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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'parts are eloquent & true, some too partial & self-satisfied, underrating the evil more than overrating the good, a little of it we should formerly at Christ Church have...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Thomas James'College Life'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'elaborate, striking, almost too glaring'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Henry MelvillSermon on the Doctrine of the ResurrectionPrint: Book
1800-1849'which has been rather a substantial morsel, upwards of 600 … pages, it interested me on the whole, as all matters do bearing on our colonial progress'.G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth James BackhouseA Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies Print: Book
1800-1849'It is a very clear, agreeably-written narrative and though often partial & one-sided, in a good spirit on the whole & with enlightened views'.G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Robert SoutheyThe Book of the ChurchPrint: Book
1800-1849'Though it is probably the mightiest mind ever engaged in our politics, & tho there seems to have been great elevation & principle in is views, I am struck with the very ...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Edmund BurkeunknownPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'I could not have liked a book more; the predominant feelings has been but selfish - oh, why was I not brought up under him, or as that could not be, why could Inot have ...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Arthur Penhyrn StanleyLife of Thomas ArnoldPrint: Book
1800-1849'for which I coin a word which will speak to myself, "epochable"'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Thomas Arnold Print: Book
1800-1849'it is very eloquent & I wish the Tories would promote him'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth James Shergold BooneOn the Need of Christianity to CitiesPrint: Book
1800-1849'very striking; it has his peculiar view of the identity of Church & Nation, & is very much against living exclusively in a religious church'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Thomas ArnoldunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'eminently vindictive, frequently unchristian in spirit, with scarcely any recognition of an over-ruling Providence'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth William NapierHistory of the War in the PeninsulaPrint: Book
1800-1849'it is a novel of really great power & very strong interest, rather of a painful kind, a very pure and high strain of sentiment, with now & then to much of Puseyite tende...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Georgiana FullertonEllen MiddletonPrint: Book
1800-1849'They give the picture of a consumate man, in whom the signal aptitude for detail does not detract from, but adds largely to the impression of his even & capacious greatn...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Arthur Wellesley, Duke of WellingtonDespatches of the Duke of WellingtonPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'It bears marks of being written by an English Tory High Churchman, the last very abundantly, but there is much in it very striking & elevating. Above all it holds an ade...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Samuel WilberforceA History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Am...Print: Book
1800-1849'It is clear to me that mesmerism is not to be poo-pood, but diligently & reverently investigated'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Harriet Martineau2nd and 3rd Letters on MesmerismPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'We have been extremely interested & amused, I think there is more power in the story, & perhaps more vigor in the characters than in any of the others, rather an increas...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Charles DickensMartin ChuzzlewitPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'Which has indeed very much of good thought & happy expression & confirms the feeling of satisfaction that he in any way belonged to me'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Arthur HelpsThe Claims of LabourPrint: Book
1800-1849'full of his living wit & wisdom, & not without some of his flippancy on solemn themes, however there is so much of manly justice in the whole argument that I could only ...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Sydney SmithA Fragment on the Irish Roman ChurchManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'we have been much pleased with it… it is clear, well put together, skillfully developed, & the argument for a complete change of ecclesiastical policy comes out all but ...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Charles GrevillePast and Present Policy of England Towards IslandPrint: Book
1800-1849'which has much that is able, startling, striking; it is said not be be accurate in its details, & it obviously strikes out often at random, his account of creation does ...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Robert ChambersVestiges of the Natural History of CreationPrint: Book
1800-1849'which I have encountered trying to think that it is curious to see what he has to say about the Jesuits, to excuse the frivolity'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Eugene SueLe Juif ErrantPrint: Unknown



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