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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
 
1700-1799'Took Pennant's "View of Hindoostan" to Library; I have not read it but, Mr E. says it is very entertaining. There are some beautiful plates in it.'Joseph Evans Thomas PennantOutlines of the Globe: the View of HindoostanPrint: Book
1700-1799'Took Percy's "Reliques" to the Library [no evidence of reading this text], & brought Ireland's "Picturesque Views on the River Thames". Began to draw out of Ireland the ...Joseph Hunter Samuel IrelandPicturesque Views of the River ThamesPrint: Book
1700-1799'Took Pindar's "Tales of Hoy" to the library; I think it much inferior to most of his other publications which I have seen. Corinna's "Epitaph", which I have transcribed...Joseph Hunter Peter PindarTales of the Hoy, interspersed with songPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'Took Sommy's watch to Asprey's after lunch. Finished "The Wages of Sin."'Verena Vera Pennefather Lucas MaletThe Wages of SinPrint: Book
1700-1799'Took Staunton's "Embassy to China" to the Library & brought "Anecdotes of the Founders of the French Revolution...". "about one-third of the anecdotes" says the editor ....Joseph Hunter [Anon] Biographical Anecdotes of the Founders of the Fren...Print: Book
1700-1799'Took the "Curiosities of Literature" to the Library. It contains many curious things; a great part of it consists of extracts from the different [Mags?]. Brought back Vo...Joseph Hunter Isaac D'IsraeliCuriosities of LiteraturePrint: Book
1700-1799'Took the "Gent. Mag." to the Library, & brought Frederick Morton Eden's "State of the Poor"; he gives an account of the state of the poor in most of the large parishes i...Joseph Hunter Sir Frederick Morton EdenThe State of the Poor; or an History of the LabourPrint: Book
1700-1799'Took the "Spirit of the Journals" to the Chapel Library [...] there are no less than 101 Epigrams on Messrs Pitt & Dundas going drunk to the House of Commons on the nigh...Joseph Hunter [unknown]The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 [seriesPrint: Book
1700-1799'Took the 1st vol of Lodges' "Illustrations of British History" to the Library; I brought the 2nd volume; the 5th volume of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall" not beeing yet com...Joseph Hunter The European Magazine and London ReviewPrint: Advertisement, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Took the 1st vol of Staunton to the library [borrowed on 7 Sept], & brought Townson's "Travels" ... The 1st part of Staunton brings the embassador into the Yellow Sea, s...Joseph Hunter Sir George Leonard StauntonAn Authentic Account from the King of Great Britai...Print: Book
1900-1945'Took the morning training from Euston to Carlisle, arriving at 4.30. Read Phineas Redeux all the way.'James Lees-Milne Anthony TrollopePhineas Redeux
1850-1899'Took up Renan's "St Paul" as I was dressing, and read a little. A piece of epistle in smaller type caught my eye as I was closing the book: "Graces a Dieu pour son ineff...John Ruskin Ernest RenanSt PaulPrint: Book
1700-1799'Took Zimmermann to the library [In margin: 'vestry']. It consists for the most part of declamation, tho' it is very instructive; I have not finishe'd it but it was time ...Joseph Hunter Johann Georg ZimmermannSolitude, or the effect of Occasional RetirementPrint: Book
1700-1799'Took [the] "Answer to Wilberforce" to the Chapel Library & brought "The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797, Being an Impartial Selection ... Essays & Jeaux d'Espirit...Joseph Hunter [unknown]The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797Print: Book
1800-1849'Tor Hill, I have read - and was amused to find myself [underlined] en pays de connaissance [end underlining]. Many years ago, I walked with my poor brothers James & Mart...Sarah Harriet Burney Horatio SmithTor HillPrint: Book
1600-1699'towarde Night I went to my accostomed exercises of Readinge and praier'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699'towardes Night I went to priuatt praier and readinge'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Towards evening the General [George McMunn] lent me "Blackwood's Centenary", in which I read twice, with eager disappointment, Charles Whibley's tribute to H. C. [Storrs...Ronald Storrs Blackwood's Magazine Print: Serial / periodical
1600-1699'Towards noon there comes a man in, as if upon ordinary business, and shows me a Writt from the Exchequer, called a Comission of Rebellion, and tells me that I am his pri...Samuel Pepys [unknown][Writ]Unknown
1900-1945'Towards the end of the war I would receive a letter in her tiny, rounded hand, one of those wartime "pre-mission" letters, intended for onward transmission only if the w...Ralph Glasser Rachel [letter]Manuscript: Letter


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