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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'Johnson thought the poems published as translations from Ossian had so little merit, that he said, 'Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would [italics]aban...Samuel Johnson James Macpherson[Ossian poems]Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 5 January 1843: 'It is many years since I looked at Ossian; & I never did much delight in him as that fact proves. Since your ...Elizabeth Barrett James Macpherson (as 'Ossian')'Carthon'Print: Book
1800-1849Hugh Stuart Boyd to Elizabeth Barrett, 10 January 1843: 'I have read only a small part of Ossian [...] I have been reading a good deal of Dr Blair's Dissertation upo...Hugh Stuart Boyd James Macpherson (as 'Ossian')Ossian poemsPrint: Book
1800-1849Hugh Stuart Boyd to Elizabeth Barrett, in hand of an amanuensis, letter postmarked 19 January 1843: 'Since I last wrote to you, the Poems of Darthula has been read t...Hugh Stuart Boyd James Macpherson (as 'translator' of Ossian)Poems of DarthulaPrint: Book
1800-1849Hugh Stuart Boyd to Elizabeth Barrett, in hand of amanuensis, letter postmarked 3 March 1843: 'Since I last wrote to you expressly on the Poems of Ossian; I have rea...Harriet Holmes James Macpherson (as 'translator' of Ossian)The Death of CuchullinPrint: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 31 March 1843: 'I feel guilty before you, since your last letter has remained too long unanswered [...] I thought it necessary...Elizabeth Barrett James Macpherson (as 'translator' of Ossian)The Death of CuchullinPrint: Book
1800-1849'lookd into "Maddox on the culture of flowers" and the "Flora Domestica" which with a few improvments and additions woud be one of the most entertaining books ever writte...John Clare James MaddockThe Florist's DirectoryPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am reading Martineau ["Types of Ethical Theory"] and like it, indeed I think I shall leave of writing this and go on.'Sir Walter Raleigh James MartineauTypes of Ethical TheoryPrint: Book
1850-1899James Martineau to Hallam Tennyson (1893), recalling meetings of the Metaphysical Society: 'I remember a special interest shown by your father in a paper contributed b...James Martineau James Martineau'Is there any Axiom of Causation?'Unknown
1850-1899'I was seriously alarmed at the beginning of this enquiry [into the memory of smells] by reading in McCosh: "When the organs of taste and smell, supposed by Ferrier...William Henry Hudson James McCoshIntuitions of the Mind Inductively InvestigatedPrint: Book
1800-1849'Lord Grey will like that article in the Edinburgh Review upon Universal Suffrage; it is by Sir James McIntosh. There is a pamphlet on Bullion by Mr Copplestone of Oxford...Sydney Smith James McIntosh[Review in Edinburgh Review of Bentham's Plan of P...Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Mr Mill's great work on India will soon be published in 3 vol. quarto. Sir Samuel saw the two first, and seems to think that it will be extremely curious, and very well ...Samuel Romilly James MillHistory of British India, TheManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'The study of Metaphysics and Mental Philosophy in general had always been one of the favourite pursuits of George Grote. In the winter of 1829, a small group of studen...George Grote, J. S. Mill, Eyton Tooke, Charles Buller, J. A. Roebuck, G. J. Johnson and othersJames MillAnalysis of the Phenomena of the Human MindPrint: Book
1800-1849'Evening [transcription of poem] James Montgomery. Weedon Nov 11th 1836.James MontgomeryEveningUnknown
1800-1849From the 'West Indies' a Poem by Montgomery.Part 2 Page 22 'In These romantic regions[...] From the same, Part 3 'There is a land[...] From the Same part 3. Page 35 'And ...John Warburton James MontgomeryThe West IndiesUnknown
1800-1849'friendship, love & truth / montgomery'Mary Groom James MontgomeryFriendship, love and truthUnknown
1800-1849'stanzas. addressed to a friend on the birth of his first child. / montgomery'Mary Groom James MontgomeryStanzas, Addressed to a friend on the birth of his...Unknown
1800-1849'poet's address to twilight / montgomery'Mary Groom James MontgomeryPoet's address to twilightUnknown
1800-1849'far less shall earth now hastening to decay...' 'world before the flood' 'isle of man June 15th 31'.Elisabeth or Eliza Duncan James MontgomeryThe world before the flood; a poem in ten cantosUnknown
1800-1849'At one of these sales I bought a copy of "Bloomfield's Poems", but not so cheaply as to encourage me to combine my biddings. I read Bloomfield with much interest, as I a...Thomas Carter James MontgomeryWanderer in Switzerland, and other PoemsPrint: Book


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