the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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David Ramsay : History of the American Revolution, The

'When at home I usually retired to my garret, where I employed myself in either reading or working... In reading I usually sat in the Oriental, or, to use a less pompous word, in the tailor's posture, and thus had no need of either chair or table... The books I read at this time related chiefly to North America. Among the chief of them were Ramsay's "History of the American Revolution", Smith's "Travels in Canada and the United States", and Parkinson's "Travels in North America".'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter      Print: Book

[David] Ramsay : Revolution of South Carolina [The history of the]

'I have read since last October a good deal of the history relating to the East...: not much of books not connected with India [but included] ...; Ramsay's "Revolution of South Carolina " ...'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Mountstuart Elphinstone      Print: Book

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