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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
 
1800-1849'We had a large meeting at one of the pasteurs at Aix en Provance the few Protestants there and their Pastor requested me to have a reading with them, which we had, but i...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'At Nismes we found a large party at one of the Pasteurs, where we had some further conversation on District Societies, Prisons, etc and ended with a Scripture reading'Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'I also had a serious reading of the Holy Scriptures with many English, who came to see us at our hotel, and a time of prayer'Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'We were sent for to visit Prince and Princess Charles and their children and paid them an agreeable and I hope not unprofitable visit. The Crown Prince and Princess sent...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'I had then to enter a drawing room full of company to receive numbers of foreigners, and our ambassador Lord William Russell, and many others in and out. After some went...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'In the evening we had a very large party to our reading and worship. I should think nearly a hundred persons ... we had a very solemn time after our reading in the morni...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia in Keats's annotated copy of "Paradise Lost", Book 4, lines 1-5] Keats underlines the lines: "O for that warning voice, which he who saw/ The Apocalypse heard...John Keats John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia in Keats's annotated copy of "Paradise Lost", Book 4, lines 268-72] Keats underlines the lines: "Not that fair field/ Of Enna, where Proserpin gathering flowe...John Keats John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia in Keats's annotated copy of "Paradise Lost", Book 6, lines 58-9] Keats underlines "reluctant flames, the sign/ Of wrath awaked", and writes '"Reluctant" with...John Keats John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia in Keats's annotated copy of "Paradise Lost", Book 7, lines 420-34] Keats underlines the phrase "With clang despised the ground, under a cloud/ In prospect." ...John Keats John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia in Keats's annotated copy of "Paradise Lost", Book 9, 41-7]: 'Had not Shakespeare liv'd?'John Keats John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia in Keats's annotated copy of "Paradise Lost", Book 9, 179-91]. Keats underlines the whole passage, excluding "where soonest he might find /the serpent", and w...John Keats John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1800-1849From Frederick Locker-Lampson's recollections of Tennyson: 'Rogers used often to read to him passages of his writings, and to consult him about the notes to his Italy....Samuel Rogers Samuel Rogers Unknown
1800-1849Daily entry in journal, reads the Scriptures to the female convicts on board the 'Cadet' every morning and evening.R.W. Gibbs [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Thurs 16 November 1848: 'Visited an invalid in hospital, conversed with her on her everlasting concern, read and expounded portions of Scripture applicable to her state o...R.W. Gibbs [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Mon 20 November 1848: 'After service conversed with Ellen Hinds and Anne Wheatcroft who appeared truly contrite, read a portion of Scripture, concluded with prayer'R.W. Gibbs [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Tues 21 November 1848: 'After service conversed apart with Anne Wheatcroft who indicated a very favourable state of mind - read and expounded a portion of Scripture suita...R.W. Gibbs [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-184927 Nov 1848 to 17 Apr 1849: visits the inmates in ship hospital to read Scriptures to them every morning.R.W. Gibbs [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Tues 27 Mar 1849 - Sat 31 Mar 1849: chaplain had accident on board ship, Matron reads Scriptures to convicts every morning and evening [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Fri 19 Jan 1849: 'After service instructed a class of Bible readers - improving much'female convicts [n/a]BiblePrint: Book


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