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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799Robert Southey to Joseph Cottle, 14 December 1797: 'Your parcel & its contents arrived safe. I found it on my return from a library belonging to the dissenters — in Red...Robert Southey Johannes Ravisius TextorDe Memorabilibus et Claris Mulieribus: Aliquot Div...Print: Book
1800-1849'S. reads the bible - and Muller's universal History'Percy Bysshe Shelley Johannes von MullerAllgemeine GeschichtePrint: Book
1900-1945'After refreshment Geo Burrow told us of Meinholt's [sic] book "The Amber Witch" & of witchcraft & Howard R. Smith read a story written by H.M. Wallis who was unable to ...George Burrow Johannes Wilhelm Meinhold"The Amber Witch"Print: Book
1850-1899'[Uncle William] read everything: all the classic works in all the languages he had ever known, or not quite forgotten: Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian; a bit of ea...William Darwin Johannn Wolfgang von Goethe Print: Book
My father's large bookcase was stuffed with odd volumes of the Gentleman's Magazine and other miscellaneous matters. Anacharsis' 'travels in Greece', Robertson's 'America...Anne Lutton John AdamsThe History of Rome, from the Foundation of the CiPrint: Book
1800-1849'S reads aloud to us in the evening out of Adolphus's "Lives"'.Percy Bysshe Shelley John AdolphusBiographical Memoirs of the French RevolutionPrint: Book
1800-1849'S. reads aloud to us in the evening out of Adolphus's lives'.Percy Bysshe Shelley John AdolphusBiographical Memoirs of the French RevolutionPrint: Book
1800-1849'The Royal Sufferers, or Intrigues at the Close of the 18th Century. by J.Agg. 3 vols.' [no commentary on the text: part of list of texts read]Ellen Weeton John AggThe Royal Sufferer; or, Intrigues at the close ofPrint: Book
1700-1799'I took [books] to the library and brought Aikin's "Description of the Country between 30 and 40 miles around Manchester", nevertheless he has Sheffield which is 42 miles...Joseph Hunter John AikinA Description of the Country from thirty to forty ...Print: Book
1700-1799'I finished Aikin's "Description &c"... I began to read my "Evenings at Home" again. It is a book written by Mr Aikin and Mrs Brabauld.Joseph Hunter John AikinA Description of the country from thirty to forty ...Print: Book
1700-1799'I finished Aikin's "Description &c"... I began to read my "Evenings at Home" again. It is a book written by Mr Aikin and Mrs Brabauld.Joseph Hunter John AikinEvenings at home; or the Juvenile Budget OpenedPrint: Book
1700-1799'We got the "Monthly Magazine" from Miss Haynes who takes it in. Mr E. says it is the best published. I drew a copy of Stanley Hall near Bolton le Moor out of Aikin.'Joseph Hunter John AikinA Description of the Country from thirty to forty ...Print: Book
1800-1849'"The story of Eyes and No Eyes in Evenings at Home is intended only to illustrate the difference between inattention and vigilance, but the exercise in narration is a su...John Ruskin John AikinEvenings at HomePrint: Book
1800-1849'I must include. under the general title of these [fairy legends], the stories in "Evenings at Home" of the Transmigrations of Indur, the Discontented Squirrel, the Trave...John Ruskin John AikinEvenings at HomePrint: Book
1800-1849[footnote includes a quote from Evenings and the following:] 'Nevertheless, the germs of all modern conceit and error respecting manufacture and industry ads rivalsto Art...John Ruskin John AikinEvenings at HomePrint: Book
1700-1799[Half a page in praise of Evenings, beginning:] 'No one can be so injudicious, or so unjust, as to class the excellent "Evenings at Home" amongst books of mere entertainm...Maria Edgeworth John AikinEvenings at HomePrint: Book
1700-1799'We have heard a boy of nine years old, who had never been taught elocution by any reading-master, read simple, pathetic passages, and natural dialogues in "Evenings at H...[ a boy known to Maria Edgeworth John AikinEvenings at HomePrint: Book
1700-1799'Several children, who were reading "Evenings at Home", observed that in the story of Juliet and the fairy order...' [ the children comment on the story].[ a group of children known to Maria EdgeworthJohn AikinEvenings at HomePrint: Book
1700-1799'S----was reading in "Evenings at Home" the story of "A Friend in need is a Friend Indeed" ...[when he commented on the word choice in a certain sentence].'John AikinEvenings at HomePrint: Book
1700-1799'There is a slight attempt at the kind of composition we mean, in a little trial in "Evenings at Home"; and we have seen children read it with great avidity.'[children known to Maria Edgeworth]John AikinEvenings at HomePrint: Book


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