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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
 
1850-1899'Got up about 7A.M. had some tea & commenced to read. I read a Christian Age & some from a book by Thos Guthrie, 'Man & the Gospel' which I enjoy very much. I then ...James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I came back & read some extracts from the Christian Age, am now going to bed about 8-30 P.M.'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Got up about 8 A.M. after I tidy'd up my house I had a cup of tea then read a good bit in the Christian Age ...'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I had to close my door & light a candle, the dust was blowing in clouds and the air was full of it, it was like a mist, it obscured the Sun. I never saw the like o...James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'... read a good bit from C Age ...'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899' ... had Roast Beef & Potatoes for dinner, then made some stew for tomorrow, then read the Christian Age. Went to bed about 8 P.M.'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899' ... had my dinner and fixed some soup then read a good bit from Christian Age ...'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I read a good bit from C Age & done some writing am now going to bed.'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1850-1899' ... read a good deal from C Age - also some chapters in the Book of Cronicles [sic] ...'James Bennetts Williams [n/a] [n/a]The Christian AgePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799an Observation 'By those who profess a knowledge of human Nature, the real causes of deep and continued dissension will rarely be sought...'Frances Hamilton [unknown]The Christian Church from the Earliest Period to t...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge John OxleeThe Christian Doctrines of the Trinity and Incarna...Print: Book
1850-1899''I read all my new school books as soon as I got them; I read "The People's Journal", "The People's Friend", and "The Christian Herald". I read a complete series of sent...Edwin Muir [n/a]The Christian HeraldPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I receive great light and benefit I trust from reading Gurnall's Christian Armour'Arabella Davies William GurnallThe Christian in Compleat ArmourPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge John ScottThe Christian LifePrint: Book
1850-1899'There were numbers of a paper called, I think, "The Christian World", dating from several years back. They contained nothing but accounts of meetings and conferences, an...Edwin Muir [n/a]The Christian WorldPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899" ... Henry Shorthouse ... acquired ... [John Keble, The Christian Year] as a present fom his wife in September 1874 and proceeded to record readings and rereadings to th...Henry Shorthouse John KebleThe Christian YearPrint: Book
1850-1899" ... Henry Shorthouse ... acquired ... [John Keble, The Christian Year] as a present fom his wife in September 1874 and proceeded to record readings and rereadings to th...Henry Shorthouse John KebleThe Christian YearPrint: Book
1850-1899" ... Henry Shorthouse ... acquired ... [John Keble, The Christian Year] as a present fom his wife in September 1874 and proceeded to record readings and rereadings to th...Henry Shorthouse John KebleThe Christian YearPrint: Book
1850-1899
1900-1945		'I took Lubbock's List as a guide in my book hunting and persevered until I had acquired and read every single book in Lubbock's "hundred". It took time, of course: it wa...Thomas A. Jackson John KebleThe Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sund...Print: Book
1700-1799'...read part of Drelincourt on death and in the even one of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner Charles DrelincourtThe Christian's defence against the fears of deathPrint: Book


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