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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'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
1850-1899'I am reading the Psalms and I cannot conceive how they have satisfied the devotional feelings of the world for such centuries.'Emma Darwin The BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'"The choice of reading material [in ship's gaol] was either the [italics] Manual of Seamanship [end italics] or the Bible. Having been a freethinker for several years .....John Edward Needham The BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699She would every yeare read over the whole Bible in an ordinary course, which course she constantly observed for the space of fifteene yeares together, beginning her t...Mary Gunter The BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Another little society of five or six ladies that Mrs Rich belongs to meet once a week to read the Bible and pray together.' The Bible
1800-1849'He (Mr Scott) prays and reads a chapter and then speaks his discourse, which is certainly a very striking piece of oratory.'Elizabeth Wedgwood The BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'He (Mr Scott) prays and reads a chapter and then speaks his discourse, which is certainly a very striking piece of oratory.' The BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945‘This morning that extraordinarily unequal collection "The Golden Treasury" came out of its hiding place, and served to astonish me once more with its lasting wonders...Ivor Bertie Gurney The Bible (New Testament)Print: Book
1800-1849[difficulty of uneducated readers grasping the idea that there could be two versions of a story]. 'Therefore [Thomas Carter]... not only read Revelations literally: he as...Thomas Carter The Bible - Revelation, Kings, Chronicles, GospelsPrint: Book
1600-1699Heere is the well where waters flow, To quench our heat of sinne, Heere is the tree where truth doth grow To lead our liues therein. Heere is the iudge that stintes...Susanna Beckwith The Bible, that is, etc. [Geneva Bible]Print: Book
1800-1849Byron to Annabella Milbanke, 15 February 1814: 'Of the Scriptures ... I have ever been a reader & admirer as compositions particularly the Arab -- Job -- and parts of Isa...George Gordon Lord Byron The Book of DeborahPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Annabella Milbanke, 15 February 1814: 'Of the Scriptures ... I have ever been a reader & admirer as compositions particularly the Arab -- Job -- and parts of Isa...George Gordon Lord Byron The Book of IsaiahPrint: Book
1800-1849Byron to Annabella Milbanke, 15 February 1814: 'Of the Scriptures ... I have ever been a reader & admirer as compositions particularly the Arab -- Job -- and parts of Isa...George Gordon Lord Byron The Book of JobPrint: Book
1900-1945Leonard Woolf to Lytton Strachey, 20 March 1901: 'It is late, quite late & I have been sitting all the evening over an immense fire with a wind roaring round the house...Leonard Woolf The Book of JobPrint: Book
1700-1799'Finished the 3rd Vol of Dodderidge's "Family Expositor".'Joseph Hunter Philip DoddridgeThe Family Expositor; or a Paraphrase and VersionPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Holy BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Holy BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Holy BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Holy BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia] Samuel Taylor Coleridge [n/a]The Holy BiblePrint: Book


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