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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
 
1700-1799Letter from Maria Edgeworth to A.L.Barbauld, dated 26/2/1806, tells about this younger brother, who has just left the 'College of Dublin' and 'he has just finished a poem...C.S. Edgeworth John AikinEvenings at HomePrint: Book
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1800-1849		'It would be well if both tales and books werwe always calculated to ... In the "Evenings at Home", or "Juvenile Budget", all this appears to be effected in it's utmost e...Elizabeth Hamilton John AikinEvenings at HomePrint: Book
1800-1849'My dear boys, when I was your age, there were no such children's books as ther are now...Now, among those very stupid old-fashioned boy's books was one which taught me [...Charles Kingsley John AikinEvenings at homePrint: Book
1800-1849'...one classical in my early days, called "Evenings at Home". It contained, among many well-written lessons, one, under the title of "Eyes and No Eyes", which some of my...John Ruskin John AikinEvenings at homePrint: Book
1800-1849'Thursday. rose at 8, O'Clock, came to Po [Agnes Porter, governess], turned the Hour Glass and played with it.- read my Journal of Sepr 5, 1805, that you wrote for ...William Henry Fox Talbot John AikinEvenings at Home, Or, the Juvenile Budget OpenedPrint: Book
1800-1849'Monday [...] Decbr. 5th. [...] read Evenings at Home with John.' [also records reading this text on 6 December 1825].Claire Clairmont John Aikin and Anna Letitia BarbauldEvenings at Home; or, the Juvenile Budget OpenedPrint: Book
1800-1849'Some of my friends think that the introduction and moral of the "Frogs" are too highly wrought and polished for the simplicity of the fable; it is however a very ingenio...James Hogg John AitkenFrogs, The: A FablePrint: Pamphlet
1800-1849'I have just been reading Allen's account of your Administration. Very well done, for the cautious and decorous style; but it is really quite shameful that a good stout a...Sydney Smith John Allen[article in the Annual Register, 1806]Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge John AnsterPoemsPrint: Book
1700-1799'"Bayle's Dictionary is a very useful work for those to consult who love the biographical part of literature, which is what I love most." Talking of the eminent writer...Samuel Johnson John Arbuthnot[unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge John AsgillA Collection of TractsPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge John AsgillA Collection of TractsPrint: Book
1800-1849Got home a few minutes past one. M- + I tete-a-tete in the drawing [room]... Brought down Dr Ash's little book, Institute of English Grammar, trying to give M - some inst...Anne Lister John AshGrammatical InstitutesPrint: Book
1500-1599'On sig. AIv of [John] Blundevill, ["The fower chiefest offices belonging to Horsemanship"], [Gabriel] Harvey inscribes: "I use Mr Astley [John Astley's "The Art of Ridi...Gabriel Harvey John AstleyThe Art of RidingPrint: Book
1900-1945'Your preface to Aubrey is as delightful as it is learned, and Aubrey himself astonishes me more and more. Has there ever been a writer with more economy of phrase, or wi...Edith Sitwell John AubreyThe Scandals and Credulities of John AubreyPrint: Book
1900-1945'Aubrey in young John Collier's book of selections has reminded me of the value of the quaint and the charming: they may bring the past when properly juxtaposed. How many...Edward Morgan Forster John AubreyThe Scandal and Credulities of John AubreyPrint: Book
1900-1945Saturday 7 September 1935: 'A heavenly quiet morning reading Alfieri by the open window & not smoking [...] I've stopped 2 days now The Years [novel in progress]:& feel t...Virginia Woolf John BaileyJohn Bailey, 1864-1931, Letters and DiariesPrint: Book
1800-1849'I am very much obliged to you for the books - I still keep the O'Hara Tales, not having quite finished them - I certainly exonerate the Anglo Irish from the charge of im...Mary Shelley John BanimTales by the O'Hara FamilyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Lookd over a new vol of provincial poems by a neighbouring poet Bantums "Excursions of Fancy" and poor fancys I find them' [lists vols by other local poets]John Clare John BantonExcursions of FancyPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge John BarclayArgenisPrint: Book


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