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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
 
1850-1899'Read piece of St John. "Before Abraham was, I am." The closing verse - "passing through the midst of them" - in its vacant stupidity is a mere trial of faith.'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (John)Print: Book
1850-1899'Read pieces of the story of Jehoram and Ahaziah, the two sons of Ahab. Note that II Kings I. 17 would be entirely wrong unless explained by side note. See chap. III. 7 a...John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Kings)Print: Book
1850-1899'Read Plato's Republic, in various parts... In the evening I read Nisard, and Littre on Comte'George Eliot [pseud] PlatoRepublicPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Plato's Republic, in various parts... In the evening I read Nisard, and Littre on Comte'George Eliot [pseud] Emile Littre[on Comte]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Pliny - transcribe - read Clarke's travels - Shelley writes and reads Apuleius and Spencer in the evening'.Percy Bysshe Shelley ApuleiusMetamorphoses; or, The Golden AssPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Pliny - transcribe - read Clarke's travels - Shelley writes and reads Apuleius and Spencer in the evening'.Mary Shelley Edward Daniel ClarkeTravels in various countries of Europe, Asia and A...Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Pliny - work - Shelley read[s] Hist. French Revolution.'Mary Shelley Pliny[Letters]Print: Book
1800-1849'Read Pliny - work - Shelley read[s] Hist. French Revolution.'Percy Bysshe Shelley [unknown][History of the French Revolution]Print: Book
1800-1849'read Pliny and Clarkes travels - Shelley writes his poem [The Revolt of Islam] - reads Hist. of Fr. Rev. and Spencer aloud in the evening'.Mary Shelley Edward Daniel ClarkeTravels in various countries of Europe, Asia and A...Print: Book
1800-1849'read Pliny and walk. S. reads a canto of Spencer'Percy Bysshe Shelley Edmund SpenserFaerie Queene, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Pliny.'Mary Shelley Pliny[Letters]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read Politian's Lamia'George Eliot [pseud] PolizianoLamiaPrint: Book
1800-1849'read Political Justice & the empire of the Nairs'.Mary Godwin James Henry LawrenceEmpire of the Nairs; or, The Rights of Women, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Political Justice.'Mary Shelley William GodwinEnquiry Concerning... Political Justice, AnPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Pope's five "Ethic Epistles" or "Moral Essays". There is an occasional pertness and flippancy in them, not to my taste...'Thomas Green Alexander PopeMoral EpistlesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Pope's Homer - finish it - read Paul et Virginie'Mary Shelley Bernardin de St PierrePaul et VirginiePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Pope's Homer - finish it - read Paul et Virginie'Mary Shelley Alexander PopeIliad of Homer / Odyssey of HomerPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read portions if Sir Rd Phillip's "Tour" and Journal.'John Cole Richard PhillipsTourPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read portions if Sir Rd Phillip's "Tour" and Journal.'John Cole Richard PhillipsJournalPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read portions if Sir Rd Phillip's "Tour".'John Cole Richard PhillipsTourPrint: Book


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