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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
 
1800-1849'I have read the "Parish Register" with great attention. It is rather lifeless and wants character and point but I like it for its simplicity and extraordinary resemblanc...James Hogg John GaltAnnals of the ParishPrint: Book
1800-1849'I think very highly of both the books you have sent me but far most highly of Lights and Shadows in which there is a great deal of very powerful effect purity of sentime...James Hogg John GaltProvostPrint: Book
1800-1849'Mrs Scott (here) is as thorough-paced a lover of those books [The Waverley Novels] as either of us. I have been looking over the Ayrshire Legatees, which I do not like a...Louisa, Lady Stuart John GaltAyrshire Legatees, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Pray, if you love laughing, read "the [italics] Entail [end italics] or the Lairds of Grippy". It is admirable for that purpose, tho' far more broadly Scotch than I can ...Louisa, Lady Stuart John GaltEntail, The, or The Lairds Of GrippyPrint: Book
1800-1849Thursday, 23 February 1826: 'Read a little volume called the OMEN very well written, deep and powerfull language [...] it is [John Gibson] Lockhart or I am strangely...Walter Scott John GaltThe OmenPrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 19 July 1829: 'I read the Spae-wife of Galt. There is something good in it and the language is occasionally very forcible but he has made his story difficult t...Walter Scott John GaltThe SpaewifePrint: Book
1800-1849Sunday, 11 July 1830: 'I have begun Lawrie Todd which ought considering the author's indisputed talents to have been better. He might have laid [James Fenimore] Cowper...Walter Scott John GaltLawrie ToddPrint: Book
1700-1799Play'd tunes in 'The Beggars Opera' 2 hours after dinner.Gertrude Savile John GayThe Beggar's OperaPrint: Book
1700-1799Tuned harpsichord and play'd some of Beggars Opera songs after supper alone.Gertrude Savile John GayThe Beggars OperaPrint: Book
1700-1799Mrs Newton, Lady Palmerston, Lady Clavering and 2 daughters (great fortunes), and 3 Mrs Fox's here. While the last 2 were here, and Mrs D'Enly alone in Mother's room, I r...Gertrude Savile John GayThe Beggar's OperaPrint: Book
1700-1799'I told him that from reading Gay's writings, I had taken an affection to his Grace's family from my earliest years.'James Boswell John Gay[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799?This evening my father has been reading out Gay?s Trivia to our great entertainment. I wished very much, my dear aunt, that you and Sophy had been sitting round the fire...R.L. Edgeworth John GayTrivia: or the art of walking the streets of Londo...Print: Book
1800-1849'On turning to my book, I find I have journalised only one day, during this summer vis [sic] July 29, when I walked after tea with Mrs Cole a new walk down Penny-black La...John Cole John GayChoir, ThePrint: Book
1700-1799'I completed the reading of Gay's "Fables", which I think contains a very good lesson of morality; and I think the language very healthy, being very natural.'Thomas Turner John GayFablesPrint: Book
1800-1849'I always hated Gay's Fables, and for long could not abide a red book.'Harriet Martineau John GayGay's FablesPrint: Book
1800-1849'It was at this time that I read the remaining seven volumes of the "Spectator"; to which I added the "Rambler", the "Tatler", and some others of the "British Essayists"....Thomas Carter John GayTrivia, or the Art of Walking London StreetsPrint: Book
1800-1849'It was at this time that I read the remaining seven volumes of the "Spectator"; to which I added the "Rambler", the "Tatler", and some others of the "British Essayists"....Thomas Carter John Gay[burlesque 'pastorals']Print: Book
1800-1849'It was at this time that I read the remaining seven volumes of the "Spectator"; to which I added the "Rambler", the "Tatler", and some others of the "British Essayists"....Thomas Carter John GayThe Village CuratePrint: Book
1700-1799'Looked over the "Beggar's Opera". The slang of low iniquity, is happily given in this strange drama...'Thomas Green John GayBeggar's OperaPrint: Book
1700-1799'The late "worthy'' Duke of Queensberry, as Thomson, in his "Seasons," justly characterises him, told me that when Gay showed him "The Beggar's Opera," his Grace's observ...Charles Douglas, Third Duke of Queensberry John GayBeggar's Opera, TheUnknown


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