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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'Unwell - read Madme de Stael's vie privee de Necker'Mary Shelley Madame de StaelMemoires sur la vie privee de mon pere, par Madame...Print: Book
1600-1699'Up and by water with Mr Tooker (to Woolwich first, to do several businesses of the King's); and then on board Captain Fisher's ship, which we hire to carry goods to Tang...Samuel Pepys [Captain] [Fisher?][papers]Manuscript: Sheet
1600-1699'Up and spent the morning till the Barber came in reading in my chamber part of Osborne's "Advice to his Son" (which I shall not ever enough admire for sense and language...Samuel Pepys Francis OsborneAdvice to his sonPrint: Book
1600-1699'Up and to Deptford by water, reading "Othello, Moore of Venice", which I ever heretofore esteemed a mighty good play; but having so lately read "The Adventures of five h...Samuel Pepys William ShakespeareOthelloPrint: Book
1600-1699'Up and to my office, where all the morning - and part of it Sir J Mennes spent as he doth everything else, like a fool, reading the Anatomy of the body to me, but so sil...Sir John Mennes [or Minnes] [unknown][anatomy of the body]Print: Book
1600-1699'Up and to my office; and then walked to Woolwich, reading Bacon's "faber Fortune", which the oftener I read the more I admire.'Samuel Pepys Francis BaconFaber FortunePrint: Book
1600-1699'Up and to read a little;'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Up at 7. Most of the day reading Doughty and trying with Gertrude Bell to settle route after Buraida.[...] Continued to glean for a Najd glossary from Doughty's Index ti...Ronald Storrs Charles M. DoughtyTravels in Arabia DesertaPrint: Book
1600-1699'Up betimes and fell to reading my Latin grammer, which I perceive I have great need of, having lately found it by my calling Will to the reading of a Chapter in Latin an...Samuel Pepys William LilyA short introduction of grammar... of the Latine t...Print: Book
1600-1699'Up betimes and to my office, where I first ruled with red Inke my English "Mare clausum"; which, with the new Orthodox title, makes it now very handsome.'Samuel Pepys John SeldenMare ClausumPrint: Book
1800-1849'Up by nine. Read a little this morning in Lord Bolingbroke's "Study of History". What extreme foppery! Yet what can one point out as proofs?'William Windham Henry Saint John, Viscount BolingbrokeLetter on the Study and Use of HistoryPrint: Book
1600-1699'Up earely; and after reading a little in Cicero, I made me ready and to my office - where all the morning busy.'Samuel Pepys Cicero[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Up for early show ... Started to snow and carried on nearly all day! No patrols; did nothing except read and smoke.'Guy Mainwaring Knocker unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'Up pretty late. Breakfasted with M. de P. who told me travellers' tales. Long talk with him afterwards. He then gave me "Mireille" which I proceeded to read. ' Gertrude Bell Frédéric MistralMireille (Mirèio)Print: Book
1850-1899'Up this morning in good time & had a long read of the Argus before I went into the office.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]ArgusPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Up to dinner, talking to Emily, practising the piano, playing with the children, reading Hoare's admirable article on Rimbaud the day had gone well... Eric has promised ...Antonia White Hoare[article on Rimbaud]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Up to dinner, talking to Emily, practising the piano, playing with the children, reading Hoare's admirable article on Rimbaud the day had gone well... Eric has promised ...Antonia White [n/a]VoguePrint: Serial / periodical
1600-1699'Up to my chamber to read a little, and write my Diary for three or four days past.'Samuel Pepys [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1900-1945'Up very early. Medicine successful. Joined in [Fam.?] Prayer. Clock run down at last and so wound by May ... Read "The Westcotes".'Harriet Bickersteth Cook Arthur Quiller-CouchThe WestcotesPrint: BookUnknown
1600-1699'Up, and after being trimmed, I alone by water to Erith, all the way with my song-book singing of Mr Laws's long recitative Song in the beginning of his book.'Samuel Pepys Henry LawesAyres and dialoguesPrint: Book


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