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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Continuing the arrangement of Plates for Grainger and have met with several anecdotes worth noting [on Elizabeth I, CharlesII, Nell Gwynne, and Arabella Churchill].'William Richard Grahame James GrangerA Biographical History of England ... Adapted to aPrint: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] I have, since I saw you, read every word of Granger's "Biographical History". It has entertained me exceedingly, and I do not think him ...Samuel Johnson James GrangerBiographical History of England from Egbert the Gr...Print: Book
1700-1799'[letter from Boswell to Johnson] I have, since I saw you, read every word of Granger's "Biographical History". It has entertained me exceedingly, and I do not think him ...James Boswell James GrangerBiographical History of England from Egbert the Gr...Print: Book
1850-1899MS annotations incl. v.1 p.534: "A ludicrous map, palpably incorrect at every point. Malplaquet is on the wrong side of the French line, and the attack on the French left...George Otto Trevelyan James GrantBritish battles on land and seaPrint: Book
1900-1945'Coldish this morning, with the tiny oil-stove and no boiler — fire till after dark. I have been reading The Romance of War! and am now finishing this [i.e., the d...Ernest William Hornung James GrantThe Romance of War: Or, the Highlanders in SpainPrint: Book
1900-1945'I have had a pleasant, lazy morning reading old James Grant's Romance of War!. I expect the romance was always under one's own cap and tunic.'Ernest William Hornung James GrantThe Romance of War: Or, the Highlanders in SpainPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read, after a long intermission (April 27, 1797) the 2d volume of Gregory's "Essays"...'Thomas Green James GregoryPhilosophical and literary essaysPrint: Book
1800-1849'In the evening I read the whole of "Love and Madness"- not on account of the amorous epistles of Hackman, but with a view to make myself more acquainted with the fate of...William Upcott James HackmanLove and Madness; a Story Too True in a Series of....Print: Book
1800-1849'I took from my pocket the volume of "Love and Madness" which I had amused myself with a few evenings since- ...I read with great pleasure the whole of the History of Poo...William Upcott James HackmanLove and MadnessPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]: marginal marks (x, }, |) plus occasional comments, either single words or short notes eg: p. 74 after the text 'His wit seemed to be incorporated with his v...George Pitts James HallTravels in Scotland, by an unusual route: with a t...Print: Book
1700-1799'[from the Johnsoniana imparted by Bennet Langton to Boswell in 1780] As I recollect, Hammond introduces a hag or witch into one of his love elegies, where the effect is ...Samuel Johnson James HammondLove ElegiesPrint: Book
1900-1945 I have now read your story. I return it herewith. I think that it is very well done. Arnold Bennett James Hanley?A Passion before DeathManuscript: Unknown
1600-1699Reading James Harrington, The Common-Wealth of Oceana, Henry Oldenburg "took notes only from the 'Preliminaries'."Henry Oldenburg James HarringtonThe Common-Wealth of OceanaPrint: Book
1800-1849"4/2/1845 - I have read two volumes (the last two, I think) of Lord Malmesbury's Diaries, and with intense interest. I knew so many of the men he writes about, and lived ...Amelia Opie James HarrisDiariesPrint: Book
1700-1799'Doctor Burney said prettily of James Harris's Book that it was the pourquoi de Pourquoi'.Charles Burney James HarrisPhilosophical ArrangementsPrint: Book
1700-1799'of James Harris Dedication to his Hermes he said that tho' but 14 Lines long, there were 6 Grammatical faults in it'. Samuel Johnson James Harris[Dedication in] Hermes: or, a Philosophical Inquir...Print: Book
1900-1945'Read on furlough. 1917–1918.
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B. General.
Hist.y of our own Times. '85–11. Gooch
Middlemarch – George Eliot
Felix Holt – [G...		Albert Ruskin Cook James Hastings (ed.)Great Texts of the Bible: PsalmsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Read a portion of Harvey's Theron and Aspasio...'John Cole James HerveyTheron and AspasioPrint: Book
1700-1799'I at home all day. Read part of Hervey's "Meditations".'Thomas Turner James HerveyMeditations among the tombs: in a letter to a ladyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read part of Hervey's "Theron and Aspasio".'Thomas Turner James HerveyTheron and Aspasio: or, a series of dialogues and ...Print: Book


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