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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'Spent the morning in Bale, chiefly under the chestnut trees near the Cathedral, I reading aloud Flouren's sketch of Cuvier's labours.'George Eliot (pseud) Flouren[probably Eloge Historique de Baron Cuvier]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read Bain on the Nervous mechanism - and looked for comparison into Foster's'George Eliot [pseud] Foster[on nervous mechanism]Print: Book
1850-1899'Reading the Iliad, book III'.George Eliot [pseud.] HomerIliadPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Reading; First book of Lucretius, 6th book of the Iliad; Samson Agonistes, Warton's History of English Poetry; Grote 2nd vol; Marcus Aurelius; Vita Nuova; vol IV, Chapte...George Eliot [pseud.] HomerIliadPrint: Book
1850-1899'have been reading a little on philology, have finished the 24th book of the Iliad, the first book of the Faery Queene, Clough's poems, and a little about Etruscan things...George Eliot [pseud.] HomerIliadPrint: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Iliad in Munro's edition'.George Eliot [pseud] HomerIliadPrint: Book
1850-1899'Homer IV. Foster, Physiology'.George Eliot [pseud] Homer[book IV - of Iliad?]Print: Book
1850-1899[Read] 'Romanes, 'Theism'. Tiele, History of Religions. Odyssey.'George Eliot [pseud] HomerOdysseyPrint: Book
1850-1899'I finished this morning Horace's "Epistle to the Pisos", which I have been reading at intervals.'George Eliot (pseud) HoraceThe Art of Poetry an Epistle to the PisosPrint: Book
1850-1899'This week I have read a satire of Juvenal, some of Cicero's "De Officiis", part of Epictetus' Enchiridion, two cantos of Pulci, part of the Canti Carnascialeschi, and fi...George Eliot [pseud] Juvenal[a satire]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read Epictetus, and the sixth satire of Juvenal, with part of a vol. of the Osservatore Fiorentino'George Eliot [pseud] Juvenal[Sixth Satire]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read Juvenal this morning, and Nisard - "Poetes Latins de la Decadence" in the evening'.George Eliot [pseud] Juvenal[unknown]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Reading; First book of Lucretius, 6th book of the Iliad; Samson Agonistes, Warton's History of English Poetry; Grote 2nd vol; Marcus Aurelius; Vita Nuova; vol IV, Chapte...George Eliot [pseud.] LucretiusDe Rerum NaturaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Finished my readings in Lucretius. Reading Victor Hugo's "L'Homme qui rit". Also the Frau von Hillern's novel "Ein Arzt der Seele".'George Eliot [pseud] LucretiusDe Rerum NaturaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read the Malmantile'George Eliot [pseud] Malmantile[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read... Manni's Life of Burchiello, copying extracts'.George Eliot [pseud.] Manni[Life of Burchiello]Print: Book
1850-1899'This week I have read a satire of Juvenal, some of Cicero's "De Officiis", part of Epictetus' Enchiridion, two cantos of Pulci, part of the Canti Carnascialeschi, and fi...George Eliot [pseud] ManniVeglie PiacevolePrint: Book
1850-1899'During our stay [in Malvern] I read Mrs Jameson's book on the Legends of the Monastic orders... and began Marchese's Storia di San Marco'.George Eliot [pseud.] MarcheseStoria di San MarcoPrint: Book
1850-1899 'began Marullus. In the evening read Pettigrew on Medical Superstitions.'George Eliot [pseud.] MarullusunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'today I have been reading a book often referred to by Hallam: Meiner's "Lives of Picus von Mirandola and Politian". They are excellent. They have German industry and are...George Eliot [pseud] Meiner[lives of Politian and Pico della Mirandola]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown


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