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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
 
1600-1699'then Mr Hoby reed to me and an other gentlewoman Came to me, with whom I talked tell 5 a Clocke'Thomas Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'then Mr Rhodes reed to me tell 4'Richard Rhodes [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Then read 64th Isaiah.'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Isaiah)Print: Book
1850-1899'then read the papers at "The Yorick"'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1500-1599'then reed a whill of perkins, and so went to bed'Margaret Hoby William Perkins[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Then rested, and read Topffer's "Nouvelles Genevoises" - excellent talk but no "nouvelles".'John Ruskin TopfferNouvelles GenevoisesPrint: Book
1850-1899'then returned home & amused myself for an hour reading "Gil Blas".'John Buckley Castieau Alain-Rene Le SageGil BlasPrint: Book
1850-1899'then spent the rest of the morning in reading the Australasian & "All the Year round"'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]AustralasianPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'then spent the rest of the morning in reading the Australasian & "All the Year round"'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]All the Year RoundPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'then the old problem: what shall I read at dinner, propped open by a fork? decide finally on Virginia, grab the common reader, a pair of spectacles, a pencil, go in to d...Vita Sackville-West Virginia WoolfThe Common ReaderPrint: Book
1850-1899'Then there is Mr Brand's lantern and his Highland cloak; and the tale of how he, John Brand, right royally attired in the garb of old Gaul, presented a nosegay of roses ...Robert Louis Stevenson Henry ErskineThe Garb of Old GaulPrint: Unknown
1600-1699'Then to Pauls churchyard, and there I met with Dr: Fullers "Englands worthys" - the first time that I ever saw it; and so I sat down reading in it, till it was 2 a-clock...Samuel Pepys Thomas FullerHistory of the worthies of EnglandPrint: Book
1600-1699'Then to reading and at night to bed.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][book]Print: Book
1850-1899'Then to the Scuola of St Rocco where, with the help of the good old Ruskin, I got near to Tintoret[to].' Gertrude Bell John RuskinModern Painters, Vol. 2Print: Book
1850-1899'then to the Yorick at the latter place had a chat with Semple & Eville & a look at Punch'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]PunchPrint: Serial / periodical
1600-1699'Then we fell to reading of a book which I saw the other day at my Lord Sandwichs, entended for the late King, finely bound up - a treatise concerning the benefit the Hol...Samuel Pepys Tobias GentlemanEnglands way to win wealth... with a true relation...Print: Book
1800-1849'Then we met in-doors for supper, with the home-made loaf and the cambray cheese; and then came the old family Bible and the worn-out ... prayer-book, and the ... voice o... [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Then we met in-doors for supper, with the home-made loaf and the cambray cheese; and then came the old family Bible and the worn-out ... prayer-book, and the ... voice o... [unknown][prayer book]Print: Book
1850-1899'then went to "the Yorick" where I met Kane with whom I chatted for some time about "Supple" read the papers then came home.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Then went to Ismal's house. The woman with whom he is living (and who wants to be baptized), though very unwell under the effects of a fever, came out of her house...[Woman living with Ismal] [n/a] [n/a]Bible (Matthew)Print: Book


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