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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'We had a very pleasant day on monday at Ashe [...] There was a whist & a casino table, & six outsiders. - Rice & Lucy made love, Mat: Robinson fell asleep, James and Mr...Augusta Bramston Dr Edward Jennerpamphlet on the cow poxPrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849'We had a wet day yesterday, and amused ourselves with reading aloud "The Life of Stephen Langton" in "The Lives of the English Saints" (These lives were small biographie...Elizabeth Missing Sewell [unknown]Life of Stephen LangtonPrint: Book
1700-1799'We had also that fish described by Frezier in his voyage to Spanish South America by the name of "elefant, pejegallo" or "poisson coq" which, though coarse, we made shif...Joseph Banks Amedee Francois FrezierRelation du voyage de la Mer du Sud, aux c?tes du ...Print: Book
1800-1849'We had each seen the "Derbyshire Patriot" (I for the first time) of that day- Westminster election on Wednesday the people would not hear Hobhouse speak but pelted him w...Joseph Jenkinson [n/a]The Derbyshire PatriotPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'We had each seen the "Derbyshire Patriot" (I for the first time) of that day- Westminster election on Wednesday the people would not hear Hobhouse speak but pelted him w...Mr Hollingsworth [n/a]The Derbyshire PatriotPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'We had each seen the "Derbyshire Patriot" (I for the first time) of that day- Westminster election on Wednesday the people would not hear Hobhouse speak but pelted him w...Mr Dobb [n/a]The Derbyshire PatriotPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'We had each seen the "Derbyshire Patriot" (I for the first time) of that day- Westminster election on Wednesday the people would not hear Hobhouse speak but pelted him w...Mr Ward [n/a]The Derbyshire PatriotPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'We had met Dickens before, but only "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "The Chimes", both of which, in their mean little school editions, were enough to sour a boy against the...Norman Nicholson Charles DickensThe Old Curiosity ShopPrint: Book
1900-1945'We had met Dickens before, but only "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "The Chimes", both of which, in their mean little school editions, were enough to sour a boy against the...Norman Nicholson Charles DickensThe ChimesPrint: Book
1700-1799'We had much talk among us of Chatterton, &, as he was best known in this part of the world, I attended particularly to the opinion of Dr. Harrington concerning him; & th...Henry Harington Thomas ChattertonThe Rowley poemsPrint: Book
1850-1899'we had reached a cell in the west wing, to which the first letter was addressed. The women were locked up in their cells during tea-time, and the clerk, placing her mout...anon [unknown][letter]Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899'We had read at school in our Reading Books, gorgeous bits from Macaulay's "History" -the Trial of the Seven Bishops and the Relief of Derry -and it was therefore natural...Thomas A. Jackson Thomas Babington MacaulayHistory of EnglandPrint: Book
1850-1899'We had read at school in our Reading Books, gorgeous bits from Macaulay's "History" -the Trial of the Seven Bishops and the Relief of Derry -and it was therefore natural...Thomas A. Jackson Thomas Babington MacaulayWarren HastingsPrint: Book
1800-1849'We had read his [Thomas Clarkson's] book ... William [Wordsworth] I believe made a few remarks upon paper, but he had not time for much criticism, and in fact having onl...William Wordsworth Thomas ClarksonHistory of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment o...Manuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'We had spent many an evening in Teheran, poring over maps and discussing our journey across the Bakthiari country. It had not been easy to get information; the map...Vita Sackville-West unknown unknownunknownUnknown
1850-1899'We had, at home, a huge Family Bible -one of the brass-bound sort -with fine fat type and hundreds of illustrations. It was always safe to leave me with this Bible lying...Thomas A. Jackson [n/a]The BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'We have a little French story in the house, called [underlined] Elizabeth [end underlining], much admired and praised: but "somehow", I have taken it into my head that i...Anna Wilbraham Marie "Sophie" CottinElisabeth, ou les Exiles de SiberiePrint: Book
1900-1945'We have a lovely mess, well warmed and, like all the town, lit with electric light ... Harley came in to dine and sent for his Times, which he got to-day. In it w...Rowan Ernest Grice-Hutchinson TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'We have all been reading le Siege de la Rochelle. As I leave others to make their own remarks, I shall only tell you my own opinion, which is, that though I think it al...Lady Caroline Lamb Stephanie de GenlisLe Siege de la Rochelle, ou le malheur et la consc...Print: Book
1850-1899'We have also begun Lyell['s ''Life'']. The scrap of autobiography is pleasant.'Emma Darwin Charles, Sir LyellLife, Letters and JournalsPrint: Book


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