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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
 
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1850-1899
[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: Title = 'Strangers by Lord Byron'; Text = 'When coldness wraps this suffering clay/ Ah! whither strays the immortal mind?/ It ...Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine George Gordon, Lord ByronWhen coldness wraps this suffering clayPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'I read his own [Byron's] memoirs before Murray burnt them.'Lady Caroline Lamb George Gordon, Lord Byron[Memoirs]Unknown
1800-1849'Dear Lord Byron? I must thank you for yr. Poem you have sent me I [this word is illegible] not say how good I think it is [?]'Lady Sarah Jersey George Gordon, Lord Byron[poem]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'I received the Books, & among them the Bride of Abydos. It is very, very beautiful.'George Canning George Gordon, Lord ByronThe Bride of AbydosPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Sometime about the twenty first year of my age I perceived the great advantage possessed by those who received a classical education. I had read Byron's "Childe Harold"...Robert White George Gordon, Lord ByronChilde Harold: A Romaunt, Canto IVPrint: Book
1850-1899'She was shocked by some of the hero's adventures but more often thrilled. Laura learned quite a lot by reading "Don Juan".'Flora Thompson George Gordon, Lord ByronDon JuanPrint: Book
1800-1849'On a Gold Heart Which Was broken' 'Ill fated heart and can it be/...' [transcript changes the gender of the speaker]Carey/Maingay groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronOn A Cornelian Heart Which Was BrokenPrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'On the Destruction of Semnacherib/ By Byron'Julia George Gordon, Lord ByronThe Destruction of SennacheribPrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'Modern Greece/ From the Bride of Abydos' 'Know ye the land where the cypress & myrtle/...' [canto one, stanza one (only) of Bride of Abydos: A Turkish Tale]Carey/Maingay groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronThe Bride of Abydos OR 'Modern Greece'Print: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'To a Lady Weeping "Weep, daughter of a royal line..."'George or Edward Carey George Gordon, Lord Byron'To A Lady Weeping'Print: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'From Byron' 'The Chain I Gave Was Fair to View.../'Julia George Gordon, Lord ByronFrom the Turkish [The Chain I Gave]Print: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'On being asked what was the "Origin of Love"' 'The "Origin of Love! - ah why/That question cruel ask of me/...' [minor differences from the original]Edward or George Carey George Gordon, Lord ByronOn Being Asked What Was the "Origin of Love"Print: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'A Fragment' 'When to their airy hall... [printed first line 'When, to their...] 'Byron'Carey/Maingay groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronA FragmentPrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'Friendship' 'O yes I will own we were dear to one another/...' [Oh! Yes, I will own we were dear to each other/...' - Byron's original text]Margaret Maingay [?] George Gordon, Lord ByronTo [George, Earl Delawarr]Print: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'Farewell' 'Farewell! If ever fondest prayer/...' [Some differences in punctuation from Byron's text]Carey/Maingay groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronFarewell! If Ever Fondest PrayerPrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'The Tear' 'When Friendship or Love' [Epigraph from Gray, not transcribed]Carey/Maingay groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronThe TearPrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'Impromptu, in Reply to a Friend' 'When from the heart where sorrow sits/...'Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronChilde Harold's Pilgrimage OR 'Impromptu, In ReplyUnknown
1800-1849'On A Cornelian Heart Which Was Broken' [transcript entire poem]Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron'On A Cornelian Heart' OR Childe Harold's PilgrimaUnknown
1800-1849'On A Cornelian Heart Which Was Broken' [transcript entire poem]Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronChilde Harold's Pilgrimage OR 'Written Beneath...'Unknown
1800-1849'From the Portuguese' 'In moments to delight devoted/...'Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronChilde Harold's PilgrimageUnknown



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