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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'We talked of the Reviews, and Dr. Johnson spoke of them as he did at Thrale's. Sir Joshua [Reynolds] said, what I have often thought, that he wondered to find so much go...James Boswell [Monthly and Critical Reviews]Print: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'We talked of the Reviews, and Dr. Johnson spoke of them as he did at Thrale's. Sir Joshua [Reynolds] said, what I have often thought, that he wondered to find so much go...Joshua Reynolds [Monthly and Critical Reviews]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'We think he is mistaken in every respect. His work does not teach the human heart, but insults it...His precepts are conveyed in the cries of Bedlam; and the outrage of ...John Scott Percy Bysshe ShelleyThe CenciPrint: Book
1700-1799'We took Beroe incrassata, Medusa limpidissima, plicata and obliquata, Alcyonium anguillare (probably the thing that Shelvoke mentions in his "Voyage Round the World" p. ...Joseph Banks George ShelvockeA Voyage Round the World by way of the Great South...Print: Book
1900-1945'We took our deck chairs into the garden and from 3 o' clock until 3.20 I read the paper whilst my wife knitted. At 3.20 I tired of reading and fetched out the mower and ... newspaperPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'We travelled ... to Nottingham, where we walked about and viewed the Castle and town, an interesting old place, and particularly so to us at that time having just read M...Wordsworth FamilyLucy HutchinsonMemoirs of Colonel HutchinsonPrint: Book
1700-1799'We viewed a remarkable natural curiosity at Islam; two rivers bursting near each other from the rock, not from immediate springs, but after having run for many miles und...James Boswell Robert PlottNatural History of StaffordshirePrint: Book
1800-1849'We walk out - when we return Shelley talks with Jane and I read Wrongs of woman'.Mary Godwin Mary WollstonecraftWrongs of Woman; or, MariaPrint: Book
1800-1849'We waste, not use, ourtime; we breathe, not live' [single line] 'Young'Carey/Maingay groupEdward YoungNight Thoughts OR 'Night Two'Print: UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'We went below at half-past seven, and I read the fourth and fifth cantos of The Lay of the Last Minstrel to Albert, and then we played on the piano.' Queen Victoria Sir Walter ScottThe Lay of the Last MinstrelPrint: Book
1850-1899'We went for a stroll about nine & continued walking till a little past ten. Came home then & after reading a short time went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'We went in the evening to Gruppe's. He read to us parts of a poem "Ferdusi" still in M.S. which is to be read to the King.'[Prof] Gruppe [Prof.] Gruppe[poem in MS]Manuscript: Sheet
1850-1899'we went to hear the reading of Gruppe's Ferdusi. But the reading was bad and the room insufferably hot. So we came away and read Shakspeare (sic) at home'.George Eliot [Prof] GruppeFerdusiManuscript: UnknownUnknown
1850-1899'we went to hear the reading of Gruppe's Ferdusi. But the reading was bad and the room insufferably hot. So we came away and read Shakspeare (sic) at home'.George Eliot and G.H. LewesWilliam ShakespeareunknownPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'We went to Walton and then to Cullens to get "tuck" for Dick. After lunch packed Dick's box. Then read "Arethusa". Babs coughed nearly all night until I gave him a...Verena Pennefather Percy Bysse ShelleyArethusaPrint: Book
1900-1945'We were allowed to see two German papers—the "Kölnische Zeitung" and the "Lokal Würzburger Anzeiger." These papers arrived after lunch, and anything of interest in t...Ian Vivian Kölnische ZeitungPrint: NewspaperManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'We were allowed to see two German papers—the "Kölnische Zeitung" and the "Lokal Würzburger Anzeiger." These papers arrived after lunch, and anything of interest in t...Ian Vivian Lokal Würzburger AnzeigerPrint: NewspaperManuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'We were always allowed to take in the German newspapers, and for a short time by the courtesy of a highly placed gentleman, a few copies of The Times and some ill...Lorimer John Austin TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'We were always allowed to take in the German newspapers, and for a short time by the courtesy of a highly placed gentleman, a few copies of The Times and some ill...Lorimer John Austin [German newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945'We were always allowed to take in the German newspapers, and for a short time by the courtesy of a highly placed gentleman, a few copies of The Times and some ill...Lorimer John Austin [Illustrated English newspapers]Print: Newspaper


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