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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849Before breakfast, looking over the Greek grammar and Bonnycastle's algebra...Anne Lister John BonnycastleAn introduction to algebra or a treatise on algebr
1700-1799'Having been lately interested in astronomical studies & been reading Ferguson and Bonnycastle on that science; I on Monday the 15th began making a planetorium upon a st...John Marsh John BonnycastleAn introduction to astronomyPrint: Book
1800-1849'the infinity of god a Russian fragment translated by Mr Bowring' followed by transcript of text '-yes as a drop of water in the sea /..'Mary Groom John BowringThe Infinity Of GodUnknown
1800-1849'I recommend you to read Hall, Palmer, Fearon and Bradburys Travels in America, particularly "Fearon". There is nothing to me so curious and intersting as the rapidity wi...Sydney Smith John BradburyTravels in the Interior of America in the years 18...Print: Book
1700-1799'I went to the Library; read Bramhall against Hobbes'John Byrom John BramhallCastigation of Mr Hobbes [with the appendix]The CaPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Boswell having expressed doubt about the power of prayer, Johnson] mentioned Dr. Clarke and Bishop Bramhall on "Liberty and Necessity", and bid me read South's "Sermons...Samuel Johnson John BramhallDiscourse of Liberty and Necessity Print: Book
1600-1699he was required to answer to some of the articles, viz. the signing and subscribing the two opinions; but I thinck it was not delivered to the house, for I find it engros...John Bramston John Bramston[untitled]Unknown
1700-1799
1800-1849		"When John Brand had a copy of his Observations on Popular Antiquities (1777) interleaved to take materials for a revised edition, he drafted a paragraph of acknowledgeme...Francis Douce John BrandObservations on Popular AntiquitiesPrint: Book
1850-1899'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things...George Eliot [pseud.] John Bright[Speeches]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the evening read aloud Bright's 4th speech on India, and a story in Italian. In the spectator some interesting facts about loss of memory, and "double life". In the R...George Eliot [pseud.] John Bright[4th speech on India]Print: Book
1850-1899'In the evening I read aloud a short speech of Bright's on Ireland, delivered 20 years ago, in which he insists that nothing will be a remedy for the woes of that country...George Eliot [pseud] John Bright[speech on Ireland and Church Establishment]Print: Book
1800-1849'It is the rainy evening of a dull day which I have spent in reading a little of Klopstock's Messiah (for the man Jardine, who broke his engagement); and in looking over ...Thomas Carlyle John BristedAmerica and her ResourcesPrint: Book
1600-1699'Thence home and to my office till night, reading over and consulting upon the book and Ruler that I bought this morning of Browne concerning the Lyne of Numbers, in whic...Samuel Pepys John BrownThe use of the line of numbers, on a sliding (or g...Print: Book
1600-1699'I walked back again, all the way reading of my book of Timber measure, comparing it with my new Sliding rule, brought home this morning, with great pleasure.'Samuel Pepys John BrownDescription and use of the carpenter's rulePrint: Book
1700-1799'Looked over Brown's "Essays on Satire", prefixed to Pope's "Moral Poems"; in which the nature and end of Satire is happily portrayed...'Thomas Green John BrownAn essay on satirePrint: Book
1700-1799'Read Brown's "Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times". The 2d Vol. is merely a supplementary comment on the 1st; and in that, after allowing us a spirit of...Thomas Green John BrownAn estimate of the manners and principles of the t...Print: Book
1900-1945'It is equally possible for the same reader to adopt different frames for the same story, relishing it on one level while seeing through the claptrap on another. In his y...Aneurin Bevan John Buchan[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'1943 My Favourite: Books: "How Green Was my Valley", "Witch in the Wood". Authors: T.H.White, Hugh Walpole Poems: "Christabel", "Lotus Eaters" Writers: Shaw, Shakesp...Hilary Spalding John BuchanWitch WoodPrint: Book
1900-1945'Kipling had now been supplemented with Henty, Ballantyne, Rider Haggard and John Buchan, all with their own tales of imperial derring-do to tell theimpressionable young...Lawrence Durrell John Buchan[unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Well, I've read John Buchan's books before. That's the reason.'John Buchan[unknown]Print: Book


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