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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
 
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. Transcription of 2 Kings, 1:18-19, prefaced by 'Naaman to the Prophet Elisha, after he had cured him of his Lepr... 2 Kings 5: 18-19Print: Book
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. '"Weep not for me ye daughters of Jerusalem" St Luke 23 Chapters 20 to 30'. Here follows a poem, by "CMG", dated...C.M.G. [anon] Gospel of St Luke, 23: 20-30Print: Book
1800-1849From the 1806-1840 Commonplace book of an unknown reader. Notes are made on relationships in the Bible, e.g. two columns entitled 'Husband' and 'Wife' have below them Ada...C.M.G. [anon] BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899Books read by Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol, July 1896-December 1896, taken from his list of books requested and then sent by his friends. Source text author notes that Wil...Oscar Wilde New Testament in GreekPrint: Book
1850-1899'Every morning, after I have cleaned my cell and polished my tins, I read a little of the Gospels, a dozen verses taken by chance anywhere. It is a delightful way of open...Oscar Wilde GospelsPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Georgiana Morpeth, from Paris, 1 August 1825: 'I have begun reading the Bible with notes regularly. I always liked what ...Harriet Countess Granville BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'I am come to the time when those who look out at the windows shall be darkend.'Walter Scott Bible: EcclesiastesUnknown
1700-1799'When a boy [William Gifford] had read the Bible left to him by his mother, together with her "Imitatio Christi," and a few odd numbers of magazines.'William Gifford BiblePrint: Book
1850-189925 November 1879, following account of husband's attendance at Conservative Party dinner at Poole, and late return home: 'It must have been 1/2 past 2 ere I was in bed...Lady Charlotte Schreiber PsalmPrint: Book
1800-1849Eliza Fenwick, a touring actress, to her mother, also Eliza Fenwick, 'Barbadoes, May 2nd [1812], Morning, 10 o clock,' describing her experiences following a nearby volca...Mr Rutherford BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799[in prefatory essay by A. L. Barbauld] Quoted from 'a lady's' account of stays in Samuel Richardson's family home (c.1750s): 'As soon as Mrs Richardson arose, the beau...Richardson children PsalmsPrint: Book
1700-1799[in prefatory essay by A. L. Barbauld] Quoted from 'a lady's' account of stays in Samuel Richardson's family home (c.1750s): 'As soon as Mrs Richardson arose, the beau...Richardson children LessonsPrint: Book
1900-1945'The commanding officer, a timid, fragile man, gave me (as his way was) a pocket Testament bound in green suède, with coloured pictures. It went with me always, mainly un...Edmund Blunden The New TestamentPrint: Book
1800-1849[Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey, on her struggles with religious melancholy, 20 February 1837:] 'Last Sunday I took up my Bible in a gloomy frame of mind; I began to...Charlotte Bronte BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'Thank you heartily for the Bible, which is exquisite.'Robert Louis Stevenson BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'He [Conrad] one or twice said that when he was going down Ratcliffe Highway [from the City to Limehouse, East End of London] he was jumped out at from a doorway by a gen...Joseph Conrad The BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'Weak and tired and inclined as always when out of action and interest, to go to pieces. Read, after twenty years, Merriman's miserable "[The] Sowers", Psalms and John ii...Ronald Storrs The BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945

Meeting held at Ashton Lodge :- 3. 7. 37.

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Mary E. Robson First Book of Samuel, chapter 28 [The Witch of End...Print: Book
1900-1945'The sergeant of the guard one day asked me to lend him a book to read. I said I was afraid I'd nothing he'd care for, but I'd look. This was my Detention Cell Library: <...Thomas Corder Pettifor Catchpool The New TestamentPrint: Book
1900-1945'When asked how he passed the time in the [ship's jail] cell, [Edward] Pullen replied, "Just read the Bible, that's all. Nothing else. You wouldn't have nothing else ... ...Edward Pullen The BiblePrint: Book


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