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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'Tuesday 3rd August. ?Pongo and the Bull? ? ( Belloc)'. Gerald Moore Hilaire BellocPongo and the BullPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tuesday 6th July. ?Mr Waddington of Wyck? ? (May Sinclair). Back to the office today and find that young Reid has done pretty well. Kept my work fairly up-to-date. ...Gerald Moore May SinclairMr Waddington of WyckPrint: Book
1900-1945'Tuesday 7th December. "Decline and Fall? ? Vol. 2'. Gerald Moore Edward GibbonDecline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePrint: Book
1900-1945'Tuesday 7th September ?English Opium Eater? (De Quincey)' Gerald Moore Thomas de QuinceyConfessions of an English Opium EaterPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday April 14th. Sit at home all day. Read the Life of Tasso and L'Etourdi of Moliere.'Claire Clairmont MoliereL'EtourdiPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday April 14th. Sit at home all day. Read the Life of Tasso and L'Etourdi of Moliere.'Claire Clairmont unknownLife of TassoPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday April 20th. Read Huon de Bordeaux'.Claire Clairmont unknown'Huon de Bordeaux'Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday April 27th. Read 8th. & 9th. Canto of Ricciardetto'. Claire Clairmont Niccolo ForteguerriIl Ricciardetto di Niccolo Carteromaco (Cantos 8 a...Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday Dec. [...] 20th. [...] Letter from Mr. Baxter and Forsyth's Travels in Italy. After dinner I read it.' [records further readings from this text, some wit...Claire Clairmont Joseph ForsythRemarks on Antiquities, Arts, and Letters during a...Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday Feb. 8th. Read Paine's Rights of Man. 'Wednesday Feb 9th. [...] Read Rights of Man first part -- 'Thursday Feb. 10th [...] Finish the first part of Rights...Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineRights of Man (Part 1)Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday February 1st. [...] Read Paine [...] In Paine I find an account of the English cruelties in America and India'.Claire Clairmont Thomas PaineThe American CrisisPrint: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Tuesday Jany. 11th. Finish the Life of Lycurgus -- Begin that of Numa'.Claire Clairmont Plutarch Lives of Lycurgus and NumaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday July 18th. [...] Read Continuation of the Stories of Old Daniel.' ...Claire Clairmont Lady Mount CashellContinuation of the Stories of Old Daniel: Or Tale...Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday July 4th. [...] Read Virgil -- Lines 100. Read Aristippe by Wieland. [...] 'Wednesday July 5th. [...] Read 40 lines of Virgil'. [Report 'Read Virgil' ...Claire Clairmont Virgil AeneidPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday July 4th. [...] Read Virgil -- Lines 100. Read Aristippe by Wieland.' [subsequent readings from Aristippe recorded in entries for 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, ...Claire Clairmont Christoph Martin WielandAristipp und einige seiner ZeitgenossenPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday June 1st. [...] '.Claire Clairmont BoccaccioDecameronPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday March 14th. [...] Read Dramatic Biography'.Claire Clairmont David Erskine BakerBiographia dramatica; or, a Companion to the Playh...Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday March 16th. Go in the Morning to the Gardens of the Villa Borghese -- sit on the steps of the temple of Esculapius and read Wordsworth'.Claire Clairmont William WordsworthunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday March 23rd. '.Claire Clairmont unknown'Memoires de Madame de Pompadour'Print: Book
1800-1849'Tuesday March 30th. [...] Finish Schlegel's Critiscism [sic].'Claire Clairmont SchlegelCriticismPrint: Book


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