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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899Ditto marks underneath the words: 'June (-July with Winnie and Edith)'Sarah Good William ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book
1900-1945[A Sheffield Survey organised by Arnold Freeman in 1918, assessing 816 manual workers, gives the following case:] 'Engine tenter, age twenty-seven...Often attends operas....questionaire respondent William ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book
1850-1899'I read Wilhelm Meister aloud, and then G. read part of the Merchant of Venice'George Henry Lewes William ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1850-1899'went to dine at the Hotel de l'Europe. I took Iphigenia to read. Italianische Reise until Dessoir came. He read us the opening of Richard the 3rd and the scene with Lady...George Henry Lewes William ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: BookManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945[List of books read in 1945]: 'For Whom the Bell Tolls; Henry Brocken; Doctor Faustus; Life of the Bee; The Screwtape Letters; Modern Short Stories; Letters of People in...Hilary Spalding William ShakespeareMerchant of VenicePrint: Book
1800-1849 'A Reverend Mr Darnell followed in this January of 1812. He too read Milton. This time it was Comus, and the whole party joined in, Annabella and her guests taking the ...Anne Isabella (Annabella) Milbanke, Rev. Darnell and other house guestsWilliam ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book
1800-1849 'A Reverend Mr Darnell followed in this January of 1812. He too read Milton. This time it was Comus, and the whole party joined in, Annabella and her guests taking the v...William ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book
1850-1899'I read a story in the evening to the youngsters & then heard Harry read for marks. We were engaged in a dialogue from the Merchant of Venice when Mr Henry Smith of the A...John Buckley and Harry CastieauWilliam ShakespeareMerchant of VenicePrint: Book
1850-1899'Accordingly, it was announced that the reading of Shakespeare would be one of our lessons, and on the following afternoon we began "The Merchant of Venice". There was on...Edmund Gosse William ShakespeareMerchant of VenicePrint: Book
1850-1899'It was in my fifteenth year that I became again, this time intelligently, aquainted with Shakespeare. I got hold of a single play, "The Tempest", in a school edition, pr...Edmund Gosse William ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Frensham:    23.5.33
    Howard R. Smith in the chair

1. Minutes of last read & approved
...		Howard Smith William ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book
1900-1945'It is surprising how irritating it is when simple little questions or arguments arise which none of us can settle because we have no other sources of information than ou...Albert John Martin William ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue: 18. 3. 40. Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the chair
1. Minutes of last read and approved
2. We began our meeting w...		Reginald H. Robson William ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue: 18. 3. 40. Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the chair
1. Minutes of last read and approved
2. We began our meeting w...		Mary E. Robson William ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book
1900-1945'[Chaim Lewis] enthusiastically embraced the literature of an alien culture - "the daffodils of Herrick and Wordsworth... the whimsey of Lamb and the stirring rhythmic ta...Chaim Lewis William ShakespeareThe Merchant of VenicePrint: Book


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