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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899Alfred Tennyson to Lady Augusta Bruce, 12 May 1863, after being sent an 'Album' belonging to Queen Victoria, with the request that he write something in it before returni...Alfred Tennyson Johann Wolfgang von Goethe'Edel sei der Mensch'Manuscript: Unknown, Written by Prince Albert into Album belonging to Queen Victoria.
1900-1945'I hope you noticed the leader in this week's Literary Supplement — on Edgar Allan Poe? I never heard such affectation and preciosity; the man who thinks the "Raven" ta...Clive Staples Lewis [Anon] [Anon]'Edgar Allan Poe'Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899In looking over the bound vol. of 'Notes and Queries' for the first half of 1851, I find a paper by you entitled 'Edmund Burke and the Annual Register' [Gaskell then prov...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell James Crossley'Edmund Burkke and the Annual Register' Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899George Grote to G. C. Lewis, 29 December 1862: 'Your Egyptological pamphlet is a very ingenious jeu d'esprit, and the general observations contained in the first pages...George Grote G. C. Lewis'Egyptological pamphlet'Print: Pamphlet
1700-1799'I shewed him some verses on Lichfield by Miss Seward, which I had that day received from her, and had the pleasure to hear him approve of them. He confirmed to me the tr...Samuel Johnson Anna Seward'Elegy on Captain Cook'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Johnson praised the Earl of Carlisle's Poems, which his Lordship had published with his name, as not disdaining to be a candidate for literary fame. My friend was of opi...James Boswell William Whitehead'Elegy to Lord Villiers'Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Wolfe was a great admirer of Gray's "Elegy"; and as he was going down the river with his officers, previous to the storming of Montreal, he read the poem to them to whil...James Wolfe Thomas Gray'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'Print: Book
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 11 March 1827: 'I thanked you, in my last note, for sending me your works, -- & now, having read them, I have it in my power t...Elizabeth Barrett Hugh Stuart Boyd'Elegy'Unknown
1800-1849Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 'Saturday Night,' 2 August 1828: 'It is late for me to be writing, -- but I have this moment received your elegy, -- & I do not ...Elizabeth Barrett Hugh Stuart Boyd'elegy'Unknown
1800-1849'Elegy by Mr J. Hunter Sigh not ye winds as passing oer, The Chambers of the dead ye fly... J.H.'Bowly groupAnne Home'Elegy' OR Poems by Mrs John HunterUnknown
1900-1945'The meeting then considered the subject of Wm Barnes & west country folk songs. C.I. Evans read a paper & a number of readings and songs were given as under. What Dic...Florence E. Reynolds William Barnes'Ellen Brine of Allenburn'Print: Book
1850-1899Charlotte Bronte to Elizabeth Gaskell, 20 September 1851:

'Of all the articles respecting which you question me I have seen none, except that notable one i...		Charlotte Brontë Harriet Taylor'Enfranchisement of Women'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'[James] Garvin used very strong words in his article in the "Observer" today, the article was headed "England's Fame or Shame" ... Got the "Times" Sunday edition, the fi...J. P. Lynch James Louis Garvin'England's Fame or Shame', in the 'Observer' (2 Au...Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Sir Alexander Burnes to John Murray, 'On the Nile,' 30 March 1835: 'The Quarterly is lying before me [...] I have been reperusing the very article which treats of Ma...Sir Alexander Burnes Sir John MacNeill'England, France, Russia, and Turkey'Print: Serial / periodical
1800-1849'Within a day or two of our arrival in Rome (which was on the 7th December, 1841) Grote engaged a master, in order to familiarise himself with the Italian tongue: to wh...George Grote 'English comedies'Print: Book
1900-1945'I have been trying to think how far I and my like, middle class schoolboys at the end of our pre-war education, were unquestioning patriots ready to respond to heroics. ...Harold Edward Leslie Mellersh and schoolmatesRobert Browning'Epilogue to Asolando'Print: Book
1900-1945'In December he read Lang's translation of the elegies by Bion and Moschus that had been Shelley's model for "Adonais".'Wilfred Owen Bion of Smyrna'Epitaph on Adonis'Print: Book
1900-1945'In December he read Lang's translation of the elegies by Bion and Moschus that had been Shelley's model for "Adonais".'Wilfred Owen Moschus'Epitaph on Bion'Print: Book
1800-1849From the diary kept by George Grote for his fiancee, Harriet Lewin (1819): 'January, 1819. 'Sunday -- Rose about 9. After reading Ricardo for some little time, I set ...George Grote Melon'Essai sur le commerce'Print: Unknown
1800-1849Monday, 5 December 1825: 'Dined at the Royal Society Club where as usual was a pleasant meeting of from 20 to 25. It is a very good institution. We pay two guineas only...Henry Mackenzie Henry Mackenzie'Essay on Dreams' (extract)Unknown


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