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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'Read Gibbon on the revival of Greek learning'George Eliot [pseud] Edward Gibbon[on revival of Greek learning]Print: UnknownManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Savonarola's Sermons'George Eliot [pseud] Girolamo Savonarola[Sermons]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Began Lastri - "Osservatore Fiorentino" - this morning, intending to go regularly through it'George Eliot [pseud] Marco LastriL'Osservatore FiorentinoPrint: Book
1850-1899'Before breakfast I have been reading Savonarola's "Discourse on Government", and have looked into his Sermons on the Epistle of John and the Psalm Quam Bonus'George Eliot [pseud] Girolamo SavonarolaDiscourse on GovernmentPrint: Book
1850-1899'Before breakfast I have been reading Savonarola's "Discourse on Government", and have looked into his Sermons on the Epistle of John and the Psalm Quam Bonus'George Eliot [pseud] Girolamo Savonarola[Sermon on the Epistle of John]Print: Book
1850-1899'Before breakfast I have been reading Savonarola's "Discourse on Government", and have looked into his Sermons on the Epistle of John and the Psalm Quam Bonus'George Eliot [pseud] Girolamo Savonarola[Sermon on Psalm Quam Bonus]Print: Book
1850-1899'Looked into the "Marmi" of Doni... read Saccheti and Bocaccio's capital story of Fra Cipolla - one of his few good stories - and the Little Hunchback in the Arabian Nigh...George Eliot [pseud.] Anton Francesco DoniI MarmiPrint: Book
1850-1899'Looked into the "Marmi" of Doni... read Saccheti and Boccaccio's capital story of Fra Cipolla - one of his few good stories - and the Little Hunchback in the Arabian Nig...George Eliot [pseud.] Giovanni Boccaccio[story of Fra Cipolla, from Decameron]Print: Book
1850-1899'Looked into the "Marmi" of Doni... read Saccheti and Boccaccio's capital story of Fra Cipolla - one of his few good stories - and the Little Hunchback in the Arabian Nig...George Eliot [pseud.] anonArabian Nights, story of the Little HunchbackPrint: Book
1850-1899'Looked into the "Marmi" of Doni... read Saccheti and Boccaccio's capital story of Fra Cipolla - one of his few good stories - and the Little Hunchback in the Arabian Nig...George Eliot Jacopo Nardi (probably)unknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'I have begun Bulwer's Rienzi, wishing to examine his treatment of an historical subject'.George Eliot Edward Bulwer LyttonRienziPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Roscoe's Life of Lorenzoi de Medici. Headache still. Read some of Sachetti's stories and spent the evening alone with G.'George Eliot [pseud.] William RoscoeLife of Lorenzo de MediciPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Roscoe's Life of Lorenzoi de Medici. Headache still. Read some of Sachetti's stories and spent the evening alone with G.'George Eliot [pseud.] Francesco Sachetti[stories]Print: Book
1850-1899'Continued Roscoe, with much disgust at his shallowness and folly'.George Eliot [pseud.] William RoscoeLife of Lorenzo de MediciPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read again Burlamacchi's Life of Savonarola'.George Eliot BurlamacchiLife of SavonarolaPrint: Book
1850-1899'began Pulci'.George Eliot [pseud.] [probably] Luigi Pulci[if this Pulci, poetry]Print: Book
1850-1899'Began again the Life of Savonarola by Villani. Read of "Ecstasy".'George Eliot [pseud.] Giovanni (?) VillaniLife of Savonarola [in his Cronica?]Print: Book
1850-1899'Looked into the Novellieri Scelti'.George Eliot [pseud.] Giuseppe Zirardini [probably]Tesoro dei Novellieri Italiani scelti dal decimote...Print: Book
1850-1899'Read Mrs Jameson's "Legendary Art".'George Eliot [pseud.] Anna JamesonSacred and Legendary ArtPrint: Book
1850-1899 'began Marullus. In the evening read Pettigrew on Medical Superstitions.'George Eliot [pseud.] MarullusunknownPrint: Book


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