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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Writing to Mary Monkhouse from Allan Bank on 19 April 1809, S[ara] H[utchinson] remarked that she had seen a churn "advertized in the Courier yesterday". She refers to ...Sara Hutchinson anonCourierPrint: Advertisement, NewspaperManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Writing to [Francis] Wrangham in late Feb. 1801, W[ordsworth] remarked: "I read with great pleasure a very elegant and tender poem of yours in the 2nd Vol: of the [Annua...William Wordsworth Francis Wrangham[poem]Print: Book
1800-1849'Writing to [Francis] Wrangham in late Feb. 1801, W[ordsworth] remarked: "I read with great pleasure a very elegant and tender poem of yours in the 2nd Vol: of the [Annua...William Wordsworth VariousAnnual AnthologyPrint: Book
1800-1849'Written Beneath a Picture' 'Dear object of defeated care!/...' 'R.G.C. 1835''R.G.C.' George Gordon, Lord ByronLines Written Beneath A PicturePrint: UnknownUnknown
1450-1499
1500-1599		'Written by a scribe named Salthows between 1140 and 1450, probably in Norfolk, [British Library] MS Add. 61823 is considered to be an early copy [of The Book of Margery ...Carthusian monks of Mount Grace PrioryMargery KempeThe Book of Margery KempeManuscript: Unknown
1450-1499
1500-1599		'Written by a scribe named Salthows between 1140 and 1450, probably in Norfolk, [British Library] MS Add. 61823 is considered to be an early copy [of The Book of Margery ...Margery KempeThe Book of Margery KempeManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'written by Peter Pindar, at Merton, the seat of the late Lord Nelson, onhis catching a nightcap on fire, which his lordship had lent him'.Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxPeter PindarLines to Lord NelsonUnknown
1800-1849'written in a bad American style, turgid, & obscurely fractious, but interesting from its matter'G. W. F. Howard, Lord Morpeth Thomas FarnhamTravels in the Great Western PrairiesPrint: Book
1900-1945'Wrote a letter home asking for statement of accounts ... Many Fr. and Russians (Baltic) arrived. Read Scarlet Pimpernel.'William Thomas Baroness OrczyThe Scarlet PimpernelPrint: Book
1700-1799'wrote a little logic this afternoon and read Jones on the Figurative languages of the Scriptures'Elizabeth Gurney William JonesA course of lectures on the figurative language of...Print: Book
1700-1799'Wrote also out of the "Spirit of the Journals" "a hymn for the fast day" by Captain Norrice on Foxe's Birthday.'Joseph Hunter [unknown]The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 [seriesPrint: Book
1850-1899'Wrote and read till lunch. Merry lunch, we 3 after which I read Whymper's book and account of the 1st ascension of the Ecrins. Prince Louis of Orleans passed with Faure ...Gertrude Bell Edward WhymperScrambles among the Alps in the years 1860-18691Print: Book
1850-1899'Wrote memories and lived with him all day. Read in his diary 1874 - "Wrote verses to Polly - Wrote verses on Polly".'George Eliot [pseud] George Henry Lewes[journal, 1874]Manuscript: Unknown, journal
1700-1799'Wrote out of "Fragments" the piece upon war.'Joseph Hunter Anon Fragments in the Manner of SternePrint: Book
1700-1799'Wrote out of the "Analytical Review" an account of the Abbey of Glastonbury which they have extracted from Gilpin's Observations.'Joseph Hunter William GilpinThe Analytical Review; or History of LiteraturePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Wrote out of the "Monthly Mag." an example of English hexameter. [Borrowed 'the first 12 no.s' from Miss Haynes on 17 August 1798] Sir Philip Sidney had an idea of the ...Joseph Hunter [n/a]Monthly MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Wrote out of the "Spirit of the Public Journals" "Washing Day", a poem in blank verse; originally printed in the "Monthly Magazine".'Joseph Hunter [unknown]The Spirit of the Public Journals for 1797 [seriesPrint: Book
1700-1799'Wrote out of the Register's "Mary Queen of Scotts a Monody; Written near the Ruins of Sheffield Manor". It is one of the pretttiest pieces of poetry in the Registers. It...Joseph Hunter [n/a][The Annual] RegisterPrint: Book
1700-1799'Wrote out of Zimmerman on "Solitude" the introduction to it. [Notes that it is a 1797 edn when borrowed on 26 Aug. 1798].'Joseph Hunter Johann Georg ZimmermannSolitude, or the effect of Occasional RetirementPrint: Book
1850-1899'wrote out the Ecclesiastical Vestments from Rock'.George Eliot [pseud.] Daniel Rock Hierurgia Or The Holy Sacrifice Of The MassPrint: Book


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