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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 minutes of the previous meeting were read and passed'Alfred Rawlings Alfred Rawlings[Minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
1900-1945'The minutes of the previous meeting were read'Alfred Rawlings Alfred Rawlings[Minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
1850-1899'the minutes of the previous meeting were read.'Alfred Rawlings Alfred Rawlings[Minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
1850-1899'The Monthly Cricket ... Summed; good reading, best I've seen as a whole; shaky on the pictures.'Robert Louis Stevenson Magazine of ArtPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'The more I go into Jane, the more, in a way, she repels me. The Love-Letters, read for the 3rd time, show [italics] him [end italics] in a far better light. She is madde...Antonia White Jane Welsh[letters to Carlyle]Print: Book
1900-1945'The more I read of H.G.’s 'Outline' the more staggered I am by it.' Arnold Bennett H. G. WellsThe Outline of HistoryPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The more I read of Mr. Hawthorne's writings the more intense does my admiration become. I read over the other day a part of his "House of the Seven Gables" and I don't...Margaret De Quincey Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of Seven GablesPrint: Book
1850-1899'The more I read of Mr. Hawthorne's writings the more intense does my admiration become. I read over the other day a part of his "House of the Seven Gables" and I don't...Margaret De Quincey William Wordsworth"She Was a Phantom of Delight"Print: Book
1850-1899'The more I read of Mr. Hawthorne's writings the more intense does my admiration become. I read over the other day a part of his "House of the Seven Gables" and I don't...Thomas De Quincey Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of Seven GablesPrint: Book
1900-1945'The more I read of theology, Church History, apologetics, philosophy, scripture interpretation, the more hopelessly at sea I find myself. I feel on firm ground with Walt...Antonia White [unknown][writings about religion, Church History, etc]Print: Book
1900-1945'The more I read of theology, Church History, apologetics, philosophy, scripture interpretation, the more hopelessly at sea I find myself. I feel on firm ground with Walt...Antonia White Walter HyltonScala Perfectionis, or Ladder of PerfectionPrint: Book
1900-1945'The more I read of theology, Church History, apologetics, philosophy, scripture interpretation, the more hopelessly at sea I find myself. I feel on firm ground with Walt...Antonia White Julian of NorwichSixteen Revelations of Divine Love Print: Book
1900-1945'The more I read the book, the more wonderful it seems to me. It is really a great book. Arthur says, and I more than agree with him, that the passage about Pyramus and T...Edith Sitwell Sacheverall SitwellAll Summer in a Day: An Autobiographical FantasiaPrint: Book
1850-1899'The more I read the psalms, the more it seems to me that Heathen, in such passages as Ps. XLVI. 6, 10, XLIII. 14, II. 1, etc, while in David's mouth indeed meant the Gen...John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Psalms)Print: Unknown
1800-1849'The Morning lark ascends on high And with its music greets the Sky... [6 lines]'Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxWilliam CombeThe Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of the PicturesqueUnknown
1800-1849'The most spirit-stirring author, next to the Great Unknown [walter Scott], that I have met with, is the American who has written the spy, and the Last of the Mohicans, &...Sarah Harriet Burney James Fenimore CooperSpy, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'The most spirit-stirring author, next to the Great Unknown [walter Scott], that I have met with, is the American who has written the spy, and the Last of the Mohicans, &...Sarah Harriet Burney James Fenimore CooperLast of the Mohicans, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'The most truly English sketches in the language are your country volumes. Well, through these volumes we have been wending this winter. We had read them before, and many...Mary and William HowittMary Russell MitfordOur Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scene...Print: Book
1800-1849'The mother of Joseph Wright, the millworker-philologist, did not learn to read until age forty-eight, and then apparently never ventured beyond the New Testament, Pilgri...mother of Joseph Wright John BunyanPilgrim's ProgressPrint: Book
1800-1849'The mother of Joseph Wright, the millworker-philologist, did not learn to read until age forty-eight, and then apparently never ventured beyond the New Testament, Pilgri...mother of Joseph Wright New TestamentPrint: Book


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