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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
'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...Samuel Johnson William CongreveMourning Bride, ThePrint: Book
'There was a very pleasant Copy of Verses ran about the Town that Year [1776], but I forgot to lay them up, & now I have lost Sight of them: they celebrated Mr Rudd's Fam...Hester Lynch Thrale 'Love Letter from Captain Roach to Mrs Rudd'Manuscript: Unknown
'There was a very pleasant Copy of Verses ran about the Town that Year [1776], but I forgot to lay them up, & now I have lost Sight of them: they celebrated Mr Rudd's Fam...Hester Lynch Thrale William Mason 'Heroic Epistle to Sir William Chambers' Print: Unknown
'20: Jan: 1779.] My second Daughter Susanna Arabella who will not be nine Years old till next May, can at this Moment read a French Comedy to divert herself, and these ve...Susanna Arabella Thrale Moliere [pseud.]Le Bourgeois gentilhommePrint: Book
'20: Jan: 1779.] My second Daughter Susanna Arabella who will not be nine Years old till next May, can at this Moment read a French Comedy to divert herself, and these ve...Susanna Arabella Thrale John DrydenSong for St. Cecilia's DayPrint: Book
'20: Jan: 1779.] My second Daughter Susanna Arabella who will not be nine Years old till next May, can at this Moment read a French Comedy to divert herself, and these ve...Susanna Arabella Thrale Alexander PopeOde for Music on St Cecilia's DayPrint: Book
'Then followed the reading of 7 essays. They were supposed to be anonymous & were certainly read withot any author's name being attached but the inquisitive by internal o...Members of XII book Club [Members of XII Book Club][anonymous essays]Manuscript: Unknown
'Mins of last meeting read & signed'Ernest E. Unwin Ernest E. Unwin[Minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
'Mins of last meeting read & signed'Ernest E. Unwin Ernest E. Unwin[minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
'The subject of the evening was L.P. Jacks. A few moments sufficed to pool our information as to the man. Too late the Secretary remembered that that indefatigable polish...Ernest E. Unwin Harold Begbie[book of 'backstairs biographies']Print: Book
'The subject of the evening was L.P. Jacks. A few moments sufficed to pool our information as to the man. Too late the Secretary remembered that that indefatigable polish...Charles Evans L.P. JacksFrom the Human EndPrint: Book
'The subject of the evening was L.P. Jacks. A few moments sufficed to pool our information as to the man. Too late the Secretary remembered that that indefatigable polish...Charles and Pattie StansfieldL.P. Jacks'The Magic Formula'Print: Book
'The subject of the evening was L.P. Jacks. A few moments sufficed to pool our information as to the man. Too late the Secretary remembered that that indefatigable polish...Charles and Pattie StansfieldL.P. Jacks'Made out of Nothing'Print: Book
'The subject of the evening was L.P. Jacks. A few moments sufficed to pool our information as to the man. Too late the Secretary remembered that that indefatigable polish...Howard R. Smith L.P. Jacks'Farmer Jeremy and his Ways'Print: Book
'The subject of the evening was L.P. Jacks. A few moments sufficed to pool our information as to the man. Too late the Secretary remembered that that indefatigable polish...Ernest E. Unwin L.P. Jacks'Macbeth and Bangus upon the blasted heath'Print: Book
'The subject of the evening was L.P. Jacks. A few moments sufficed to pool our information as to the man. Too late the Secretary remembered that that indefatigable polish...Ernest E. Unwin L.P. Jacks['Snarley Bob' tales]Print: Book
'The Minutes of the last meeting were read & signed'Howard R. Smith Ernest E. Unwin[Minutes of XII Book Club]Manuscript: book
'Mr & Mrs Unwin & Miss Bowman Smith gave a vivacious reading of a clever & witty sketch, "A Lesson in Pearls" by Mrs Barry Pain.'Ernest & Ursula Unwin & Muriel Bowman SmithMrs Barry Pain'A Lesson in Pearls'Print: Unknown
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'I now, after too long delays, return you the Westminster Review, with Chalmers' Picture of Scotland; both of which I was very glad to see. The Picture is a very amusing ...Thomas Carlyle Robert ChambersThe Picture of ScotlandPrint: Book


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