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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Hillsborough”: 24 Jan 1940 R. H. Robson in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read & approved.
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7. Two one act plays were then...		Reginald H. Robson Gertrude E. JenningsFive Birds in a CagePrint: Book
1500-1599'after, I walked a while, and read of Babington, and then went to supper'Margaret Hoby Gervase Babington[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'I've had [underlined] one [end underlining] violent set-too with Douglas on the subject of Gertrude Stein. He said her work was "purest bosh" & thought it "a shame" that...Douglas Cole Getrude Stein[art criticism]Print: Book
1900-1945Except Shakespeare, who grew from childhood as part of myself, nearly every classic has come with this same shock of almost intolerable enthusiasm: Virgil, Sophocle...Freya Stark Giacomo Leopardi[unknown]Print: Unknown
1700-1799Robert Southey to Joseph Cottle, 14 December 1797: 'Your parcel & its contents arrived safe. I found it on my return from a library belonging to the dissenters — in Re...Robert Southey Giacomo Filippo Foresti da BergamoDe Claris MulieribusPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Pryce Gordon, [?June 1816]: '... I cannot tell you what a treat your gift of Casti has been to me; I have almost got him by heart. I had read his "Animali Parla...George Gordon Lord Byron Giambattista CastiNovelle AmorosePrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Pryce Gordon, [?June 1816]: '... I cannot tell you what a treat your gift of Casti has been to me; I have almost got him by heart. I had read his "Animali Parla...George Gordon Lord Byron Giambattista CastiAnimali ParlantePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just begun the Adone - & like it' [letter to Maria Gisborne]Mary Shelley Giambattista MarinoL'AdonePrint: Book
1800-1849'I have just been reading a second time Dr. Mantell's 'Medals of Creation', and do so admire the spirit in which it is written exceedingly; this, and his 'Wonders of Ge...Eliza Ellis Gideon Algernon MantellThe Medals of Creation; or, First Lessons in Geolo...Print: Book
1800-1849'I have just been reading a second time Dr. Mantell's 'Medals of Creation', and do so admire the spirit in which it is written exceedingly; this, and his 'Wonders of Ge...Eliza Ellis Gideon Algernon MantellThe Wonders of Geology; or, a Familiar Exposition ...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Gilbert BurnetThe History of the Reformation of the Church of EnPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge Gilbert BurnetThe Life of William BedellPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Feb 1899' on flyleaf. Some marginalia in English and French on the following pages: 38, 47, 54, 65.Vernon Lee Gilbert BalletLe langage interieur, et les diverse formes de l'a...Print: Book
1700-1799[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Gilbert BurnetHistory of His Own TimePrint: Book
1700-1799'In the afternoon and even read part of Burnet's "History of the Reformation" which I esteem a very impartial history, as the author has everywhere treated his subject wi...Thomas Turner Gilbert BurnetThe history of the reformation of the Church of En...Print: Book
1800-1849'Much of it [ie. ?the daily instruction I received?] consisted in the books I read by myself, and my father?s discourses to me, chiefly during our walks. From 1810 to the...John Stuart Mill Gilbert BurnetHistory of my Own TimePrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge Gilbert BurnetThe Memoires of the Lives and Actions of James and...Print: Book
1700-1799'On Thursday, April 8, I sat a good part of the evening with him, but he was very silent. He said, "Burnet's 'History of his own Times' is very entertaining. The style, i...Samuel Johnson Gilbert BurnetHistory of My Own TimePrint: Book
1700-1799'Talking of Rochester's Poems, he said, he had given them to Mr. Steevens to castrate for the edition of the poets, to which he was to write Prefaces. Dr. Taylor (the onl...James Boswell Gilbert BurnetSome passages of the life and death of the Right H...Print: Book
1700-1799'Talking of Rochester's Poems, he said, he had given them to Mr. Steevens to castrate for the edition of the poets, to which he was to write Prefaces. Dr. Taylor (the onl...Samuel Johnson Gilbert BurnetSome passages of the life and death of the Right H...Print: Book


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