that they are written by the Author of "Waverley" altho' it is not avow'd who that...Anne Romilly Walter ScottTales of my LandlordPrint: Book


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