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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
 
1900-1945'a friend of mine read in the paper that some people had recently left Italy for America. She says they are the Italian Royal Family and that they are getting out of I... newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'I have read how delayed demobilisation after the last war led to disaffection and mutiny among the troops: but it seems that part of the reason there was that the troops... newsPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'He now referred to two sheets of paper, which he had with him, saying that he was late (no apologies) because he had just been on the telephone with London and he'd tak... [a letter]Manuscript: Letter
1900-1945'I have very little feeling about them, especially in war-time. I used to admire what I read about them and their tidiness and efficiency and agriculture in peace time. s... newsPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849"I go on Merrily with my Greek & Latin; am very sorry that I did not begin to learn languages early in life as I find it very Easy; am now learning my Hebrew [ABC]. I rea...William Blake The New TestamentPrint: Book
1900-1945'...Naturally the Insurance Companies are feeling a bit sick and when the report is delved into, this is hardly to be wondered at. I have only read a wee bit of the repor... [Report into Insurance Companies' finances]Print: Unknown
1850-1899Elizabeth Missing Sewell, in letter of 5 June 1861 to 'My Dear _____', headed 'Bugiasta or Pagiastra, or something of the kind; but we can't quite make out where we are, ... 'Italian play'Print: Book
1850-1899Elizabeth Missing Sewell, describing travel from Pisa toward Spezzia in letter of 5 June 1861 to 'My Dear _____', headed 'Bugiasta or Pagiastra, or something of the kind;...Elizabeth Missing Sewell newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799"And tho' I call them Mine, I know that they are not Mine, being of the Same opinion with Milton when he says 'That the Muse visits his Slumbers & awakes & governs his So...William Blake Numbers 24:13Print: Book
1700-1799"I name Moses, Solomon, Esop, Homer, Plato". [Blake is referring to a selection of influential authors/characters from the Bible and classical literature]William Blake BiblePrint: Book, Unknown
1850-1899'.. there is a picture in Punch and it is a man beating a great many drums ...'Robert Louis Stevenson PunchPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'And I saw a Punch which I thought I would like so much....there was one queer picture in Mr Punch which I must tell you about'.Robert Louis Stevenson PunchPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899John Wilson Croker to John Murray jr, 14 February 1857: 'I have been so very ill as to have been unable until yesterday to look at the Raglan article in the last Quart...John Wilson Croker article on Duke of WellingtonPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-18993 April 1854: 'At Basingstoke I got The Times, where I expected to find a very violent tirade against Henry Layard [Lady Charlotte's cousin, an M.P.], but the article ...Lady Charlotte Guest report on Parliamentary speech of Henry LayardPrint: Newspaper
1850-189914 June 1854 [following account of morning spent sitting for portrait to Watts, and attending two business meetings]: 'I got a hasty luncheon and started alone for my ...Lady Charlotte Guest biography of Hartley ColeridgePrint: Book
1900-1945'Well, I think I really didn't think they were going too well really. I read the leading article in the Chronicle... they try to make things look as bright as possible, I... ChroniclePrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Yes, I read the article too. It shocked me. I think if it all had to be printed - I mean the advertisement - it was quite enough to do it in the way it was done. I don't... Daily MirrorPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945"The 'Straight from the Beach at Dunkirk' you mean? I ask you....To be quite candid I've never seen anything so ridiculous in all my life. Yesterday I read it in the pape... newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899"Do you think Job's birthday was the 29th of February 'As for that night let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into th...Robert Louis Stevenson BiblePrint: Book
1850-189922 November 1854: 'After dusk we adjourned [...] to Ivor's rooms, where I crouched by the fire, feeling chilled and poorly, and betook myself to my needlework. Ivor re...Lady Charlotte Guest, Ivor Guest, Monty Guest, Charles Schreiber report of Crimea battle [?Inkermann]Print: Newspaper


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