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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Felicia Hemans to Mary Russell Mitford, 10 November 1828: 'My dear Miss Mitford, Accept my late, though sincere and cordial congratulations on the brilliant success of "R...Felicia Hemans Mary Russell MitfordRienzi (excerpts)Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1800-1849Harriet Martineau to Elizabeth Pease, 27 February 1841: 'I have read the statements in "Right and Wrong among the Abolitionists of the United States", with respect to the...Harriet Martineau Right and Wrong among the Abolitionists of the Uni...Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Yes I know Sudermann ? his play ?Magda? was one of Mrs Pat. Campbell?s great parts ? and I believe he was the author of a book called ?The Song of Songs? that Billie Woo...Winifred Agnes Moore C.E. MontagueRight off the MapPrint: Book
1700-1799'On 9 April 1792 Anna Margaretta Larpent rose at 7.30, a little earlier than her usual, "spent some time", as she described it, '"n self examination", and then read two c...Anna Larpent Thomas PaineRights of manPrint: Book
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1800-1849		?My father, as before stated, was a reader, and amongst other books which he now read, was Pain?s [sic] "Rights of Men". He also read Pain?s [sic] "Age of Reason", and hi...Daniel Bamford Thomas PaineRights of ManPrint: Book
1700-1799'Paine's "Rights of Man, or Answer to Burke" being now lately come out & much talked of, we got it in our society and on Monday the 25th. I began reading it, but was much...John Marsh Thomas PaineRights of ManPrint: Book
1800-1849'Saturday Feb. 12th. [...] Read La Cisma de Ingalaterra de Calderon de la Barca. Finish the second part of Paine's Rights of Man [goes on to comment on this].'Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineRights of ManPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday Feb. 8th. Read Paine's Rights of Man. 'Wednesday Feb 9th. [...] Read Rights of Man first part -- 'Thursday Feb. 10th [...] Finish the first part of Rights...Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineRights of Man (Part 1)Print: Book
1800-1849'Friday Feb. 11th. [...] Begin La Cisma de Ingalaterra de Calderon della Barca [...] In the Evening read [...] the second part of Paine's Rights of Man [goes on to commen...Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineRights of Man (Part 2)Print: Book
1800-1849'S. reads Rights of man.'Percy Bysshe Shelley Thomas PaineRights of Man, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Read Rights of Man'Mary Shelley Thomas PaineRights of Man, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads rights of Man. C. in an ill humour - she reads the Italian'.Percy Bysshe Shelley Thomas PaineRights of Man; being an answer to Burke's attack o...Print: Book
1800-1849'S. reads the Antient Mariner aloud'Percy Bysshe Shelley Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRime of the Ancient Mariner, ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'[whilst watching a boat race at Eton] Meta said she thought of the verse in the Ancient Mariner "A Seraph band" &c, - for each figure was motionless and bright, & the sm...Margaret Emily (Meta) Gaskell Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRime of the Ancient mariner, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'there is one Story if story it may be called, that Shape or Limb, Beginning or End has none, "The ancient Mariner or poets Reverie" written by a friend [of Wordsworth] (...George Crabbe Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRime of the Ancient Mariner, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'she was reading Leigh Hunt's "Rimini", and copied a passage of twenty lines on the character of Giovanni - evidently because it was to her as a portrait of another diffi...Anne Isabella (Annabella), Baroness Byron Leigh HuntRiminiPrint: Unknown
1800-1849'In these days [1815-16] she [Lady Byron] was reading Leigh Hunt's Rimini, and copied a passage of twenty lines on the character of Giovanni -- evidently because it was t...Anne Isabella Lady Byron Leigh HuntRiminiPrint: Book
1800-1849'In these days [1815-16] she [Lady Byron] was reading Leigh Hunt's Rimini, and copied a passage of twenty lines on the character of Giovanni -- evidently because it was t...Anne Isabella Lady Byron Leigh HuntRiminiPrint: Book
1800-1849John Wilson Croker to John Murray, 21 January 1831: 'I return you the "Tatler" that you lent me. I think Mr. Hunt makes more of Moore's letters than they deserve. I ce...John Wilson Croker Leigh HuntRiminiPrint: Book
1800-1849'Finish Renaldini - talk with Shelley- in very bad spirits but get better'.Mary Godwin Christian August VulpiusRinaldo Rinaldini, der RauberhauptmannPrint: Book


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