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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
 
1900-1945'Talking of slang, the Tommies' name for England is "Blighty". This puzzled me for a bit, till I remembered one of Kipling's stories in which [italics]"Belait"[end italic...Douglas Herbert Bell Rudyard Kipling Print: Book
1900-1945'Talking of the necessity for the censoring of letters ... I find quite a number of the men writing absolute lies about the danger they go through; and their extraordinar...Gerald Achilles Burgoyne [letters of men in the Royal Irish Rifles]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'Talking of the Reviews, Johnson said, "I think them very impartial: I do not know an instance of partiality". He mentioned what had passed upon the subject of the "Month...Samuel Johnson Monthly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Talking of the Reviews, Johnson said, "I think them very impartial: I do not know an instance of partiality". He mentioned what had passed upon the subject of the "Month...Samuel Johnson Critical ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
'Talking of the wonderful concealment of the authour of the celebrated letters signed [italics] Junius [end italics]; he said, "I should have believed Burke to be Junius,...Samuel Johnson Junius [pseud.]Letters of JuniusPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Talking of Vixisse it may not be impertinent to notice that Knox (Footnote: William Knox), a young poet of considerable talent, died here a week or two since...His poeti...Walter Scott William KnoxLonely HearthUnknown
1800-1849'Talking of Vixisse it may not be impertinent to notice that Knox, a young poet of considerable talent, died here a week or two since...His poetical talent - a very fine ...Walter Scott Michael BruceElegy - Written in SpringUnknown
1850-1899'Talking of which, in Heaven's name, get the Bondage of Brandon (3 vols) by Bracebridge Hemming.'Robert Louis Stevenson Bracebridge HemyngBondage of BrandonPrint: Book
1900-1945'Taxi driver Herbert Hodge...knew that years on the dole only produced apathy, and that out of work men wanted practical help in dealing with the Board of Guardians far m...Herbert Hodge Henri-Louis Bergson Print: Book
1900-1945'Taxi driver Herbert Hodge...knew that years on the dole only produced apathy, and that out-of-work men wanted practical help in dealing with the Board of Guardians far m...Herbert Hodge Friedrich Nietzsche Print: Book
1900-1945'Taxi driver Herbert Hodge...knew that years on the dole only produced apathy, and that out-of-work men wanted practical help in dealing with the Board of Guardians far m...Herbert Hodge William McDougall Print: Book
1900-1945'Taxi driver Herbert Hodge...knew that years on the dole only produced apathy, and that out-of-work men wanted practical help in dealing with the Board of Guardians far m...Herbert Hodge Bertrand Russell Print: Book
1900-1945'Taxi driver Herbert Hodge...knew that years on the dole only produced apathy, and that out-of-work men wanted practical help in dealing with the Board of Guardians far m...Herbert Hodge New TestamentPrint: Book
1900-1945'Taxi driver Herbert Hodge...knew that years on the dole only produced apathy, and that out-of-work men wanted practical help in dealing with the Board of Guardians far m...Herbert Hodge Herbert Spencer Print: Book
1900-1945'Taxi driver Herbert Hodge...knew that years on the dole only produced apathy, and that out-of-work men wanted practical help in dealing with the Board of Guardians far m...Herbert Hodge Karl Marx Print: Book
1900-1945'Tchehov [Chekhov] makes me feel that this longing to write stories of such uneven length is quite justified. Geneva is a long story, and Hamilton is very short [...] Tc...Katherine Mansfield Anton ChekhovGenevaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tchehov [Chekhov] makes me feel that this longing to write stories of such uneven length is quite justified. Geneva is a long story, and Hamilton is very short [...] Tc...Katherine Mansfield Anton ChekhovHamiltonPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tea at the Y.M.C.A. Club. Read after tea. Rain off. Bought socks. Supper in town — bed.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tea between 9 and 10. I read aloud a little of 'The Pleasures of Hope'. Mrs Barlow [friend and lover] sat hemming one end of tablecloth and we were very cosy and comfort...Anne Lister Thomas CampbellThe Pleasures of HopePrint: Book
1900-1945'Tea in Garden[.] Went out with May to lower Heath. Finished "Lay down yr. arms" Read again Stephen [indecipherable]. Supper in garden. Hot bath.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Martha von TillingLay Down Your ArmsPrint: BookUnknown


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