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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
 
1800-1849'Three days ago I would have been contented to buy this consola as Judy says, dearer than by a dozen falls in the mud - for had the great Constable fallen O my country...Walter Scott William ShakespeareJulius CaesarUnknown
1900-1945'Three hours magazines, - scientific and travel' [n/a][magazines]Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Three o'clock. I was trying to read my book, but I did not take in what I was reading. Instead of words on the page, I saw Germans, Germans coming over the crest, lines ...Patrick James Campbell  Print: Book
1700-1799'Three of W[ordsworth]'s translations of Catullus survive from between 1786 and c.1788 ["Death of a Starling" (1786); "Lesbia" (1786); "Septimius and Acme" (1788)] ... he...William Wordsworth CatullusCarminaUnknown
1900-1945'Three papers were devoted to aspects of Burns & his works. Mrs Goadby read a biographical sketch. Mrs Smith read a paper prepared conjointly with Mrs [?] on Burns as son...Lilian Goadby Lillian Goadby[paper on Burns's life]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Three papers were devoted to aspects of Burns & his works. Mrs Goadby read a biographical sketch. Mrs Smith read a paper prepared conjointly with Mrs [?]on Burns as song...Elizabeth Ann Smith Elizabeth Ann Smith[paper on Burns as song writer]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Three papers were devoted to aspects of Burns & his works. Mrs Goadby read a biographical sketch. Mrs Smith read a paper prepared conjointly with Mrs [?]on Burns as song...Frederick Edminson Frederick Edminson[paper on Burns's personality]Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Three papers were devoted to aspects of Burns & his works. Mrs Goadby read a biographical sketch. Mrs Smith read a paper prepared conjointly with Mrs [?]on Burns as song...Pattie Stansfield Robert Burns'To a Mouse'Print: Book
1900-1945'Three papers were devoted to aspects of Burns & his works. Mrs Goadby read a biographical sketch. Mrs Smith read a paper prepared conjointly with Mrs [?]on Burns as song...Pattie Stansfield Robert Burns'To a Mountain Daisy'Print: Book
1900-1945'Three papers were devoted to aspects of Burns & his works. Mrs Goadby read a biographical sketch. Mrs Smith read a paper prepared conjointly with Mrs [?]on Burns as song...Helen Rawlings Robert Burns'Cotter's Saturday Night'Print: Book
1900-1945'Three papers were devoted to aspects of Burns & his works. Mrs Goadby read a biographical sketch. Mrs Smith read a paper prepared conjointly with Mrs [?]on Burns as song...Elizabeth Ann Smith Robert Burns Print: Book
1800-1849'Three weeks ago, I finished M. Bailly's "histoire de l'Astronomie Modern[e.]" His acquaintance with the science seems to have been more extensive than profound; his stil...Thomas Carlyle Jean Sylvain BaillyHistoire de l'astronomie modernePrint: Book
1800-1849'Three weeks of sickness, sleepness nights, and dismal days: and the "light" reading that I have been devouring I find to weigh very heavy. Yet the "Three Mousquetaires" ...John Mitchel Alexandre DumasThree MousequetairesPrint: Book
1800-1849'Three weeks of sickness, sleepness nights, and dismal days: and the "light" reading that I have been devouring I find to weigh very heavy. Yet the "Three Mousquetaires" ...John Mitchel Alexandre DumasMarquis de LetorierePrint: Book
1800-1849'Three weeks of sickness, sleepness nights, and dismal days: and the "light" reading that I have been devouring I find to weigh very heavy. Yet the "Three Mousquetaires" ...John Mitchel William Harrison AinsworthWindsor CastlePrint: Book
1800-1849'Three weeks of sickness, sleepness nights, and dismal days: and the "light" reading that I have been devouring I find to weigh very heavy. Yet the "Three Mousquetaires" ...John Mitchel Douglas JerroldSt Giles and St JamesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Through her old friendship with Stephen Tennant, Rosamond became devoted to his lover, Siegfried Sassoon, whose work she much admired'Rosamond Lehmann Siegfried Sassoon Print: Book
1850-1899'Through reading Unto This Last ... Violet Markham -- who was brought up at Tapton House, set in 85 beautiful Derbyshire acres -- began to realise that her luxuries were ...Violet Markham John RuskinUnto This LastPrint: Book
1900-1945'Throughout 1939 his reports speak of "improvements", and even though he still did "not much like" his English teacher he worked hard, widening his reading to include Ver...Philip Larkin Paul Verlaine[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Throughout 1939 his reports speak of "improvements", and even though he still did "not much like" his English teacher he worked hard, widening his reading to include Ver...Philip Larkin Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Verlaine[unknown]Print: Book


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