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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Thursday Jany. 23rd. Do an Italian exercise & read some of Moore's Anacreon [...] Read Anarcharsis [...] Begin Goldsmith's History of Greece p.40.'Claire Clairmont Thomas MooreOdes of Anacreon, Translated into English VersePrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Jany. 23rd. Do an Italian exercise & read some of Moore's Anacreon [...] Read Anarcharsis [...] Begin Goldsmith's History of Greece p.40.'Claire Clairmont Oliver GoldsmithThe History of Greece, from the Earliest State, to...Print: Book
1800-1849'Thursday July 1st. [...] Read the Spectator.'Claire Clairmont The SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Thursday June 10th. set out from Rome to Livorno [...] Arrive at Livorno Aquila Nera Thursday 17th. [June]. Stay there a week. [...] Remove to Villetta Valsovano near M...Claire Clairmont William CobbettA Year's Residence in the United States of AmericaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday June 10th. set out from Rome to Livorno [...] Arrive at Livorno Aquila Nera Thursday 17th. [June]. Stay there a week. [...] Remove to Villetta Valsovano near M...Claire Clairmont Morris BirbeckNotes on a Journey in America, from the Coast of V...Print: Book
1800-1849'Thursday June 10th. set out from Rome to Livorno [...] Arrive at Livorno Aquila Nera Thursday 17th. [June]. Stay there a week. [...] Remove to Villetta Valsovano near M...Claire Clairmont Thomas Love PeacockNightmare AbbeyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday June 10th. set out from Rome to Livorno [...] Arrive at Livorno Aquila Nera Thursday 17th. [June]. Stay there a week. [...] Remove to Villetta Valsovano near M...Claire Clairmont Walter ScottThe Heart of MidlothianPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday June 15th. [...] Go in a Calesse to Casa Ricci at Livorno. Read Vicar of Wakefield'. ...Claire Clairmont Oliver GoldsmithThe Vicar of WakefieldPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday June 8th. [...] Read 1st Vol of Ivanhoe by Walter Scott. [...] 'Friday June 9th. [...] Read Ivanhoe [...] 'Saturday June 10th. [...] Finish Ivanhoe....Claire Clairmont Walter ScottIvanhoePrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday March 11th [...] Read Vie de Mademoiselle de Montpensiers ecrite par elle meme.'Claire Clairmont Mademoiselle de MontpensierMemoires de Mademoiselle de Montpensier, fille de ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Thursday March 16th. [...] Read the Life of Adam Smith [makes notes on this] [...] In Smith's Treatise concerning the Imitative Arts I find the following: "The Minuet,...Claire Clairmont Dugald StewartLife of Adam SmithPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday March 16th. [...] Read the Life of Adam Smith [makes notes on this] [...] In Smith's Treatise concerning the Imitative Arts I find the following: "The Minuet,...Claire Clairmont Adam SmithTreatise on the Imitative ArtsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday March 29th. [...] Read L'Avaro Fastoso di Goldoni.'Claire Clairmont Carlo GoldoniL'Avaro FastosoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday March. 15th. [...] Begin the Hero & Leander of Schiller.' [reading from this text also recorded in journal entry for 18 March 1821, with 'Finish the Hero u...Claire Clairmont J. C. F. von SchillerHero und LeanderPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday May 20th. Read 13th. 14th. 15th. & 16th Cantos of Dante's Purgatorio.'Claire Clairmont Dante AlighieriPurgatorio (Cantos 13, 14, 15, 16)Print: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Nov-- 3rd. Rise at nine. Read Political Justice [...] Dine at four -- Read after dinner some Plays.' Claire Clairmont unknownplaysPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Nov-- 3rd. Rise at nine. Read Political Justice.' Claire Clairmont William GodwinAn Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political ...Print: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Nov. 30th. [...] Read the [...] Novella of Belfegor da Macchivelli.'Claire Clairmont Belfegor da MachiavelliNovella piacevolissimaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Nov. [...] 17th. [...] Read after dinner Rosamond to the children.'Claire Clairmont Maria EdgeworthRosamond: A Sequel to Early LessonsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday Nov. [...] 24th. [...] a letter came from Mr. Baxter with english books for John. Read a little of the Black Lane in Rosamond to him.'Claire Clairmont Maria Edgeworth'The Black Lane'Print: Book


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