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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899'Read Sachetti and the Letters of Filelfo'George Eliot [pseud] Francesco Filelfo[Letters]Print: Book
1850-1899'I walked to Grossmutter's and read her a letter of G's'.George Eliot [pseud.] George Henry Lewes[letter]Manuscript: Letter
1850-1899'Read... Manni's Life of Burchiello, copying extracts'.George Eliot [pseud.] Manni[Life of Burchiello]Print: 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'I have achieved little during the last week except reading on medical subjects - Encyclopaedia about the medical colleges - Cullen's life - Russell's Heroes of Medicine ...George Eliot [pseud] unknown[Life of or by William Cullen]Print: 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
1850-1899'Read... G's article on Mad Dogs which he was going to send to Edinburgh'George Eliot [pseud] George Henry Lewes[MS article on Mad Dogs]Manuscript: Sheet, MS of article
1850-1899'In the evening read the Newspaper and an article on Renan in "Blackwood"'George Eliot [pseud] [n/a][Newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I read about Fourier and Owen'George Eliot [pseud] [unknown][on Charles Fourier and Robert Owen, Utopian Socia...Print: Unknown
1850-1899'read on the colour-sense'George Eliot [pseud] unknown[on colour sense]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Plato's Republic, in various parts... In the evening I read Nisard, and Littre on Comte'George Eliot [pseud] Emile Littre[on Comte]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read Heine in the evening - on German Philosophy'George Eliot [pseud] Heinrich Heine[on German philosophy]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'read my darling's M.S. on Language'George Eliot [pseud] George Henry Lewes[on language]Manuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Read Bain on the Nervous mechanism - and looked for comparison into Foster's'George Eliot [pseud] Alexander Bain[on nervous mechanism]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'Read Gibbon on the revival of Greek learning'George Eliot [pseud] Edward Gibbon[on revival of Greek learning]Print: UnknownManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Tried reading the 2nd part of Faust aloud, but gave it up, as it was too difficult for G. to follow it rapidly enough. Read a little of Gervinus on Shakespeare, but foun...George Eliot [pseud] Georg Gottfried Gervinus[on Shakespeare]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Reading Quintus Fixlein aloud to G. in the evening. Grote on Sicilian history'.George Eliot [pseud] George Grote[on Sicilian History]Print: Book
1850-1899'Read J.S. Mill on Socialism'George Eliot [pseud] John Stuart Mill[on socialism]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'Came home and copied Goethe's discourse on Shakespeare. Read, at dinner, his wonderful observations on Spinoza. Particularly struck with the beautiful modesty of the pas...George Eliot [pseud] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe[on Spinoza]Print: BookManuscript: Unknown



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