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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
 
1900-1945Meeting held at Ashton Lodge July 10th 1930
H. M. Wallis in the chair
Min 1. Minutes of last meeting approved
[...]
5 The subject of John Masefield...		George Burrow George Burrow[an account of the life of John Masefield]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Reckitt House Feb 27 1931
R. H. Robson in the chair
1. Minutes of last approved
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6 The subject of the evening Persian Art wa...		George Burrow George Burrow[An account of the Persian Art Exhibition]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at 70, Northcourt Avenue: 2. VI. 31 Charles E. Stansfield in the chair 1. Minutes of last approved [...] 7. The subject of the Sitwells was introduced b...George Burrow George Burrow[an introduction to the topic of the Sitwells]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue 19.2.32
S. A. Reynolds in the Chair
1. On the minutes of last meeting read, R. H. Robson declared that he had not ...		George Burrow George Burrow[A short sketch of Henrik Ibsen's life]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House, L[eighton]. P[ark].: 18. i. 33.
    Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read and approved...		Edgar Castle George Burrow[Notes on the literature of 1580 - 1590]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Began Campbell's "Rhetoric"...'Thomas Green George CampbellThe Philosophy of RhetoricPrint: Book
1850-1899'I somehow could not think the gulph so impassable and read him some notes on the Duke of Argyll.'Robert Louis Stevenson George Campbell, 8th Duke of ArgyllThe Reign of LawPrint: Book
1800-1849'Lines on the Death of the Hon. G.C. Canning' 'Though short thy span of Heaven's unimpeached decrees...'Beanlands groupGeorge CanningEpitaph: George Charles CanningUnknown
1800-1849'My astonishment was very great at readind Canning's challenge to the anonymous pamphleteer. If it were the first proof of the kind it would be sufficient to create a gen...Sydney Smith George Canning[Canning's letter to newspapers attavking an anony...Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'He read — Sterne, Sydney Smith's letters, Canning's speeches, and two thrillers: A. E. W. Mason's Konigsmarch and Michael Innes's Lament for a Maker ...'John Buchan George Canning[Speeches]Print: Book
1800-1849'C[oleridge] read ... [George Carleton, Memoirs] in April [1809] ... 'Samuel Taylor Coleridge George CarletonMemoirs of Captain George Carleton, ThePrint: Book
1600-1699'And there finding them all at church, and thinking they dined as usual at Stepny, I turned back, having a good book in my hand (the Life of Cardinal Wolsey, wrote by his...Samuel Pepys George CavendishThe life and death of Thomas Woolsey, Cardinal ......Print: Book
1600-1699'and so home and to supper. And after reading part of "Bussy D'Ambois", a good play I bought today - to bed.'Samuel Pepys George ChapmanBussy D'AmboisPrint: Book
1850-1899'If your old contributors had to yield the pas to such writers only as the author of the "Battle of Dorking" we should have little to complain of. It is wonderfully fine...Margaret Oliphant George ChesneyBattle of DorkingPrint: Book
1700-1799'He recommended Dr. Cheyne's books. I said, I thought Cheyne had been reckoned whimsical. "So he was, (said he,) in some things; but there is no end of objections. There ...Samuel Johnson George CheyneEnglish Malady, The: or, A Treatise of Nervous Dis...Print: Book
1700-1799'He recommended Dr. Cheyne's books. I said, I thought Cheyne had been reckoned whimsical. "So he was, (said he,) in some things; but there is no end of objections. There ...Samuel Johnson George CheyneEssay on Health and Long LifePrint: Book
1700-1799'[Boswell having complained that he was suffering from melancholy, Johnson wrote] 'Read Cheyne's "English Malady"; but do not let him teach you a foolish notion that mela...Samuel Johnson George CheyneEnglish Malady, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Spent a good deal of to day in reading "The Heir at Law" a Comedy proposed to be played by the Garrick Club. I have expressed an opinion that it is very suitable.'John Buckley Castieau George ColemanThe Heir at LawPrint: Book
1850-1899'Went home with Messrs Reed & then got back to my quarters. Studied a little of my part in the Heir at Law, saw all was right in the Gaol & then went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau George ColemanHeir at LawPrint: Book
1850-1899'Called upon Nield in the evening and after a walk we came to my quarters and read the Parts we have in The Heir at Law.'John Buckley Castieau George ColemanThe Heir at LawPrint: Book


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