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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'The first review of "Seeds in the Wind" came along today - "The Glasgow Evening News" - Power may have done it. Overpraised - but some truth too in it: certainly a good ...William Soutar [n/a]Glasgow Evening NewsPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'The first scene is the Lamentation of Sampson [sic] which possesses much pathos of sublimity ... I think this is beautiful... 'Alfred Tennyson John MiltonSamson AgonistesPrint: Book
1900-1945'The first section of my own manuscript is copied out now and has given useful information, such as the date of the restoration and final ruin, in A.D. 1298, of al-...Ali Qadhi of Shibam Habib Ahmed[untitled commonplace book]Manuscript: Codex, Arabic commonplace book
1800-1849'The first thing which struck me in your essays was the exact accordance between your printed and epistolary style. Are you aware how very little the idea of writing of ...Eleanor Anne Franklin Mary Russell MitfordOur Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scene...Print: Book
1800-1849'The first volume of "Lord Byron's Life and Letters," published on the 1st of January, 1830, was read with enthusiasm, and met with a very favourable reception. Moore say...Anne Isabella Lady Byron Thomas MooreLife of ByronPrint: Book
1850-1899'The first volume of Symond's "Studies of the Greek Poets", issued in 1873, was "perpetually" in Wilde's "hands" at Trinity [Dublin]. The second volume came out in 1876, ...Oscar Wilde John Addington SymondsStudies of the Greek Poets, vols 1 and 2Print: Book
1850-1899'The first words of Conrad's first book ["Almayer's Folly"] were pencilled on the fly-leaves and margins of "Madame Bovary".'Joseph Conrad Gustave FlaubertMadame BovaryPrint: Book
1800-1849'The following advertisement is from the "Observer" of Sunday May 22 1825. "Just published the speech of his Royal Highness the Duke of York in the house of Lords the 25 ...John Clare [n/a]The ObserverPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1800-1849'The following imperfect translation of a song to the Sovereign of Khiama may serve as a specimen of the poetry of the Africans - Landor'Bowly groupRichard LanderRecords of Captain Clapperton's Last ExpeditionUnknown
1900-1945'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianof...Elizabeth Ann Smith Jean FroissartChroniclesPrint: Book
1900-1945'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianof...Alfred Rawlings Anon.MigrationsPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianof...R.B. Graham R.B. Graham'Pious Atrocity, The'Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianof...Florence Reynolds 'Wedding Presents'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianof...William Henry Smith Rudyard Kipling'How the Camel got his Hump'Print: Book
1900-1945'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianof...Rosamund Wallis A.A. Milne'Man of the Evening, The'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianof...Sylvanus Reynolds Arms of WipplecrackPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianof...Henry Marriage Wallis E.V. LucasJoints in the ArmourPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianof...Reginald Robson Reginald Robson'Bad Morality & Bad art'Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianof...Howard R. Smith Howard R. Smith'Etaples & the Air raids'Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The following miscellaneous programme was then gone through. This change in the subject was caused by the imposibility of getting cheap copies of The Dynasts. 1. Pianof...Muriel Bowman-Smith Robert Browning'In a gondola'Print: Book


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