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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'Read [Mrs Merritt's] recollections of Mr Merritt.'George Eliot [pseud] Merritt (Mrs)[recollections of her husband]Unknown
1850-1899'Read Plato's Republic, in various parts... In the evening I read Nisard, and Littre on Comte'George Eliot [pseud] PlatoRepublicPrint: Book
1850-1899'Reading Plato - Republic'George Eliot [pseud] PlatoRepublic,ThePrint: Book
1850-1899'Began Politian's letters, and read Giannotti on the Government of Florence'George Eliot [pseud] PolizianoLettersPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Politian's Lamia'George Eliot [pseud] PolizianoLamiaPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read the "Orfeo" and "Stanze" of Poliziano. The latter are wonderfully fine for a youth of 16. They contain a description of a Palace of Venus which seems the suggestion...George Eliot [pseud] PolizianoStanzePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read the "Orfeo" and "Stanze" of Poliziano. The latter are wonderfully fine for a youth of 16. They contain a description of a Palace of Venus which seems the suggestion...George Eliot [pseud] PolizianoOrfeoPrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read the articles Phoenicia and Carthage in Ancient Geography. Looked into Smith's "Universal History" again for Carthaginian religion. Looked into Sismondi's "Litteratu...George Eliot [pseud] SmithUniversal HistoryPrint: Book
1850-1899'Began the Antigone, read Von Bohlen on Genesis, and Swedenborg'.George Eliot [pseud.] SophoclesAntigonePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Mr Sully's proof of his article on my darling for the New Quarterly, and wrote to him'.George Eliot [pseud] Sully[article on G.H. Lewes]Manuscript: proof of article
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] Theocritus[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'I am reading Mill's Logic again, Theocritus still, and English History and Law'.George Eliot [pseud.] TheocritusunknownPrint: Book
1850-1899'[in the past week I have read] part of 22nd Idyll of Theocritus, Sainte Beuve aloud to G. two evenings... Monday evening [was occupied] with looking through Dickson's Fa...George Eliot Theocritus22nd IdyllPrint: Book
1850-1899'I read the Kestner letters at Ilmenau.'George Eliot (pseud) unknown'Kestner letters'Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Hamburgische Briefe at dinner about Voltaire's Merope. Read G's MS. Measure for Measure'.George Eliot [pseud] unknownHamburgische BriefePrint: UnknownManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read article on Dryden in W.R. and looked through the "Contemporary Literature"'George Eliot [pseud] unknown[article on Dryden in W.R. - a periodical?]Print: UnknownManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'I have continued reading Milne-Edwards aloud, and have also read Harriet Martineau's article on Missions in the "Westminster", and one or two articles in the "National"....George Eliot (pseud) unknownThe Lover's SeatPrint: Book
1850-1899'A dense fog and a sense of ailing kept me indoors. I read the life of Francois de Sales.'George Eliot (pseud) unknown[Life of Francois de Sales]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read "Le Moyen Age", chiefly on Popular superstitions; looking also through other parts to see if it is worth while for me to keep the work.'George Eliot [pseud.] unknownLe Moyen Age IllustrePrint: Book
1850-1899'Read, in the Athenaeum, an interesting article on Bishop Colenso's (of Natal), Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury on the toleration of Polygamy in converts to Christ...George Eliot [pseud.] unknown[article in the Athenaeum]Print: Serial / periodical


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