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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'Mme de Simiane's letters are worth reading, but in hers one perceives the contrast of the 'bel esprit' of the Province and one of the Capital.'Jessie Sismondi Simiane[unknown]
1800-1849'... I was too severe on Newman ... There are many striking, wise and good things in the first part of his book, so that the latter falls on you with the shock of a sh...Jessie Sismondi Francis William NewmanThe SoulPrint: Book
1800-1849'...what do you think Mitford's 'Greece' has made me begin, the 'Iliad' by Cowper which we were talking of.' Charles Darwin Homer The IliadPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am also reading an English translation of Mme de Sevigne and like it very much.'Charles Darwin Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SévignéLetters of Madame de Sevigne to her daughter and h...Print: Book
1800-1849'On the 17 February, 1856, ''Finished Guy Mannering'' was entered in her diary. This means my father finished reading it aloud to us. These evening readings to the childr...Charles Darwin Walter ScottGuy ManneringPrint: Book
1800-1849'On the 17 February, 1856, ''Finished Guy Mannering'' was entered in her diary. This means my father finished reading it aloud to us. These evening readings to the childr...The Darwin familyWalter ScottGuy ManneringPrint: Book
1800-1849Diary entry, 29 August 1831 "I have been reading Dawes’s Miscellanea Critica ^all the morning and writing some of his emendations in the margin of my Callimachus. They...Elizabeth Barrett Browning Richard DawesMiscellanea CriticaPrint: Book
1800-1849'The book of my boyhood was, however, the "Pilgrim's Progress", a beautiful edition of which was given me by a paternal uncle. I used to read it from morning to night, ...John Leatherland John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1800-1849'I was also much struck with many parts of the Bible. My favourite chapters were the xv. of the 1 Ep. of Corinthians; the xi of Hebrews; Ezekiel's vision; and most of t...John Leatherland [n/a] [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'I was passionately fond of poetry, being led to its study by accidentally meeting with Milton's minor poems, when about fourteen years of age. Though so young, I was i...John Leatherland John MiltonComusPrint: Book
1800-1849'Speaking of the Quarterly Review, a "stray number" of which was a prize I once found on the counter of a grocer, and which I rescued from the ignominious fate of being...John Leatherland [n/a] [n/a]Quarterly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849Began Holcroft's Memoirs - his description of the life of a New-market boy very curious and interesting - I wish every literary man would write his own memoirsThomas Moore Thomas HolcroftMemoirs of the late Thomas Holcroft, written by hi...Print: Book
1800-1849Looked over the notes Mrs. Lefanu had written on Watkin's life of her brother - little in them - chiefly about her father's respectability etc. etc. which, though very in...Thomas Moore John WatkinsMemoirs of the Public and Private Life of the Righ...Print: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot Walter ScottThe Lady of the LakePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot William ShakespeareKing JohnPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot William ShakespeareRichard IIPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot William Shakespeare1 Henry IVPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot William Shakespeare2 Henry IVPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just finished the Lady of the Lake. – I read all the notes. I have also read these plays of Shakespeare. John. Richard 2d. Henry 4th & I am now reading Henr...William Henry Fox Talbot William ShakespeareHenry VPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday. rose at 8, O'Clock, came to Po [Agnes Porter, governess], turned the Hour Glass and played with it.- read my Journal of Sepr 5, 1805, that you wrote for ...William Henry Fox Talbot John AikinEvenings at Home, Or, the Juvenile Budget OpenedPrint: Book


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