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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
 
1900-1945'There is no real objection to marrying a woman with a fortune but there is to marrying a fortune with a woman.'William Thomas George Horace LorimerLetters from a Self Made Merchant to His SonPrint: Book
1900-1945'There is not so much bombast in the latest "Syonan Times" report on the war: "Our nation remains determined ... to achieve ultimate victory".'Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'There is nothing fresh for me to write about. Am still in the same place and doing little work. A good deal of my time is spent reading, and at present my book is:...Thomas Wainwright Charles DickensBarnaby RudgePrint: Book
1700-1799'There is nothing in nature that you may not get a quotation out of Wordsworth to suit, and a quotation too that breathes the very soul of poetry. There are only three bo...James Hogg William Wordsworth[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'There is nothing in nature that you may not get a quotation out of Wordsworth to suit, and a quotation too that breathes the very soul of poetry. There are only three bo...James Hogg Old TestamentPrint: Book
1700-1799'There is nothing in nature that you may not get a quotation out of Wordsworth to suit, and a quotation too that breathes the very soul of poetry. There are only three bo...James Hogg William Shakespeare Print: Book
1700-1799'There is nothing in nature that you may not get a quotation out of Wordsworth to suit, and a quotation too that breathes the very soul of poetry. There are only three bo...James Hogg William WordsworthExcursion, ThePrint: Book
1900-1945'There is nothing whatever of serious or permanent value in anything that Rostand ever wrote.' Arnold Bennett Edmund RostandunknownUnknown
1800-1849'There is one of the best satirical pieces in the last Examiner (alias Tom Tit) on the King's speech which I almost ever read on any subject,it is a real cutter.'Robert Sharp n/aThe ExaminerPrint: Newspaper
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
1900-1945'There is only one trouble about the proofs. That is: the title is wrong. (This not your fault, but some copyist?s.) It ought to be Helen with the High Hand. I really...Arnold Bennett Arnold BennettHelen with the High HandManuscript: Codex
1850-1899'There is only one very good thing in the world: the acting of Sarah Bernhardt. I beg your pardon, there is another: Pierre Veron’s "Pantheon de Poche".'Robert Louis Stevenson Pierre VeronLe Pantheon de PochePrint: Book
1850-1899'There is rather a nice article of Colvin?s in this "Macmillan".'Robert Louis Stevenson Sidney ColvinThe Shadow of Death
1900-1945'There is unconscious humour in "The Syonan Times". Two headlines state: "New Order Simplifies Chinese Funerals" and "Nipponese Culture - Why Does the West Fail to Unders...Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'there is unlimited room for reading between these well-known and monotonous banks. The Prince set his mind on my reading "East Lynne", which I did at three sittings. Yes...Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Mrs Henry WoodEast LynnePrint: Book
1900-1945'There is what I consider a pretty good 5 Towns story [‘From One Generation to Another’] in the October London Magazine. But they have given it a rotten air by splitting...Arnold Bennett unknown unknown[article in London Magazine]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'There is, in the B. Museum, a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr Birch, on the subject of biography; which, though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artfully ra...James Boswell Dr Warburton[Letter to Thomas Birch]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799'There is, in the British Museum, a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr Birch, on the subject of biography; which, though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artful...Dr Warburton John TolandLife of John MiltonPrint: Book
1700-1799'There is, in the British Museum, a letter from Bishop Warburton to Dr Birch, on the subject of biography; which, though I am aware it may expose me to a charge of artful...Dr Warburton Pierre DesmaiseauxLa vie de Boileau-DespréauxPrint: Book
1600-1699'There parted in the street with them, and I to my Lord's; but he not being within, took Coach, and being directed by sight of bills upon the walls, did go to Shoe lane t...Samuel Pepys [n/a][bill advertising cockfight]Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster


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