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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'On Parting' 'The kiss, dear maid! Thy lip has left, /...'Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronChilde Harold's Pilgrimage OR 'On Parting'Unknown
1800-1849'On being asked what was the "Origin of Love"' 'The "Origin of Love!" - Ah Why That Cruel question ask of Me.'Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronOn Being Asked What Was The "Origin of Love"Unknown
1800-1849'Sonnet on Chillon "Eternal spirit of the Chainless Mind!, ..."'Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronSonnet on ChillonUnknown
1800-1849'Why should my anxious heart repine, ... Byron-1807' [three stanzas first published in Moore's 'Life', 1830]Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronL'Amitie Est L'Amour Sans AilesUnknown
1800-1849'It is the voice of the years that are gone! They roll before me with all their deeds. Ossian! Newstead! Fast falling, once resplendent dome!/...' 'Elegy on Newstead Abb...Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronElegy on Newstead AbbeyUnknown
1800-1849'If that high World If that high World which has beyond...'Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron'If That High World' OR Hebrew MelodiesUnknown
1800-1849'On leaving Newstead Abbey ... >From Newstead Sept 9th 1830'Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronElegy on NewsteadUnknown
1800-1849'I would I were a careless child, ...' 'Early Poems'Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronStanzasUnknown
1800-1849'Oh! Snatched away in Beauty's bloom...'Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronOh! Snatched Away In Beauty's BloomUnknown
1800-1849Extract from Byron's Monody on the Death of SheridanBowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronMonody on the Death of the Right Hon. R.B. Sherida...Unknown
1800-1849'Voice of the Second Spirit' 'Mont Blanc is the Monarch of mountains, ...' 'Manfred'Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronManfred: A Dramatic PoemUnknown
1800-1849'Sun of the Sleepless' 'Sun of the Sleepless! Melancholy Star!...'Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronSun of the SleeplessUnknown
1800-1849'When coldness wraps this suffering clay ... Hebrew Melodies'Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronHebrew MelodiesUnknown
1800-1849'Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean - roll! ... And laid my hand upon thy mane - as I do here. 4th canto'Bowly groupGeorge Gordon, Lord ByronChilde Harold, Canto IVUnknown
1700-1799
1800-1849
'for each there had been no poet later than Byron...'Philip and Emily GosseGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron[poems]Print: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945
'Then, when I was twelve we had a really good poetry book which contained extracts from "The Excursion", part of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", "The Eve of Saint Agnes", "...Edwin Muir George Gordon, Lord ByronChilde Harold's PilgrimagePrint: Book
1900-1945'Our syllabus was large, covering at least twelve set books: two plays of Shakespeare's, two volumes of Milton and two of Keats; Chaucer, Sheridan, Lamb, Scott's "Old Mor...Norman Nicholson George Gordon, Lord Byron[poems extracts]Print: Book
1800-1849'Do not be angry with me for beginning another Letter to you. I have read the Corsair, mended my petticoat, & have nothing else to do.'Jane Austen George Gordon, Lord ByronThe CorsairPrint: Book
1800-1849'During Mr Montgomery's stay he read books from my library, and on his returning Byron's Doge of Venice.'James Montgomery George Gordon, Lord ByronDoge of VenicePrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Missing Sewell on her reading at home in the Isle of Wight, after leaving her Bath boarding school in 1830: 'I used to study by myself, for I knew that I was w...Elizabeth Sewell George Gordon, Lord ByronpoetryPrint: Book



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