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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
 
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 2 November 1832: 'I have read, since I spoke to you last about my Greek reading, the last line of the last ode of Pindar, & ha...Elizabeth Barrett AlcestisPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 2 November 1832: 'I have read, since I spoke to you last about my Greek reading, the last line of the last ode of Pindar, & ha...Elizabeth Barrett TroadesPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 2 November 1832: 'I have read, since I spoke to you last about my Greek reading, the last line of the last ode of Pindar, & ha...Elizabeth Barrett Biblia HebraicaPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 31 December 1832: 'I have had my hands & head full of a book called the Greek Theatre, composed in part of extracts, & edit...Elizabeth Barrett The Theatre of the GreeksPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Julia Martin, 7 September 1833: 'Dr Clarke's doctrines are not always & altogether and strictly Scriptural; but on all essential doctrines, he i...Elizabeth Barrett An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary ...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, c.September 1835: 'I have been reading the Bridgewater treatises, -- and am now trying to understand Prout upon chemistry.' Elizabeth Barrett Bridgewater TreatisesPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, ?24 August 1836: 'You have not read all Tennyson's poems -- neither have I -- but did you see his "mermaid" at the end of ...Elizabeth Barrett 'Saunders & Ottley's catalogue of new publications...Print: Advertisement, Unknown, catalogue
1800-1849Mary Russell Mitford to Elzabeth Barrett, 13 October 1836: 'I have just read your delightful ballad. My earliest book was "Percy's Reliques," the delight of my chil...Mary Russell Mitford 'old English [i.e. Renaissance] drama'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrrett to Lady Margaret Cocks, 19 August 1837: 'I have seen in the papers, the death of a beloved friend of yours, & of one for whom I myself had a true ...Elizabeth Barrett death notice for Harriet Baker (d.17 August)Print: Newspaper
1800-1849'I have tried to follow your advice about the Bible, what part of the Bible do you like best? I like the Gospels. Do you know which of them is generally reckoned the best...Charles Darwin BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849[Reading list by Mary Shelley of Percy Shelley's reading in 1820. All texts are mentioned in journal entries so do not receive separate entries based on this list] 'Sh...Percy Bysshe Shelley New TestamentPrint: Book
1800-1849[Mary Shelley's reading list for 1820, with texts also read by Percy Shelley marked with an x. Only texts not mentioned in the journal are given separate entries based on...Percy Bysshe Shelley Encyclopaedia BritannicaPrint: Book
1800-1849Lord Stanley to John Wilson Croker, 22 March 1851: 'There is at the moment an utter break up of all parties, except the Protectionists, who are, I hope, notwithstandin...Lord Stanley The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, c.26 February 1838: 'I saw the following advertisement in the Athenaeum of Saturday, & believing that it may interest you, do no...Elizabeth Barrett advertisement for rare antique BiblePrint: Advertisement, Serial / periodical
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 30 October 1838: 'I did not receive Finden immediately. I had desired Papa to unpack & take possession of it -- because I ...Elizabeth Barrett Findens' Tableaux of the Affections: A Series of P...Print: Book
1800-1849'Nobody could possibly be better fitted out in every respect for collecting than I am: many cooks have not spoiled the broth this time; Mr Brownes little hints about micr...Charles Darwin La Dictionnaire ClassiquePrint: Book
1800-1849Robert Browning to Euphrasia Fanny Haworth, 16 September 1839: 'Wish "Paracelsus" luck, by the way, at the Great St Leger -- for he, a horse, starts, I see by this m...Robert Browning racing programmePrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 15 January 1840: '[Mary Hunter] was brought up a dissenter among dissenters, & amused herself one day when she & I were to...Mary Hunter Church of England catechismPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am now reading the Oxford Report.'Charles Darwin The Report of the second meeting of the British As...Print: Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 29 January 1840: '[Dr Scully (physician attending Barrett)] brought me a book last week, a catalogue raisonne of Dr Parr's Libra...Elizabeth Barrett Catalogue of library of Samuel ParrPrint: Book


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