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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'After muster went to "The Yorick" & had a peep at some of the English papers "War" "War" "War" is the burden of them all Ordinary, Illustrated or Comic. "War" is the ins...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]StandardPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'In the Herald this evening there was a paragraph stating that thre of the Associates were dismissed & giving the names of three gentleman who were to take their places'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Evening HeraldPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'At the Mechanics to day saw a paragraph about Harry's accident in the Ovens Murray Observer'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Ovens and Murray AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'After tea I went to the Yorick Club & read the papers. In the Evening Herald was a remarkable circular from the Solicitor General to the Honorary Magistrates in which w...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Evening HeraldPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'During the day I read the War Supplement of the Australasian & made myself tolerably conversant with the particulars of the war so far as it has proceeded. Read also an...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]AustralasianPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'During the day I read the War Supplement of the Australasian & made myself tolerably conversant with the particulars of the war so far as it has proceeded. Read also an...John Buckley Castieau Benjamin DisraeliLothairPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read & smoked till about half past ten then went to bed & went sulkily to sleep feeling very miserable & dissatisfied with myself & the world in general'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'went to the "Yorick" there was however no one there so I read for a time & then left'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown]Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1850-1899Bishop Westcott to Hallam Tennyson: 'When "In Memoriam" appeared, I felt (as I feel if possible more strongly now) that the hope of man lies in the historic realizatio...Brooke Foss Westcott Alfred TennysonIn MemoriamPrint: Book
1850-1899Bishop Westcott to Hallam Tennyson: 'When "In Memoriam" appeared, I felt (as I feel if possible more strongly now) that the hope of man lies in the historic realizatio...Brooke Foss Westcott Alfred TennysonIn MemoriamPrint: Book
1850-1899John Ruskin to Alfred Tennyson, from Strasburg (1860): 'I have had the "Idylls" in my travelling desk ever since I could get them across the water, and have only not w...John Ruskin Alfred TennysonIdylls of the KingPrint: Book
1850-1899'The note by my father, that originally headed his blank verse translation from the Iliad beginning 'He ceased, and sea-like roar'd the Trojan host, 'ran: "Some, an...Alfred Tennyson Sir John Herschel'Book I. of the Iliad translated in the Hexameter ...Print: Serial / periodical
1850-1899From Alfred Tennyson's letter-diary to his family (1868): 'Nov. 21st. Browning read his Preface to us last night, full of strange vigour and remarkable in many ways; d...Robert Browning Robert BrowningPreface, The Ring and the BookUnknown
1850-1899From Alfred Tennyson's letter-diary to his family (1868): 'November. The Hollies, Clapham Common. I have sent the "Grail" to be [italics]printed[end italics] [...] I r...Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennysonpoem on the Holy GrailManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal (1871): 'June. Aldworth. Tourgueneff [sic] the Russian novelist (whose Lisa and Pere et Enfants A. liked much) and Mr Ralston arrived. To...Alfred Tennyson Ivan TurgenevLisaPrint: Unknown
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal (1871): 'June. Aldworth. Tourgueneff [sic] the Russian novelist (whose Lisa and Pere et Enfants A. liked much) and Mr Ralston arrived. To...Alfred Tennyson Ivan TurgenevFathers and SonsPrint: Unknown
1850-1899'Went to the Club & had a glance at the Illustrated Papers & Punch which arrived by this Mail'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]PunchPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'I stayed at home amusing the children by reading a fairy tale to them. They seemed to take great interest inn the narrative & after I had finished it Flory went [smiling...John Buckley Castieau [unknown][fairy tales]Print: Book
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal (1871): 'July 14th. A. travelled down from London with G. H. Lewes, who took him to his house at Witley and introduced him to Mrs Lewes (...Alfred Tennyson George EliotAdam BedePrint: Unknown
1850-1899From Emily Tennyson's journal (1871): 'July 14th. A. travelled down from London with G. H. Lewes, who took him to his house at Witley and introduced him to Mrs Lewes (...Alfred Tennyson George EliotScenes of Clerical LifePrint: Unknown


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