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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849'Did you ever read-of course you have though-Defoe?s history of the Devil? What a capital thing it is. I bought it for a couple of shillings yesterday morning, and have b...Charles Dickens Daniel DefoeThe Political History of the Devil, as well Ancien...Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'I have many things to acknowledge, but let me take them in turn. Firstly, I have to thank you for your verses. Need I say that however much of truth there may be in them...Charles Dickens George Cox[MS verses]Manuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'Madam, I have read the paper you were kind enough to forward to me, and very much regret that I cannot avail myself of it. It is not in a style of composition which wou...Charles Dickens Miss ReynoldsunknownManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'My Dear Sir, As you have long since ceased to be ?a colt? in the periodical paddock, you will not be surprised at my not having been able to find room in the next No. f...Charles Dickens Thomas GaspeyThe Grand JurorManuscript: Unknown
1800-1849'There is also among the papers, one piece of absurdity by Mr. Grantley Berkely, called ?Chariot versus coach? which I had previously read and returned, and consequently ...Charles Dickens Grantley BerkelyChariot versus coachManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849'Sir I very much regret that your note has so long remained unanswered. It was put aside among some answered letters, and so escaped me. I recollect very shortly after I...Charles Dickens Edward OliverunknownManuscript: Sheet, UnknownUnknown
1800-1849'Dr. Sir. Poets tell us that love is blind ? I fear indifference is more so. It is many months since I sent you a slight gage d?amour; it is many years (do not be alarme...Charles Dickens John Forster[works]Print: BookManuscript: SheetUnknown
1800-1849'Dickens ... recalled that as a schoolboy he used to buy the Terrific Register, "making myself unspeakably miserable, and frightening my very wits out of my head, for the...Charles Dickens The Terrific RegisterPrint: Serial / periodical


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