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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'Where is the heart that is not bow'd /...' 'L.E.L'Mary Groom L.E. LandonLove's SlavesUnknown
1900-1945'Whereas Kay was always trying to read or knit when she sat down, Louise is doing nothing at all, and so can be quite undisturbed by the constant clawing of sticky hands ...Kay [unknown][unknown]Unknown
1700-1799'Whether it was owing to her own Desire, or the Envy of those who survived her, I know not; but of her various and beautiful Writings, except one poem of her's in Mrs [it...Laetitia Van Lewen Constantia Grierson[poems]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Whether it was owing to her own Desire, or the Envy of those who survived her, I know not; but of her various and beautiful Writings, except one poem of her's in Mrs [it...Laetitia Van Lewen Mary BarberPoems on Several OccasionsPrint: Book
1800-1849'Whewell, who was [Tennyson's] tutor, he called "the lion-like man" and had for him a great respect. It is reported that Whewell, recognising his genius, tolerated in him...Alfred Tennyson Virgil  Print: Book
1800-1849'which has been rather a substantial morsel, upwards of 600 … pages, it interested me on the whole, as all matters do bearing on our colonial progress'.G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth James BackhouseA Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies Print: Book
1800-1849'Which has indeed very much of good thought & happy expression & confirms the feeling of satisfaction that he in any way belonged to me'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Arthur HelpsThe Claims of LabourPrint: Book
1800-1849'which has much that is able, startling, striking; it is said not be be accurate in its details, & it obviously strikes out often at random, his account of creation does ...G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Robert ChambersVestiges of the Natural History of CreationPrint: Book
1800-1849'which I have encountered trying to think that it is curious to see what he has to say about the Jesuits, to excuse the frivolity'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Eugene SueLe Juif ErrantPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'While admiring Tom's book ['The Man Below', 1939] I have great pleasure in finding its weaknesses and though I cannot help admitting there are passages in it far beyond ...Antonia White Tom HopkinsonMan Below, TheManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'While an old working-class lady of 68 in Worktown, reading a newspaper, summed up her opinion of the war as follows.' [n/a][newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849
1850-1899		'While at Cromer [...] I read "Pendennis" with such intense enjoyment [...] that the notion of trying my hand once more at a novel seized upon me'.Harriet Martineau William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of PendennisPrint: Book
1700-1799'While at Mitchelstown she brushed up on her French by reading Madame de Genlis's "Letters on Education", Louis Sebastien Mercier's comedy "Mon Bonnet de Nuit", and the B...Mary Wollstonecraft Louis Sebastien MercierMon Bonnet de NuitPrint: Book
1700-1799'While at Mitchelstown she brushed up on her French by reading Madame de Genlis's "Letters on Education", Louis Sebastien Mercier's comedy "Mon Bonnet de Nuit", and the B...Mary Wollstonecraft Baroness de MontoliereCaroline de LitchfieldPrint: Book
1700-1799'While at Mitchelstown she brushed up on her French by reading Madame de Genlis's Letters on Education, Louis Sebastien Mercier's comedy "Mon Bonnet de Nuit", and the Bar...Mary Wollstonecraft Madame de GenlisLetters on EducationPrint: Book
1700-1799'While botanising to-day I had the good fortune to take an animal of the opossum ("Didelphis") tribe; it was a female, and with it I took two young ones. It was not unli...Joseph Banks Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonHistoire naturelle, generale et particulierePrint: Book
1700-1799'While botanising to-day I had the good fortune to take an animal of the opossum ("Didelphis") tribe; it was a female, and with it I took two young ones. It was not unli...Joseph Banks Peter Simon PallasMiscellanea ZoologiaPrint: Book
1800-1849'While Cobbett has been at the Crown & Anchor amongst [the] Philistines they would not suffer him to speak...'Robert Sharp William CobbettPolitical RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'While Darvall was with us this evening, Harry was anxious to show off his reading & so essayed a Piece. He was however so affected by mumps & Stammering, that his heart ...John Buckley Castieau William Edmondstoune AytounThe Execution of MontrosePrint: Book
1850-1899'While Darvall was with us this evening, Harry was anxious to show off his reading & so essayed a Piece. He was however so affected by mumps & Stammering, that his heart ...John Buckley Castieau George Gordon, Lord ByronChilde Harold's PilgrimagePrint: Book


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