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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
 
1850-1899'Before this walk we had service in chapel, in this wise. Two or 3 collects, 3 psalms, 1 lesson out of the apocrypha, a Latin speech in praise of the Civil Law, a list (a...Leslie Stephen The BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699'brake my fast: after, reed of the bible'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'Britain was a mainly urban society...and soon an expanding range of sexual literature became available in the cities. Mark Grossek, the son of a Jewish immigrant tailor ...Mark Grossek n/aLeviticusPrint: Book
1900-1945'Britain was a mainly urban society...and soon an expanding range of sexual literature became available in the cities. Mark Grossek, the son of a Jewish immigrant tailor ...Mark Grossek n/aThe Song of SolomonPrint: Book
1700-1799'But these extraordinary accounts and discourses, together with the controversies between the mother and sons, made me think that they know many matters of which I was to...James Lackington unknownvariousUnknown
1850-1899'By age fourteen Durham collier Jack Lawson would find... emancipation at the Boldon Miners' Institute... "And didn't I follow the literary trail, once I found it. Like a...Jack Lawson The BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'came home & read a chapter or two in the New Testament'John Clare The New TestamentPrint: Book
1850-1899'Came on Ecclesiasticus XXIV, and noted references at p. 89 above, with which conf. Wisdom VII. 22 &C. and "The Wisdom which is from above is first pure" &c.'John Ruskin [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'Came on Isaiah XXI, and was puzzled with it'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Isaiah)Print: Book
1850-1899'Came on the grand Darwinian verse, just now, "Saying to a stock, thou art my father". Jeremiah II. 27'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Jeremiah)Print: Book
1850-1899'Chanced on Jeremiah IV. 23. The Uncreation by folly, of what had been created by wisdom'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Jeremiah)Print: Book
1850-1899'Chanced upon Isaiah 7th, 5, and read the chapter carefully'John Ruskin [n/a]Bible (Isaiah)Print: Book
1850-1899'Come upon Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus II. 1-6.'John Ruskin [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'Compare Wisdom of Solomon, of Egyptians, Ch. XVII.'John Ruskin [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'Confused about the various phrases: The Man, Gen. III. 24. Adam, and Ish, Isha, II. 23. What is the meaning of Abel?'John Ruskin [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1900-1945'Despite the disapproval of her comrade Palme Dutt, Helen Crawfurd found Communist propaganda in Scripture... According to her unauthorized version, "the Lamb dumb before...Helen Crawfurd [Bible - Psalms]Print: Book
1800-1849'dined at Lord Bexley's, afterwards led to many fears - worry about showing off - But a few words in the Proverbs encouraged me "Reproofs of instruction are the way of li...Elizabeth Fry [n/a]Bible (Proverbs)Print: Book
1600-1699'dined, reed of the bible, walked abroad'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'Edwin Whitlock faced...[reading] shortages. A farmer on the Salisbury Downs, he had plenty of time to read while shepherding: "the difficulty was to get hold of books. T...Edwin Whitlock n/aBiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Eliza Cooper was first visited in Newgate in the summer of 1849. She was committed for unlawfully deserting her infant ... On her discharge from prison she was found so ...Eliza Cooper [n/a]BiblePrint: Book


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