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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
 
1900-1945'Without personal influence on my life he [Harry de la Rose Farnall] he nevertheless put into my hands the small poorly printed volume that led me into communion, how rem...Ronald Storrs Dante Alighieri?La Divina CommediaPrint: Book
1800-1849'Without reluctance, I push aside the massy quarto of Millar on the English government, to perform ther more pelasing duty of writing a few lines to you, by the conveyanc...Thomas Carlyle John MillarHistorical View of the English Government, AnPrint: Book
1850-1899'Wm brought me Bernard Palissy, but it so happened I had not a moment of time for reading except one day, when I got very interested in four or 5 chapters, & then the boo...Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell H. MorleyPalissy the PotterPrint: Book
1800-1849'Wm read his first 2 lectures on Poetry &c aloud which people seemed very much to like & I lay on the sofa & enjoyed myself in listening'.William Gaskell [lectures on poetry]Manuscript: 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
1900-1945'Woman, 55, middle class. Reads Times, Yorkshire Post. Likes best 'Society news and editorials when I agree with them.' Reason:' Well, I'm like that'. Spends most time ... TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Woman, 55, middle class. Reads Times, Yorkshire Post. Likes best 'Society news and editorials when I agree with them.' Reason:' Well, I'm like that'. Spends most time ... Yorkshire PostPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849'Wood's account of the Isle of Man details some laws for the regulation of servants [...] which prevailed till 1777, so absurd as scarcely to be credible if they had not ...Benjamin Newton George WoodsAn account of the past and present state of the Is...Print: Book
1800-1849'Wordsworth and Southey have each published a new poem price of each /2:2. Southey's is a noble work the other is a very absurd one but has many most beautiful and affect...James Hogg Robert SoutheyRoderick, The Last of the GothsManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Wordsworth and Southey have each published a new poem price of each /2:2. Southey's is a noble work the other is a very absurd one but has many most beautiful and affect...James Hogg William WordsworthExcursion, ThePrint: Book
1800-1849'Wordsworth and Southey have each published a new poem price of each /2:2. Southey's is a noble work the other is a very absurd one but has many most beautiful and affect...James Hogg Walter ScottLord of the Isles, TheManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Work and read in the evening'Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1800-1849'work and read Junius read Amadis'Mary Shelley Junius [pseud.]Letters of JuniusPrint: Book
1800-1849'work and read Junius read Amadis'Mary Shelley Robert SoutheyAmadis of GaulPrint: Book
1800-1849'work in the evening - & read Les Incas'Mary Godwin Jean Francois MarmontelLes IncasPrint: Book
1850-1899'Work out Chap. VI of Corinthians'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Corinthians)Print: Book
1800-1849'Work'd all day. In the evening was visited by Wm Camm and Geo Seston to the latter of whom I lent Watts "Improvement of the Mind". Read part of "Corn Law Rhymes" to my f...Joseph Jenkinson Ebeneezer ElliotCorn Law RhymesPrint: Book
1850-1899'Worked a little on "Romance of Rose"'John Ruskin [unknown]Roman de la rose [?]Print: Book
1850-1899'Worked an hour or two at French; I suppose I must now finish the history of Rome, having once begun it must be finished'Albert Battiscombe [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'Worked at nightdress and wrote some letters. Read "Abbess of Vlaye" to Babs.'Verena Pennefather Stanley J. WeymanThe Abbess of VlayePrint: Book


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