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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
 
1800-1849'A propos, our [italics] ladies [end italics] are greatly shocked with the free use of scriptural phrases in the ******, and very angry with the author on that account. F...Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe Alexander Peden Print: Unknown
1800-1849'A propos, our [italics] ladies [end italics] are greatly shocked with the free use of scriptural phrases in the ******, and very angry with the author on that account. F...Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe Donald Cargill Print: Unknown
1800-1849'A propos, our [italics] ladies [end italics] are greatly shocked with the free use of scriptural phrases in the ******, and very angry with the author on that account. F...Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe Song of SolomonManuscript: Unknown, verse translation by Barbara Macky
1900-1945'A quotation from a book I am reading says: "The only way to waste time is not to enjoy it." How one realises that as an internee!'Thomas Kitching [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'a rainy day - visit the Coliseum - Read the bible'Mary Shelley [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'A reading in parts of Barrie's "Admirable Crichton" was then given with considerable spirit & was much appreciated. The characters were read as follows [a list of 14 mem...Members of XII Book ClubJames M. BarrieAdmirable Crichton, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'A Reflection at Sea'. 'Moore'. [Transcription of poem].Mary Groom Thomas MooreA Reflection at SeaUnknown
1850-1899'A report in the Telegraph Newspaper this morning was to the effect that the Sheriff would probably be chosen from Mr Wright of the Railway Department & Mr Colles of Cast...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'A review for Brewster's philosophical journal of a German book on Magnetism, I must also write or say I cannot - the former alternative is better: and then (as our man o...Thomas Carlyle Professor HansteenInquiries Concerning the Magnetism of the EarthPrint: BookManuscript: Letter
1800-1849'A Riddle/which every reader may solve for herself/but none to another' 'I know not who these lines may see/I know not what these lines will be' [ll. 1-2]Julia James MontgomeryA RiddlePrint: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'A ryhming school master is the greatest bore in literature the following ridiculous advertisement proves the assertion taken from the "Stamford Mercury" [quotes advert]'John Clare [n/a]Stamford MercuryPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1800-1849'A salmon near ['near' in italics] 20 lbs weight ...' 'Stamford Mercury'John Clare [n/a]Stamford MercuryPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'A scene was then read from The Lamentable Tragedy of Arden of Faversham T. C. Elliot taking the part of Arden[.] S A Reynolds was Franklin & Geo Burrow Michael.'T. C. Elliott anon Arden of Faversham
1900-1945'A scene was then read from The Lamentable Tragedy of Arden of Faversham T. C. Elliot taking the part of Arden[.] S A Reynolds was Franklin & Geo Burrow Michael.'Sylvanus Reynolds anon Arden of Faversham
1900-1945'A scene was then read from The Lamentable Tragedy of Arden of Faversham T. C. Elliot taking the part of Arden[.] S A Reynolds was Franklin & Geo Burrow Michael.'George Burrow anon Arden of Faversham Unknown
1800-1849'A Scottish flax dresser gained his "first or incipient idea of localities and distances" when he was assigned to read aloud at work from Anson, Cook, Bruce and Mungo Par..."Jacques", a flax dresser George AnsonA Voyage Round the WorldPrint: Book
1800-1849'A Scottish flax dresser gained his "first or incipient idea of localities and distances" when he was assigned to read aloud at work from Anson, Cook, Bruce and Mungo Par..."Jacques", a flax dresser James Cook[Accounts of three voyages round the world]Print: Book
1800-1849'A Scottish flax dresser gained his "first or incipient idea of localities and distances" when he was assigned to read aloud at work from Anson, Cook, Bruce and Mungo Par..."Jacques", a flax dresser James BruceTravels to Discover the Source of the Nile, In the...Print: Book
1800-1849'A Scottish flax dresser gained his "first or incipient idea of localities and distances" when he was assigned to read aloud at work from Anson, Cook, Bruce and Mungo Par..."Jacques", a flax dresser Mungo ParkTravels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Perfo...Print: Book
1800-1849'A second London season over, and [Lady Byron] and Ada made their factory-tour, the daughter [i.e. Ada] meanwhile studying hard at astronomy'.Ada Byron 'astronomy'Print: Book


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