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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
 
1700-1799?The enthusiastic notions which I had imbibed, and the desire I had to be talking about religious mysteries, etc answered one valuable purpose; as it caused me to embrace...James Lackington BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799Mary Berry, 'Notes of Early Life': 'My dear grandmother [...] made me read the Psalms and chapters to her every morning; but, as neither explanation nor comment was made ...Mary Berry Psalms and chaptersPrint: Book
1850-1899'Reading the Bible'George Eliot [pseud.] BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Scriptures and Natural history readings'.John Cole BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799'Next year my parents took me home during the winter quarter, and put me to school with a lad named Ker, who was teaching the children of a neighbouring farmer. Here I ad...James Hogg BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Mary Berry , Journal, 18 September 1836: 'I have been unequal this day to anything but reading my Bible for amusement; for I cannot say that I am capable of any reasoning...Mary Berry The BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau on Bible studies in early adulthood: 'I studied the Bible incessantly and immensely; both by daily reading of chapters [...] and by getting hold of all ...Harriet Martineau The BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849In "Memorials of Harriet Martineau", Maria Weston Chapman gives extract from letter from a schoolmate of Martineau's, who remembers reading with her 'parts of the New Tes...Harriet Martineau and friend New TestamentPrint: Book
1800-1849Mr Gilman of South Carolina to his brother, 1835, on visit from Harriet Martineau: 'She found out our hours of family prayer and always came in most punctually with her f...Harriet Martineau BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, Journal, 20 December 1837: '[italics]Afternoon[end italics] Read in the Pictorial Bible, which is to me very interesting.'Harriet Martineau Pictorial BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, Journal, 9 January 1838: 'Finished Judges, in Pictorial Bible, which is a great treat to me. Finished "Pride and Prejudice." It is wonderfully clever,...Harriet Martineau (Book of) JudgesPrint: Book
1800-1849Harriet Martineau, Journal, 30 June 1838: 'Read the Gospel of John in Porteusian Bible.'Harriet Martineau Gospel of JohnPrint: Book
1850-1899'His lesson consisted of Bible reading, turn and turn round the class, of reciting from memory the names of the kings of Israel and repeating the Church Catechism.'Flora Thompson BiblePrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'It puts me in mind of the account of St Paul's Shipwreck, where all are said by different means to reach the Shore in safety.'Jane Austen Acts 27:44Print: Book
1900-1945'January 7... I read "Cosmic Anatomy", Shakespeare and the Bible. Jonah.'Katherine Mansfield The story of Jonah and the WhalePrint: Book
1700-1799'There is nothing in nature that you may not get a quotation out of Wordsworth to suit, and a quotation too that breathes the very soul of poetry. There are only three bo...James Hogg Old TestamentPrint: Book
1850-1899'There, too, in the book-lined room which she had made her study, she would on Sunday evenings carry out in practice those ideas on the teaching of the Bible which she ha...Janet Ward GospelsPrint: Book
1800-1849"I studied the Bible incessantly and immensely;both by daily reading of chapters,after the approved but mischievous method, and by getting hold of all commentries and wor...Harriet Martineau The BiblePrint: Book
1850-1899'There, too, in the book-lined room which she had made her study, she would on Sunday evenings carry out in practice those ideas on the teaching of the Bible which she ha...Mary Augusta Ward GospelsPrint: Book
1900-1945'Let me say that the things that first made me love language and want to work [italics] in [end italics] it and [italics] for [end italics] it were nursery rhymes and fol...Dylan Thomas BiblePrint: Book


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