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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'I have been frightened from taking up Hannah More's last book which Fanny lent me, by the dread that it would more than ever convince me what a worthless wretch I am wit...Sarah H. Burney Hannah MorePractical PietyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Brought Wolstonecraft's "View of the French Revolution", from the Chapel Library, for Miss Haynes to read. Read in Miss Hannah More's "Sacred Drama", David & Goliath, I ...Joseph Hunter Hannah MoreSacred Dramas: Chiefly intended for Young PersonsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'We might mention the Rambler, the Guardian, and Shakespeare, as her favourites among older writers; and, among modern works, Hannah More's writings, memorials of a Depar...Mary Birch Hannah MoreMemorials of a Departed friend, Private Life and oPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Hannah More's "Practical piety" is a very useful book I think, perhaps you have read it if you think of any [underlined] you wish me to read my dear Susan please to ...Elizabeth Marshall Hannah MorePractical pietyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I have been frightened from taking up Hannah More's last book which fanny lent me, by the dread that it would more than ever convince me what a worthless wretch I am wit...Sarah Harriet Burney Hannah MorePractical PietyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am also reading with great veneration, but some degree of despondency, Practical Piety. The Chapter on "Comparatively small Faults and Virtues" merits to be written in...Sarah Harriet Burney Hannah MorePractical PietyPrint: Book
1800-1849'I meant to inform you, that besides those books already mentioned, I sent for Bishop Horne's Sermons, 4 vols. Carr's Sermons, Blairs Sermons, 5vols. Scott's Christian Li...James Lackington Hannah MoreWorksPrint: Book
1700-1799'Miss Hannah More has admirably described a [italics] Blue-stocking Club [end italics], in her "Bas Bleu", a poem in which many of the persons who were most conspicuous t...James Boswell Hannah MoreBas Bleu; or ConversationPrint: Unknown
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. 'Mrs Hannah More says in her "Essay on Saint Paul," that he had the loftiness of Isaiah, the devotion of David, ...C.M.G. [anon] Hannah MoreEssay on Saint PaulUnknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of lines by Hannah More (“Mrs H. More”) beginning “Since trifles make the sum of human things”.Catherine Austen Hannah MoreSensibilityUnknown
1800-1849
1850-1899		From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of '“A Search after Happiness H. More” beginning “Expect not perfect happiness below…’Catherine Austen Hannah MoreA Search after HappinessUnknown
1900-1945'It's funny isn't it. Looks as if they want to get him out of the way. He's a bit too forward looking for them I think. And he's been giving one or two straight talks w...Hannen SwafferunknownPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Rudie inspired in all his children a love of literature, reading aloud to them from his own favourites, the great Victorians, particularly Dickens, and helping them to c...Rosamond Lehmann Hans Andersen[fairy tales]Print: Book
1900-1945'I could begin to read one of the books that had been given to me ... and lose myself in another world. [Followed by a list of the books enjoyed].'Eileen Lawrence Hans AndersenHans Andersen's Fairy Tales
1800-1849William Wordsworth to Hans Busk, 6 July 1819: 'Dear Sir, Your writings are not to be hurried over; this must plead my excuse for not having thanked you earlier for the "V...William Wordsworth Hans BuskVestriad, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945Some marginal annotation in pencil in English throughout the volume, and summary notes on the inside front cover.Vernon Lee Hans DrieschThe History & Theory of VitalismPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wet all day. Read Andersen's tales. There is a strange mingling of false sentiment - unchildlike - with their delicate fancy and wit; too much of rosebowers and crystal ...John Ruskin Hans Christen Andersen[tales]Print: Book
1850-1899[Permitted Sunday reading for the children of the family].Mary Vivian (Molly) Hughes Hans Christian AndersenTalesPrint: Book
1850-1899Letter H53, January 1857 "But I think if you read Anderson carefully, you will feel how pointed, neat and concise he is in comparison. How unexpected also are most of hi...John Ruskin Hans Christian AndersenFairy legends and TalesPrint: Book
1850-1899'One of the daughters of Florence Barclay, a writer of popular fiction ... recounts how her mother used, in the 1880s, to read aloud to them a great deal: Hans Andersen's...Florence Barclay Hans Christian AndersenFairy TalesPrint: Book


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