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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
 
1850-1899'Verse for today Esdras - no - Maccabees I. XIII. 30.'John Ruskin [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Verses / Spencer' 'Too late I staid, forgive the crime; /...' [transcript of poem]Mary Groom William Robert SpencerTo The Lady Anne HamiltonUnknown
1850-1899'Very clear & convincing — not indeed to be answered. O that my faith may grow more settled as my devotion becomes more warm'G. W. F. Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle William PaleyHorae PaulinaePrint: Book
1850-1899'very clever, useful, & searching, but obscure, uphill, & with the great disadvantage of long dialogues with the part of the objector stated by the author who means to co...G. W. F. Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle Henry RogersThe Eclipse of FaithPrint: Book
1900-1945'Very few people appeared to be out, in fact it seemed like Sunday in the High Road, I called in a snack bar, ordered a cup of tea and a packet of cigarettes, I was the o... [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Very foggy; raw and cold all morning; the sun came out a little after lunch, but it was still cold. Wrapped myself in fur cloaks and rugs and sat on deck reading novels....Gertrude Bell unknown unknownunknownPrint: Book
1800-1849'very good, rather political in character'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth William Ellery ChanningSermon on Spiritual FreedomPrint: Book
1800-1849'very good, with his peculiar views'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth William Ellery ChanningSermon on the Imitableness of ChristPrint: Book
1900-1945'Very heavy rain. Early dinner in doors. Skimmed Observer.'Harriet Bickersteth Cook The ObserverPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Very hot again, but more breeze. Washed my hair after my bath and dried it in the garden. Roley home for lunch. Finished "Eric Brighteyes" to him in the garden aft...Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Very hot day. Tub played tennis with the Malonys in the afternoon. I read Eric Brighteyes to Babs. Mrs Salter came to see me about 7 oclock.'Verena Pennefather Henry Rider HaggardEric BrighteyesPrint: Book
1850-1899'Very hot. 92 and a following wind. Read the "Déracinés".' Gertrude Bell Maurice BarrèsLes DéracinésPrint: Book
1800-1849'very interesting & able. I have read the entire contents of his published works, and every page has impressed upon me increased admiration, sympathy & veneration. I make...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth William Ellery ChanningLecture on the Present AgePrint: Book
1800-1849'Very little news of importance in the Papers. I see Mr Hume is still strenuous for Economy, particulary in the Navy estimates...'Robert Sharp n/aThe TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Very little news of importance in the Papers. I see Mr Hume is still strenuous for Economy, particulary in the Navy estimates...'Robert Sharp n/aThe ExaminerPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Very many thanks for the book ["The Country House"] and its dedication—it makes me very proud. I received it on Friday and began reading it straight off, but it wa...William Henry Hudson John GalsworthyThe Country HousePrint: Book
1900-1945'Very many thanks for your kind and friendly notion of sending me "The Brothers Karamazov". I am quite simply astonsihed to see how you and your collaborator have succee...Joseph Conrad Jacques Copeau (and Jean Croue, after Fyodor DostoievskiLes Frères Karamazov: une drame en 5 actes Dostoi...Print: playscript
1800-1849'Very much struck at the unpreachable style of Clarke on the attributes, his logical and metaphysical views, his answers to Lucretius, Hobbesand spinoza. what a differenc...Benjamin Newton Samuel ClarkeA demonstration of the being and attributes of GodPrint: Book
1900-1945'Very neatly put is this from "The Syonan Sinbun": "With the return of warm weather, the submarine threat has become a burning question."'Thomas Kitching [n/a]Syonan SinbunPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Very nice weather. Very hot indeed. Reading on the sands. Also took a shot of some fisher girls in their picturesque costumes, digging for worms and bait.'Leslie Semple unknown unknownunknownUnknown


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