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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
 
1850-1899'The Brittany game is simply “on it”. There are no two ways of that. [ref.to Note 1] Look here, my young and lovely friend, if you overwork like that, your numskull will ...Robert Louis Stevenson Sidney ColvinAt the Land's End of France.Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'The Bugle song...' 'Beattie's Tour'Bowly groupWilliam BeattieJournal of A Residence in Germany... in 1822, 1825Unknown
1900-1945'The bulletin of war news, posted up each morning outside the Kommandantur, boasted each day of the capture of countless Russian and French prisoners.' Ian Vivian Hay [bulletin of war news]Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Sheet
1850-1899'The Cape papers give extracts from the Van Diemen's Land papers, by which I find that O'Brien, Meagher, O'Donoghue, and MacManus, in the "Swift", and Martin and O'Dohert...John Mitchel [n/a][Newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'The Case of Blair V Clarson was commenced in the Supreme Court to day & from what I saw in The Herald the details are likely to satisfy the most prurient of readers'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Evening HeraldPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'The case of Maria Manning is not one which it can be in any measure satisfactory to dwell upon ... Manning requested to see the visitor who had attended her in Newgate o... [n/a]Bible (Psalms)Print: Book
1850-1899'The Catholic Prisoners had prayers and an exhortation read to them during the day.'anon prayers and exhortationPrint: Book
1800-1849'The catholics have lost their bill once more [they] shoud when one beholds the following sacred humbugs [...] From "Nugents Travels" [1768][Clare quotes list of relics q...John Clare [n/a]Stamford MercuryPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'the cause of all sin...' 'e.smith's fragments'. signed 'e.d.'Elisabeth or Eliza Duncan Miss Elizabeth SmithFragments of prose and verse: by a young ladyUnknown
1850-1899'The celebrated singer Sir Harry Lauder, when he was still a mineworker, acquired a fair knowledge of American history: "George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ranked seco...Harry Lauder [unknown][American History]Print: Book
1850-1899'The celebrated singer Sir Harry Lauder, when he was still a mineworker, acquired a fair knowledge of American history: "George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ranked seco...Harry Lauder Robert Burns[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The celebrated singer Sir Harry Lauder, when he was still a mineworker, acquired a fair knowledge of American history: "George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ranked seco...Harry Lauder Walter Scott[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'The celebrated singer Sir Harry Lauder, when he was still a mineworker, acquired a fair knowledge of American history: "George Washington and Abraham Lincoln ranked seco...Harry Lauder William M. ThayerFrom Log Cabin to White HousePrint: Book
1900-1945'The censoring here has become such an unpleasant occasion as almost to take away the joy of receiving letters — chiefest of guard-room amenities. The new officer b... [letters addressed to conscientious objectors in c...Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899'The Century in question .. the November one ... contains Howell's very good natured and sensible article about James ...'Robert Louis Stevenson William Dean Howells[Book review]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'The Change' 'And this is what is left of youth/...' [in 'Fragments' section of 1831 text]Carey/Maingay groupLaetitia LandonChangePrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'The chaplain had left me about half an hour, and I was sitting at an open window reading Livy and drinking grog, beginning, indeed, to feel myself at home in the "Tenedo...John Mitchel Livy[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'The character of the people that Ossian describes, their manners, their habits, but above all, their superstitions, are essentially poetic.'Robert Story Ossian Print: Book
1700-1799'The Characters in the modern Comedies of Puff, Snake & Spatter are quite new, & peculiar to this age I think; it is to Novels & Dramatic Representations that one owes th...Hester Lynch Thrale Richard Brinsley SheridanCritic, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'The Characters in the modern Comedies of Puff, Snake & Spatter are quite new, & peculiar to this age I think; it is to Novels & Dramatic Representations that one owes th...Hester Lynch Thrale Richard Brinsley SheridanSchool for Scandal, ThePrint: Book


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