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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
 
1700-1799"On 21 Sept 1798, Klopstock read to W[ordsworth] and C[oleridge] 'some passages from his odes in which he has adopted the latin measures' (Wordsworth, Prose Works vol. 1...Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock[odes]Unknown
1800-1849'It is the rainy evening of a dull day which I have spent in reading a little of Klopstock's Messiah (for the man Jardine, who broke his engagement); and in looking over ...Thomas Carlyle Friedrich Gottlieb KlopstockMessiahPrint: Book
1800-1849'Charles Shaw's dependance upon a small Sunday school library in Tunstall [...] imparted a magnificent if involuntary scope to his education: '"I read "Robinson Crusoe...Charles Shaw Friedrich Gottlieb KlopstockThe MessiahPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 28 November 1763:] 'Shall I send your subscription copy of the Messiah, or keep it till you come? I admire many things in it ext...Catherine Talbot Friedrich Gottlieb KlopstockMessiahPrint: Book
1850-1899'The weather continues disagreeable and the streets dirty. Read Jacobi's Briefe uber Spinoza.'George Eliot [pseud] Friedrich Heinrich JacobiBriefe Uber SpinozaPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Friedrich Heinrich JacobiVeber die Lehre des Spinoza in Briefen an den HerrPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Friedrich Heinrich JacobiVeber die Lehre des Spinoza in Briefen an den Herr...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Friedrich Heinrich JacobiVeber die Lehre des Spinoza in Briefen an den Herr...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Friedrich Heinrich JacobiWerke (Vol I-III [of 6])Print: Book
1800-1849'Greek - Sintram - S. not well'Mary Shelley Friedrich Heinrich KarlSintram und seine GefahrtenPrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday May [...] 27th. [...] After dinner read Die Cypressenkranze de la Baronne la Motte Fouque.'Claire Clairmont Friedrich Heinrich Karl Baron de la Motte FouqueDie CypressenkranzePrint: Book
1800-1849'Wednesday Jany 10th. [...] Read Sintram by Baron de la Motte Fouque.'Claire Clairmont Friedrich Heinrich Karl Baron de la Motte-FouqueSintram and his Companions: A RomancePrint: Book
1800-1849'Do you know Doven's and Hagen's Hist. of German Poetry? I have seen it in the Edinr College Library, but read only a few pages of it.' Thomas Carlyle Friedrich Henrich von der HagenLiterarischer Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutsch...Print: BookUnknown
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Friedrich Ludwig Von HardenbergNovalis Schriften (Vol I of 2)Print: Book
1800-1849'Friday October [...] 28th. [...] After dinner read a little of Werner's Templers with M. G[ambs]. but not much for I am very stupid with a bad head-ach [previous day's...Claire Clairmont Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias WernerDie Templer auf CypernPrint: Book
1850-1899'Having finished Spencer's Sociology we began Max Muller's Lectures on the Science of Language'.George Eliot and John CrossFriedrich Max MullerLectures on the Science of LanguagePrint: Book
1800-1849'Friday Jany 28th. Rainy -- Read Irish Pamphlet & Travels before the Flood -- Also two chapters in Schlegel's Dramactic [sic] Criticism'.Claire Clairmont Friedrich Maximilian von KlingerTravels Before the Flood. An Interesting Oriental...Print: Book
1800-1849'Saturday Feb. 5th. [...] Read Paine's Letter to the Abbe Raynal. Read Travels before the Flood which I like much [makes detailed notes on this text].'Claire Clairmont Friedrich Maximilian von KlingerTravels before the Flood. An Interesting Oriental...Print: Book
1800-1849'Monday Feb. 7th. [...] Read and finish Paine's Letter to the Abbe Raynal the feeling of this letter I admire exceedingly -- it is truly cosmopolitan -- Finish the travel...Claire Clairmont Friedrich Maximilian von KlingerTravels before the Flood. An Interesting Oriental...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Travels before the flood'Mary Shelley Friedrich Maximilian von KlingerReisen vor der SundfluthPrint: Book



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