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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'Sir Joshua Reynolds praised "Mudge's Sermons". JOHNSON. "'Mudge's Sermons' are good, but not practical. He grasps more sense than he can hold; he takes more corn than he...Joshua Reynolds Zachariah MudgeSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir Joshua Reynolds praised "Mudge's Sermons". JOHNSON. "'Mudge's Sermons' are good, but not practical. He grasps more sense than he can hold; he takes more corn than he...Samuel Johnson Zachariah MudgeSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Sir Joshua Reynolds praised "Mudge's Sermons". JOHNSON. "'Mudge's Sermons' are good, but not practical. He grasps more sense than he can hold; he takes more corn than he...Samuel Johnson Hugh BlairSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'I brought a volume of Dr. Hurd the Bishop of Worcester's "Sermons", and read to the company some passages from one of them, upon this text, "Resist the Devil, and he wil...James Boswell Richard HurdSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'He pressed me to study Dr. Clarke and to read his Sermons. I asked him why he pressed Dr. Clarke, an Arian. "Because, (said he) he is fullest on the propitiatory sacrifi...Samuel Johnson Samuel ClarkeSermonsPrint: Book
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1700-1799		[List of books read to Sir Thomas Browne by Elizabeth Lyttelton]. Headed in commonplace book: 'The books which my daughter Elizabeth hath read unto me at nights till she ...Elizabeth Lyttelton unknownSermonsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Just as this is written enter my Lord of St Albans and Lady Charlotte to beg I recommend a book of sermons to Mrs. Coutts - much obliged for her good opinion - recommend...Walter Scott John LoganSermonsPrint: Book
1800-1849Lady Harriet Cavendish to her brother, the Marquis of Hartington (b. 1790), 1 February 1809: 'How surprized Barrow's sermons must have been upon first opening to see y...William Spencer Cavendish and 'Sir William' BarrowSermonsPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 31 July 1832: 'I have the greatest pleasure in reading religious books. I find that I understand the Bible be...Harriet Countess Granville FennSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799[Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 25 June 1765:] 'The book I am happiest in reading at present, is a volume of Sermons of Abp. Leighton, strongly recommended to m...Catherine Talbot Robert LeightonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 8 December 1773:] 'When I recommended Sherlock's Sermons, I believe I did it with some exception; many, indeed most of them, are ...Elizabeth Carter ?Thomas SherlockSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799[Elizabeth Carter to Elizabeth Vesey, 8 December 1773:] 'When I recommended Sherlock's Sermons, I believe I did it with some exception; many, indeed most of them, are ...Elizabeth Carter Thomas SeckerSermonsPrint: Book
1800-1849'I meant to inform you, that besides those books already mentioned, I sent for Bishop Horne's Sermons, 4 vols. Carr's Sermons, Blairs Sermons, 5vols. Scott's Christian Li...James Lackington Bishop HorneSermons (4vols)Print: Book
1800-1849'I meant to inform you, that besides those books already mentioned, I sent for Bishop Horne's Sermons, 4 vols. Carr's Sermons, Blairs Sermons, 5vols. Scott's Christian Li...James Lackington Hugh BlairSermons (5 vols)Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge John MillerSermons Intended to Show a Sober Application Of Sc...Print: Book
1700-1799'I have no doubt that a good many sermons were composed for Taylor [with whom Johnson and Boswell were staying] by Johnson. At this time I found, upon his table, a part o...James Boswell John TaylorSermons left for publication by the Reverend John ...Print: Book
1800-1849'good, with the Unitarian views'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth William Ellery ChanningSermons on Love to ChristPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Boswell having expressed doubt about the power of prayer, Johnson] mentioned Dr. Clarke and Bishop Bramhall on "Liberty and Necessity", and bid me read South's "Sermons...Samuel Johnson SouthSermons on PrayerPrint: Book
1800-1849Assisted my Aunt in reading prayers in the afternoon. In the evening read aloud sermons 8+9, Hoole.Anne Lister Joseph Hoolesermons on several important practical subjectsPrint: Book
1800-1849My father's large bookcase was stuffed with odd volumes of the Gentleman's Magazine and other miscellaneous matters. Anacharsis' 'travels in Greece', Robertson's 'America...Anne Lutton John WesleySermons on Several Occasions OR Three SermonsPrint: Book


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