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√	Century of Experience	Evidence	Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group	Author of Text	Title of Text	Form of Text

	1900-1945	'Read French and German newspapers. Wrote three paragraphs. Fiddled about.'	Harold Nicolson		[French and German newspapers]	Print: Newspaper
	1800-1849	'Read Frend's "Animadversions" on Prettyman's Theology:--more temperate and chastised than I expected...'	Thomas Green	William Frend	Animadversions on the elements of Christian theolo...	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read from 8th to 12th of the 103rd Psalm and thought how true they would seem to me, if read in their precise negative'	John Ruskin	[n/a]	Bible (Psalms)	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'read G. the three first chapters of "Janet's Repentance".'	George Eliot (pseud)	George Eliot (pseud)	Janet's Repentance	Manuscript: MS of own work
	1850-1899	'Read G.'s MS. of Friendship between Schiller and Goethe'.	George Eliot [pseud]	George Henry Lewes	MS of his Life of Goethe	Manuscript: Unknown, MS of book
	1700-1799	'Read Garth's "Dispensary"; a lively and pleasing poem, sparkling with considerable wit, but defrauded of its just fame by the "Dunciad"...'	Thomas Green	Samuel Garth	The Dispensary	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read Genesis XXXI, noting infinite wonder and absurdity of Rachel's speech, V. 15. Same in Vulgate.'	John Ruskin	[n/a]	Bible (Genesis)	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Read Geografica Fisica & Samson Agonistes'	Mary Shelley	John Milton	Samson Agonistes	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read Geology ... and Plato to p. 281. In which note that one great point is got at, respecting justice, that all "hurting" people makes them worse. 281, 7 &c.'	John Ruskin	[unknown]	[geology]	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read Geology ... and Plato to p. 281. In which note that one great point is got at, respecting justice, that all "hurting" people makes them worse. 281, 7 &c.'	John Ruskin	Plato	Republic	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read geology at my breakfast with my two loveliest flint-chalcedonies shining in the sun.'	John Ruskin	[unknown]	[geology]	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read geology'	John Ruskin	[unknown]	[geology]	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'read George Dandin'	Mary Shelley	Moliere (pseud.)	George Dandin; ou le mari confondu	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Read Georgics and Dante - S. read Euripides'	Percy Bysshe Shelley	Euripides	[unknown]	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'read Gibbon (end of I vol) S. reads Livy'.	Percy Bysshe Shelley	Livy	[unknown]	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'read Gibbon (end of I vol) S. reads Livy'.	Mary Godwin	Edward Gibbon	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman E...	Print: Book
	1850-1899	'Read Gibbon on the revival of Greek learning'	George Eliot [pseud]	Edward Gibbon	[on revival of Greek learning]	Print: UnknownManuscript: Unknown
	1700-1799	'Read Gibbon's "Essai sur l'Etude de la Litterature": an ostentatious performance...'	Thomas Green	Edward Gibbon	Essai sur l??tude de la litt?rature	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Read Gil Blas'	Mary Shelley	Alain-Rene Lesage	Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane	Print: Book
	1800-1849	'Read Gildon's "Essay", prefixed to Shakespear's poems, in which he largely discuses Dramatic Poetry...'	Thomas Green	Charles Gildon	"An Essay" in Works of Shakespeare	Print: Book

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