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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
 
1800-1849Witness statements in trial for theft: Thomas Stevenson: "...next day he said they [stolen property] were advertised. I looked in The Times, and said it was not there....Thomas Stevenson The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statements in trial for highway robbery: John Gavill: "I saw his [Davis] examination in the newspapers... I read his examination in the newspaper and his siste...John Gavill  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statements in trial for theft: Eliza Morris: "I went to live servant at the Bank tavern, John-street, and one day I was reading the newspaper; the first thing ...Eliza Morris  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statements in trial for theft: Robert Ireland: "On the 11th of July, in the afternoon, these stockings hung by the door, inside the shop -I was sitting by the ...Robert Ireland  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statements in trial for theft: John Mims: "I am servant to John Bird, who keeps a cook-shop in Golden Lane. I was reading the newspaper, I heard the weights ji...John Mims  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statements in trial for tax offences: Jane Fuller: "I can neither read nor write; I had occasion to send a letter, and told Griffiths of it, he offered to writ...George Griffiths  Print: Book
1800-1849Witness statements in trial for tax offences: Jane Fuller: "I can neither read nor write; I had occasion to send a letter, and told Griffiths of it, he offered to writ...George Griffiths  Manuscript: Letter
1800-1849Witness statements in trial for tax offences: Jane Fuller: "I heard about this business, three weeks ago. I heard Mr Lasken, of Grove Ferry, read in the newspaper that...  Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Byron to Robert Charles Dallas, 23 June 1810: 'I ... request that you will write to malta. I expect a world of news, not political, for we have the papers up to May.'George Gordon Lord Byron [newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1800-1849Byron to Francis Hodgson, 3 October 1810: 'I have seen some old English papers up to the 15th. of May, I see the "Lady of the Lake" advertised[;] of course it is in his o...George Gordon Lord Byron [newspapers]Print: NewspaperUnknown
1800-1849Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 5 March 1811: 'I have seen English papers of October, which say little or nothing ... 'George Gordon Lord Byron [newspapers]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'When radical weaver Samuel Bamford first discovered Pilgrim's Progress, it impressed him as a thrilling illustrated romance: woodcuts of Christian's fight with Apollyon ...Samuel Bamford [The New Testament]Print: Book
1700-1799'When radical weaver Samuel Bamford first discovered Pilgrim's Progress, it impressed him as a thrilling illustrated romance: woodcuts of Christian's fight with Apollyon ...Samuel Bamford [tale of Robin Hood]Print: Book
1700-1799'When radical weaver Samuel Bamford first discovered Pilgrim's Progress, it impressed him as a thrilling illustrated romance: woodcuts of Christian's fight with Apollyon ...Samuel Bamford Jack the Giant KillerPrint: Book
1700-1799'When radical weaver Samuel Bamford first discovered Pilgrim's Progress, it impressed him as a thrilling illustrated romance: woodcuts of Christian's fight with Apollyon ...Samuel Bamford [Story of St George and the Dragon]Print: Book
1800-1849'Soldier's son Joseph Barker... first read the Bible "chiefly as a work of history and was very greatly delighted with many of its stories... One effect was to lead me to...Joseph Barker The BiblePrint: Book
1800-1849'Soldier's son Joseph Barker... first read the Bible "chiefly as a work of history and was very greatly delighted with many of its stories... One effect was to lead me to...Joseph Barker [ghost stories]Print: Book
1800-1849'Soldier's son Joseph Barker... first read the Bible "chiefly as a work of history and was very greatly delighted with many of its stories... One effect was to lead me to...Joseph Barker [highwayman stories]Print: Book
1800-1849[difficulty of uneducated readers grasping the idea that there could be two versions of a story]. 'Therefore [Thomas Carter]... not only read Revelations literally: he as...Thomas Carter The Bible - Revelation, Kings, Chronicles, GospelsPrint: Book
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for theft: William Dowlman: "I am a cheesemonger. The bacon is mine -I was reading the newspaper in the shop when it was taken."William Dowlman  Print: Newspaper


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