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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
 
1700-1799
1800-1849		'The natural theology of Dr. Paley is so generally recommended and read in this University, that I need not here insist either on the scope or the utility of the argument...John Kidd William PaleyNatural TheologyPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Carl Friedrich FlogelGeschichte der Komischen LitteraturPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Henry FieldingThe History of the Adventures of Joseph AndrewsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge David HartleyObservations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'It was when I was very ill that the article in the "Monthly Rev." was read to me.'Joseph Hunter [n/a]Monthly ReviewPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799
1800-1849		'It would be well if both tales and books werwe always calculated to ... In the "Evenings at Home", or "Juvenile Budget", all this appears to be effected in it's utmost e...Elizabeth Hamilton John AikinEvenings at HomePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[An account of the boy's secret reading, and how his parents only found out when he asked a question about his reading].[a boy known to Elizabeth Hamilton] HomerIliadPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'She rose about eight o'clock; and, before she came down stairs, read herself a chapter in the Bible or New Testament, and that with active attention, as she frequently m...Mary Birch [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'We might mention the Rambler, the Guardian, and Shakespeare, as her favourites among older writers; and, among modern works, Hannah More's writings, memorials of a Depar...Mary Birch Hannah MoreMemorials of a Departed friend, Private Life and oPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'We might mention the Rambler, theGuardian, and Shakespeare, as her favourites among older writers; and, among modern works, Hannah More's writings, memorials of a Depart...Mary Birch [n/a]The RamblerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799
1800-1849		'We might mention the Rambler, the Guardian, and Shakespeare, as her favourites among older writers; and, among modern works, Hannah More's writings, memorials of a Depar...Mary Birch [n/a]The GuardianPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799
1800-1849		'...he proclaimed himself a disciple of Rousseau. But he can hardly have followed the teaching of "Emile" very closely, since...'Jeans-Jaques RousseauEmilePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'for each there had been no poet later than Byron...'Philip and Emily GosseGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'I am now alone in the Library, Mistress of all I survey - at least I may say so & repeat the whole poem if I like it, without offence to anybody.'Jane Austen William CowperVerses supposed to have been written by Alexander ...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'It puts me in mind of the account of St Paul's Shipwreck, where all are said by different means to reach the Shore in safety.'Jane Austen Acts 27:44Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'I am very fond of Sherlock's Sermons, prefer them to almost any.'Jane Austen Thomas SherlockSeveral Discourses Preached at the Temple ChurchPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'My dear Caroline, I am very glad to have an opportunity of answering your agreable [sic] little Letter. You seem to be quite my own Neice [sic] in your feelings towards...Jane Austen Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de St Albin Comtesse de GenlisOlympe et TheophilePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Elizabeth Missing Sewell on her mother, Jane Sewell (nee Edwards; married 1802): 'She must have been naturally very clever; for, although she had received little or no ...Jane Edwards unknownNovelsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Elizabeth Missing Sewell on her mother, Jane Sewell (nee Edwards; married 1802): 'She must have been naturally very clever; for, although she had received little or n...Jane Edwards Samuel RichardsonSir Charles GrandisonPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		Elizabeth Missing Sewell on her mother, Jane Sewell (nee Edwards; married 1802): 'She must have been naturally very clever; for, although she had received little or n...Jane Edwards unknown[Texts on history]Print: Unknown


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