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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Aubrey De Vere on his first 'acquaintance' with Tennyson's Poems, Chiefly Lyrical: 'I remember most of them by heart still. Day after day my sister and I used to read ...Aubrey de Vere and sisterAlfred TennysonPoems, Chiefly LyricalPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to John Kenyon, 13 April 1842: 'I send you back the [italics]two[end italics] books with a great many thanks. 'The Tragedy will be considered prob...Elizabeth Barrett William WordsworthPoems, Chiefly of Early and Late Years; Including ...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 13 April 1842: 'Dear Mr Kenyon lent me Wordsworth's new volume two days ago -- & I have read the last line & end gratefull...Elizabeth Barrett William WordsworthPoems, Chiefly of Early and Late Years; Including ...Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		Letter H 3 - 9/2/1855 - "I will not fail to quote Mrs Browning in the book I am now about. I think more highly of her poetry than ever - she is a noble creature."John Ruskin Elizabeth Barrett BrowningPoems, including "Drama of Exile"Print: Book
1700-1799[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Edward WilliamsPoems, Lyric and PastoralPrint: Book
1800-1849‘I flatter myself the Volume [Hartley’s 1833 Poems] has sold tol lol. Dora [Wordsworth] finds great fault with its shape: a fault chargeable solely on my own bad taste ...Dora Wordsworth Hartley ColeridgePoems, Songs and SonnetsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]: substantially annotated throughout usually in the form of marks (| or *) in the text, to highlight points or sections of interest - usually points of trans...John Drummond Erskine William JonesPoeseos Asiaticae commentariorum libri sex, cum ap...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Benedetto MenziniPoesie di Benedetto Menzini Fiorentino divise in d...Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Anna Brownell Jameson, mid-December 1847: 'We are going through some of old Sacchetti's novelets now: characteristic work for Florence, ...Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning SavonarolaPoesie di Ieronimo Savonarola illustrate e pubblic...Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		[Item transcribed into a commonplace book]: [Title] 'Poesie di Ossian [by] Cartoue'; [Text] 'O tu che luminoso erri e rotundo/ ...'; [total = 37 lines]Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine [unknown]Poesie di OssianPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'The Life & Works of Oliver W. Holmes were then dealt with. John J. Cooper read an interesting biographical paper, concluding with a reading "Latter Day Warnings" for The...Mary Robson Oliver Wendell HolmesPoet at the Breakfast Table, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'poet's address to twilight / montgomery'Mary Groom James MontgomeryPoet's address to twilightUnknown
1800-1849'We have been reading the "Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo," & generally with much approbation. Nothing will please all the world, you know; but parts of it suit me better ...Jane Austen Robert SoutheyPoet's Pilgrimage to WaterlooPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 12 January 1842: 'I have won a sight of the Poetae Christiani -- but the price is ruinous -- [italics]fourteen guineas[end ita...Elizabeth Barrett Poetae Graeci Christiani, una cum Homericus Centon...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Thomas GaisfordPoetae Minores GraeciPrint: Book
1800-1849'Write - Read the Poetaster'Mary Shelley Ben JonsonPoetaster, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Juvenal this morning, and Nisard - "Poetes Latins de la Decadence" in the evening'.George Eliot [pseud] Jean Marie Napol?on D?sir NisardPoetes Latins de la DecadencePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799
1800-1849		??And which of the living poets fulfils your ideal standard of excellence?? ?Crabbe. He is all nature without pomp or parade and exhibits at times deep pathos and feel...Charles Robert Maturin George Crabbepoetic worksPrint: Book
1700-179924 Oct 1788: 'Smith's version of Longinus on the Sublime, a translation with notes and observations - is a credit to the author and reflects lustre on Longinus himself. ...Frances Hamilton Rev William SmithPoetic Works including his version of Longinus on ...Print: Book
1700-179913 Dec 1788 Another long quotation from Smith's translation: 'The Sublime is a certain force in discourse... from these three particulars joined together.' Also listed...Frances Hamilton Rev William SmithPoetic Works including his version of Longinus on ...Print: Book


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