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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'there has been so much motion that it has been next to impossible for a person to work. I have read lately the "Newcomes" by Thackeray "Stuart of Dunleath" by Mrs Norton...Albert Battiscombe William ThackerayThe Newcomes. Memoirs of a most respectable familyPrint: Book
1850-1899'there has been so much motion that it has been next to impossible for a person to work. I have read lately the "Newcomes" by Thackeray "Stuart of Dunleath" by Mrs Norton...Albert Battiscombe Caroline Elizabeth Sarah NortonStuart of Dunleath. A story of the present timePrint: Book
1850-1899'there has been so much motion that it has been next to impossible for a person to work. I have read lately the "Newcomes" by Thackeray "Stuart of Dunleath" by Mrs Norton...Albert Battiscombe Benjamin DisraeliConingsby; or, The new generationPrint: Book
1850-1899'I am reading the "English humourists" by Thackeray'Albert Battiscombe William ThackerayThe English Humourists of the Eighteenth CenturyPrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished the "Epicurean" by Moore, it is a sad story but very prettily written; began to read the play of "Julius Caesar" by Shakespeare as I had all night, I was able t...Albert Battiscombe Thomas MooreThe Epicurean. A TalePrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished the "Epicurean" by Moore, it is a sad story but very prettily written; began to read the play of "Julius Caesar" by Shakespeare as I had all night, I was able t...Albert Battiscombe William ShakespeareJulius CaesarPrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished the "Epicurean" by Moore, it is a sad story but very prettily written; began to read the play of "Julius Caesar" by Shakespeare as I had all night, I was able t...Albert Battiscombe Thomas MooreParadise and the PeriPrint: Book
1850-1899'Have finished the lives of Harry the VIIIths Queens, very interesting work. Reading a small treatise on "Pneumatics" to pick up a little of what I have forgotten'Albert Battiscombe [unknown][lives of Henry VIII's wives - see note below]Print: Book
1850-1899'Have finished the lives of Harry the VIIIths Queens, very interesting work. Reading a small treatise on "Pneumatics" to pick up a little of what I have forgotten'Albert Battiscombe [unknown]PneumaticsPrint: Book
1850-1899'My mother used to read the novels of Miss Braddon and Mrs Henry Wood, and those in a series called "The Family Story Teller", that she got from the public library. My fa...Polly Stamper Mary Elizabeth Braddon[novels]Print: Book
1850-1899'My mother used to read the novels of Miss Braddon and Mrs Henry Wood, and those in a series called "The Family Story Teller", that she got from the public library. My fa...Polly Stamper Mrs Henry Wood[novels]Print: Book
1850-1899'My mother used to read the novels of Miss Braddon and Mrs Henry Wood, and those in a series called "The Family Story Teller", that she got from the public library. My fa...Polly Stamper Mrs Henry [Ellen] WoodEast LynnePrint: Book
1850-1899'My mother used to read the novels of Miss Braddon and Mrs Henry Wood, and those in a series called "The Family Story Teller", that she got from the public library. My fa...Polly Stamper [n/a]The Family StorytellerPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'My mother used to read the novels of Miss Braddon and Mrs Henry Wood, and those in a series called "The Family Story Teller", that she got from the public library. My fa...Joseph Stamper Mrs Henry [Ellen] WoodEast LynnePrint: Book
1850-1899'My father took me to see them sold up. He must have been off work again, foundry work was little better than casual labour then. The auctioneer's man had taken the two h...Joseph Stamper [unknown][notice]Manuscript: Graffito
1850-1899'There is a book you may have come across, and that was read a lot when I was young, called the Bible. I used to read it, too, when I learned to read; it is a bit old fas...Joseph Stamper [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'Whilst waiting my turn and having observed all these things, I started to spell out a notice above the mirror, I could read enough. It said "Haircut: Men 3d., Boys 2d., ...Joseph Stamper [unknown][notice]Print: Advertisement, Poster
1850-1899'Worked an hour or two at French; I suppose I must now finish the history of Rome, having once begun it must be finished'Albert Battiscombe [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Reading a book on Pneumatics and been thinking of making an Anemometer of my own invention do not know if it would succeed, and I have great doubts of my ever attempting...Albert Battiscombe [unknown][book on pneumatics]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the forenoon read Liardets book on Seamanship, so as to prepare myself for the duties of 1st Lieut which I expect will only come too soon.'Albert Battiscombe Francis LiardetProfessional Recollections on points of Seamanship...Print: Book


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