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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
 
1500-1599'after, I walked and talked with Mr Rhodes, Reed of the bible, and, after, praied'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1500-1599'att :5: a cloke, I returned againe to examenation and praier: then I reed a whill and, after, went to supper'Margaret Hoby [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1500-1599'after priuat praers I did read of the bible, brake my fast, and then went to church'Margaret Hoby [n/a]BiblePrint: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		The mother of Carteret Rede remembered that when 'I came up into her Chamber, I found her reading Mr. John Janeway's "Life and Death"; she was all in Tears ...'Carteret Rede John JanewayLife and DeathPrint: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		Adrian Johns notes 17th-century bookseller Thomas Bennett (d. 1706)'s practice of reading "'Useful Discourses'" to his servants every Sunday.Thomas Bennett "useful Discourses"Print: Unknown
1600-1699
1700-1799		" ... the crypto-Jacobite virtuoso John Byrom used laudanum to treat his sister, Ellen, after noting that she had been 'disturbed' by reading Clarendon. The treatment pr...Ellen Clarendon Print: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		"[Robert] Hooke had been able to read letters in what would otherwise be reckoned darkness, thanks to one of his artificial organs contrived from 'an ordinary double Conv...Robert Hooke lettersUnknown
1600-1699
1700-1799		'When Mrs Hinde (the Old Lady) would sometimes talk to her about Books, she?d cry out, "Prithee don?t talk to me about books?as I never read any Books, but men & Cards"?B...Sarah Churchill [unknown][unknown]Print: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, "A Hymne to our Creator" by Dr Dillingham. Elizabeth Lyttelton Dr DillinghamA Hymne to our CreatorUnknown
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, verses by Lady Jane Grey beginning: 'be Constant be Constant Feare not for Pain'. Elizabeth Lyttelton Lady Jane Grey'Be Constant'Print: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, (anon) 'An Hymne to our Redeemer'. Copied in spaces between other entries in the commonplace book. Lyttelton signals the conti...Elizabeth Lyttelton anonAn Hymne to our RedeemerUnknown
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, Sir Thomas Browne's translation of Lucan, Pharsalia, IV.519-20.Elizabeth Lyttelton LucanPharsaliaPrint: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, 'upon the remoue of the body of Queen Elizabeth from Richmond where she dyed the 24 of March, 1602 the 45 year of her Raign, & ...Elizabeth Lyttelton Thomas Heywood (attrib.)Upon the remoue of the body of Queen Elizabeth fro...Print: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, 'Distich from a monument to Elizabeth I in Allhallows the Great, Thames Street, London'. Elizabeth Lyttelton anonDistich from a monument to Elizabeth I in Allhallo...Print: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, Juvenal, 'Vnto the wiser Gods the care permit'. Elizabeth Lyttelton JuvenalUnto the wiser Gods the care permit,Print: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, Edmund Elys, 'Inconstancy'. Elizabeth Lyttelton Edmund ElysInconstancyPrint: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, John Norris, 'Beauty'. Lyttelton signals the continuation of the poem across three pages with a series of asterisks.Elizabeth Lyttelton John NorrisBeautyPrint: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, Edmund Elys, 'Peccatum Redivivum: Or, The Rebellion of a Conquer'd Lust'.Elizabeth Lyttelton Edmund ElysPeccatum Redivivum: Or, The Rebellion of a Conquer...Print: Book
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, Edward Reynolds 'When our Emmanuell from his Throne came down'. Elizabeth Lyttelton Edward ReynoldsWhen our Emmanuell from his Throne came downPrint: Unknown
1600-1699
1700-1799		Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, John Norris, 'Love'.Elizabeth Lyttelton John NorrisLovePrint: Book


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