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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
'Johnson says the following 8 lines of Burney are actually sublime - they are the End of a dull copy of Verses enough, but the Lines themselves are most excellent' [the l...Hester Lynch Thrale Charles Burney[verses on death]Manuscript: Unknown
'Johnson says the following 8 lines of Burney are actually sublime - they are the End of a dull copy of Verses enough, but the Lines themselves are most excellent' [the l...Samuel Johnson Charles Burney[verses on death]Manuscript: Unknown
'Lord Kaimes again tells us a wild Story of Savages who eat all their own children & have done so for six Hundred Years backward - he then begins gravely to argue about p...Hester Lynch Thrale Henry Home, Lord KamesSketches of the History of ManPrint: Book
'Goldsmith talks of cows shedding their Horns, & Thompson makes his Hens and Chicks to be Fed & defended by the fearless Cock. whereas the Cock hates the Chickens,...Hester Lynch Thrale Oliver GoldsmithHistory of the Earth and Animated NaturePrint: Book
'Goldsmith talks of cows shedding their Horns, & Thompson makes his Hens and Chicks to be Fed & defended by the fearless Cock. whereas the Cock hates the Chickens,...Hester Lynch Thrale James ThomsonSeasons, The - 'Spring'Print: Book
'Goldsmith talks of cows shedding their Horns, & Thompson makes his Hens and Chicks to be Fed & defended by the fearless Cock. whereas the Cock hates the Chickens,...Hester Lynch Thrale James ThomsonSeasons, The - 'Summer'Print: Book
'Goldsmith talks of cows shedding their Horns, & Thompson makes his Hens and Chicks to be Fed & defended by the fearless Cock. whereas the Cock hates the Chickens,...Hester Lynch Thrale Samuel JohnsonIrene: A Historical Tragedy Print: Book
'Goldsmith talks of cows shedding their Horns, & Thompson makes his Hens and Chicks to be Fed & defended by the fearless Cock. whereas the Cock hates the Chickens,...Hester Lynch Thrale Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonHistoire NaturellePrint: Book
'Goldsmith talks of cows shedding their Horns, & Thompson makes his Hens and Chicks to be Fed & defended by the fearless Cock. whereas the Cock hates the Chickens,...Hester Lynch Thrale Thomas PennantHistory of Quadrupeds.Print: Book
'[Having given her verses 'A Tale for the Times'] This wild irregular Measure is a sort of Favourite with me, I learnt it in Vanbrugh's Esop - a sweet Comedy though impra...Hester Lynch Thrale John VanbrughEsop; a comedyPrint: Book
'I could not help thinking the other Day as I read the Epigram of Martial ending thus Iam dic Posthume de tribus Capellis. that it would have a good effect enough i...Hester Lynch Thrale MartialEpigramsPrint: Book
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Original Composition I think, and Dr Swift's Ballad on the...Hester Lynch Thrale Edward YoungConjectures on Original Composition. In a Letter t...Print: Book
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Original Composition I think, and Dr Swift's Ballad on the...Hester Lynch Thrale Jonathan SwiftThe Bubble: A Poem; aka, The South Sea ProjectPrint: Serial / periodical
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Original Composition I think, and Dr Swift's Ballad on the...Hester Lynch Thrale Thomas SouthernFatal marriage, The; or, the innocent adulteryPrint: Book
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Original Composition I think, and Dr Swift's Ballad on the...Hester Lynch Thrale George LilloFatal Curiosity: A True Tragedy of Three ActsPrint: Book
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Original Composition I think, and Dr Swift's Ballad on the...Hester Lynch Thrale John VanbrughProvoked Husband, ThePrint: Book
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Original Composition I think, and Dr Swift's Ballad on the...Hester Lynch Thrale William CongreveOld Batchelor, ThePrint: Book
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Original Composition I think, and Dr Swift's Ballad on the...Hester Lynch Thrale Joseph AddisonCatoPrint: Book
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Original Composition I think, and Dr Swift's Ballad on the...Hester Lynch Thrale Samuel JohnsonIrene: a Historical TragedyPrint: Book
'The two [italics] wittiest [end italics] things in our Language in Verse & Prose are Dr Young's Conjectures on Original Composition I think, and Dr Swift's Ballad on the...Hester Lynch Thrale William CongreveMourning Bride, ThePrint: Book


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