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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'Johnson proceeded :— "The Scotchman has taken the right method in his 'Elements of Criticism.' I do not mean that he has taught us any thing; but he has told us old thin...Oliver Goldsmith Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book
1700-1799'Johnson proceeded :— "The Scotchman has taken the right method in his 'Elements of Criticism.' I do not mean that he has taught us any thing; but he has told us old thin...Samuel Johnson Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book
1700-1799'I looked into Lord Kaimes's "Sketches of the History of Man"; and mentioned to Dr. Johnson his censure of Charles the Fifth, for celebrating his funeral obsequies in hi...James Boswell Henry Home, Lord KamesSketches of the History of ManPrint: Book
'He [Johnson] said, "I have been reading Lord Kames's 'Sketches of the History of Man'. In treating of severity of punishment, he mentions that of Madame Lapouchin, in Ru...Samuel Johnson Henry Home, Lord KamesSketches of the History of ManPrint: Book
'Looking at Messrs. Dilly's splendid edition of Lord Chesterfield's miscellaneous works, he laughed, and said, "Here now are two speeches ascribed to him, both of which w...Samuel Johnson Henry Home, Lord KamesSketches of the History of ManPrint: Book
1800-1849'[letter to Hector MacNeil - H.M.] Do I not well remember hiding "Kaims's Elements of Criticism", under the cover of an easy chair, whenever I heard the approach of a foo...Elizabeth Hamilton Henry Home, Lord KamesElements of CriticismPrint: Book
'Lord Kaimes again tells us a wild Story of Savages who eat all their own children & have done so for six Hundred Years backward - he then begins gravely to argue about p...Hester Lynch Thrale Henry Home, Lord KamesSketches of the History of ManPrint: Book
1850-1899'Did you ever happen to come across Professor Reed of Philadelphia. I think he was drowned in returning to America along with his sister-in-law. We have been reading hi...Emily De Quincey Henry Hope ReedLectures on History and Tragic Poetry as Illustrat...Print: Book
1850-1899'Did you ever happen to come across Professor Reed of Philadelphia. I think he was drowned in returning to America along with his sister-in-law. We have been reading hi...Emily De Quincey Henry Hope ReedLectures on English Literature from Chaucer to Ten...Print: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at School House 31st May 1941
R. D. L. Moore in the chair

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.

[...]		Bruce Dilks Henry J. WoodMy Life of MusicPrint: Book
1800-1849

[Charlotte Brontė to the grandson of Henry James Mercier, 1 June 1848:]


'I have read 2,500 with pleasure. It is a very clever and ingenious production, ...

Charlotte Brontė Henry James MercierMemoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five HundredPrint: Book
1800-1849'Glanced over Pye's "Commentary on Aristotle's Poetics"...'Thomas Green Henry James PyeA Commentary illustrating the Poetic of AristotlePrint: Book
1900-1945'Father is rehearsing Drake's Drum for Wednesday'. Leslie Stephen Henry John NewboltDrake's DrumPrint: Book
1800-1849'For my private and sole use, seeing that my friends had no taste for poetry, I bought Mr. Pye's translation of Horace, and was well pleased with my purchase; for I found...Thomas Carter Henry Kirk WhiteRemainsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Ode on Disapointment' 'Come, Disapointment, come! /...' [No author given]Mary Groom Henry Kirke WhiteOn DisapointmentUnknown
1800-1849[From the diary of Elizabeth Firth, 22 May 1818:] 'Read Remains of H. K. White.'Elizabeth Firth Henry Kirke WhiteThe Remains of Henry Kirke White, of NottinghamPrint: Book
1900-1945

Meeting held at Fairlight, Denmark Rd.: 21.iii.33

Francis E. Pollard in the Chair.

1. Minutes of last read & approved.


5. Eight anonymo...

Charles E. Stansfield Henry M. Wallis[Of a medium, a photograph, a Twentieth Century Of...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'I write to thank you for the book [...]. I have already seen most of the papers composing your new vol. ["Old Junk"] and I have appreciated their graphic power, persona...Joseph Conrad Henry Major TomlinsonOld JunkPrint: Book
1900-1945'5. The Club now considered the subject for the evening - Berkshire - & the opening paper was by H.M. Wallis who touched upon the History of the County in his inimitable ...Henry Marriage Wallis Henry Marriage Wallis[paper on History of Berkshire]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'The rest of the evening concerned Prehistoric Man & Woman. H.M. Wallis read a paper entitled 'The Piltdown Woman'. This was a learned & valuable paper upon the problems ...Henry Marriage Wallis Henry Marriage Wallis[paper on Piltdown Woman]Manuscript: Unknown


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