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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
 
1850-1899'I devoured poetry and nothing but poetry until I became insensible to poetry. Take an example; I happened upon some fat volumes of Campbell's "British Poets", the comple...Thomas A. Jackson Samuel Daniel[poems complete works]Print: Book
1850-1899'I devoured poetry and nothing but poetry until I became insensible to poetry. Take an example; I happened upon some fat volumes of Campbell's "British Poets", the comple...Thomas A. Jackson [probably] Isaac Hawkins Browne[poems complete works]Print: Book
1850-1899'I devoured poetry and nothing but poetry until I became insensible to poetry. Take an example; I happened upon some fat volumes of Campbell's "British Poets", the comple...Thomas A. Jackson Giles Fletcher[poems complete works]Print: Book
1850-1899'I devoured poetry and nothing but poetry until I became insensible to poetry. Take an example; I happened upon some fat volumes of Campbell's "British Poets", the comple...Thomas A. Jackson Phineas Fletcher[poems complete works]Print: Book
1850-1899'I devoured poetry and nothing but poetry until I became insensible to poetry. Take an example; I happened upon some fat volumes of Campbell's "British Poets", the comple...Thomas A. Jackson Ben Jonson[poems complete works]Print: Book
1850-1899'I devoured poetry and nothing but poetry until I became insensible to poetry. Take an example; I happened upon some fat volumes of Campbell's "British Poets", the comple...Thomas A. Jackson William Drummond[poems complete works]Print: Book
1850-1899'I devoured poetry and nothing but poetry until I became insensible to poetry. Take an example; I happened upon some fat volumes of Campbell's "British Poets", the comple...Thomas A. Jackson John Donne[poems complete works]Print: Book
1850-1899'I devoured poetry and nothing but poetry until I became insensible to poetry. Take an example; I happened upon some fat volumes of Campbell's "British Poets", the comple...Thomas A. Jackson Abraham Cowley[poems complete works]Print: Book
1850-1899'I devoured poetry and nothing but poetry until I became insensible to poetry. Take an example; I happened upon some fat volumes of Campbell's "British Poets", the comple...Thomas A. Jackson John Milton[poems complete works]Print: Book
1850-1899'I devoured poetry and nothing but poetry until I became insensible to poetry. Take an example; I happened upon some fat volumes of Campbell's "British Poets", the comple...Thomas A. Jackson Samuel Butler[poems complete works]Print: Book
1850-1899'Went to The Athenaeum & read the papers'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Read for a long time. My eyes have been very weak of late & I found to-night that reading small print by gas-light did not make them better. I am beginning to get disgus...John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1850-1899'before tea I took a stroll to the Athenaeum where I read the papers.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Went to the Athenaeum and read the papers'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Read a little of "Paradise lost"'Albert Battiscombe John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1850-1899'Worked for an hour to day at French and read some Grecian History, The latter is certainly rather dry.'Albert Battiscombe Leonhard SchmitzA History of Greece, from the earliest times to th...Print: Book
1850-1899'learnt some French from "Allendorff" read some of "La petite Fadette" a novel by George Sand, and also some of Schmitz "History of Greece", it all helps to pass away the...Albert Battiscombe Leonhard SchmitzA History of Greece, from the earliest times to th...Print: Book
1850-1899'learnt some French from "Allendorff" read some of "La petite Fadette" a novel by George Sand, and also some of Schmitz "History of Greece", it all helps to pass away the...Albert Battiscombe George SandLa Petite FadettePrint: Book
1850-1899'Have been working at French & reading "History of Greece"'Albert Battiscombe Leonhard SchmitzA History of Greece, from the earliest times to th...Print: Book
1850-1899'I cannot work this weather it is too hot, I have read a chapter of the "History of Greece" to day and that is all.'Albert Battiscombe Leonhard SchmitzA History of Greece, from the earliest times to th...Print: Book


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