√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 'Remember Me! By Bernard Barton Esq' ' "Remember me!" However brief / Those simple words... [transcribes text]' Mary Dugdale Bernard Barton Remember Me! Unknown 1800-1849 'Farewell' 'Nay [shy] not from the word "Farewell"! / As if twer friendships knell ...' 'Bernard Barton' [transcribes text] Mary Dugdale Bernard Barton Farewell Unknown 1800-1849 'A Wish' 'Rogers' [transcribes text] 'Mine be a cot beside a hill...' Mary Dugdale Samuel Rogers The Wish Unknown 1800-1849 'The Last Man by T. Campbell esq' [transcribes text] 'All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom...' Signed 'Fanny' Mary Dugdale Thomas Campbell The Last Man Unknown 1800-1849 'Change' 'We say that people ... [transcribes text]'LEL' Mary Dugdale Laetitia Elizabeth Landon 'Change' Unknown 1800-1849 Pencil drawing of Sir John Moore by 'J.G.' followed by 'On the death of Sir John Moore' [transcribes text] 'Wolfe'. Mary Dugdale John Wolfe The Burial of Sir John Moore Unknown 1800-1849 'Early Rising' 'Just at the early peep of dawn...' [transcribes text] 'Clare'. Mary Dugdale John Clare Early Rising Unknown 1800-1849 'If thou wast by mys side my love...' [transcript of poem] 'Hebers Journal' Emma Bowly Reginald Herber Narrative of a journey through the upper Provinces Unknown 1800-1849 'Graves of a Household' [transcript of text] Emma Bowly F. D. Hemans The Graves of a Household Unknown 1800-1849 'My Ain Fire Side' 'O I hae seen great ones...'[transcript of text] 'from the Nithsdale and Galloway Songs' Emma Bowly Robert Hartley Cromek Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song: with histo Print : Book1800-1849 'Extract from Byron's Monody on the death of Sheridan' [transcript of text] Emma Bowly George Gordon, Lord Byron Monody on the Death of the Right Honourable R.B. S... Unknown 1800-1849 'Sonnet on Chillon' [transcript of text] Emma Bowly Lord George Gordon Byron 'Sonnet on Chillon' Unknown 1800-1849 'Autumn departs- but still his mantles fold...' [transcript of text] 'Introduction to the Lord of the Isles' Emma Bowly Walter Scott The Lord of the Isles Unknown 1800-1849 'Stranger! if e'er thine ardent...' [transcript of text] 'Lord of the Isles 14th Canto' Emma Bowly Walter Scott The Lord of the Isles Unknown 1800-1849 'To the Great Pyramid' 'Mountain of art!... [transcript of text] 'From the [Cheltenham] Chronicle Feb 7th 1833' Emma Bowly Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucester Advertiser Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'Song of the Bells by Charles Swain'... 'Soft upon the summer air /...'[transcript of text] [NB there was a poet called Charles Swain who published from 1828-1850s]. Emma Bowly Charles Swain Song of the Bells Unknown 1800-1849 'Milton's Sonnet on his Blindness / 'When I consider how my light is spent...'[transcript of text] Emma Bowly John Milton Sonnet XIX When I consider how my light is spent Unknown 1800-1849 'From The Cheltenham Chronicle of 11 Oct 1832 on the Death of Sir Walter Scott' ...'Harp of the North! the mighty hand /...[transcript of text]. Deveraux Bowly Cheltenham Chronicle Print : Newspaper1800-1849 ''Annual Obituray for 1833' [Prose passage on the Death of Sir Walter Scott]' [transcript of text]. Deveraux Bowly Annual Obituary Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'The Homes of England' [transcribes text] 'Mrs Hemans' Augusta Browne F.D. Hemans The Homes of England Unknown 1800-1849 'Mrs Hemans. Evening Prayer at a girls school' [transcribes text] Augusta Browne F.D. Hemans Evening Prayer at a Girl's School Unknown 1800-1849 'The Wings of the Dove. Mrs Hemans' [transcribes text] Augusta Browne F.D. Hemans The Wings of the Dove Unknown 1800-1849 'A Dirge- Burn' 'The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast [transcribes alll of poem from l.10.]' B.A.T. Herbert Robert Burns Winter: A Dirge Unknown 1800-1849 'Despondency---Burn' 'Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care...' [transcribes poem] B.A.T. Herbert Robert Burns Despondency Unknown 1800-1849 'A Prayer by Burn' 'O thou great Being! What thou art, /...' [transcribes poem] B.A.T. Herbert Robert Burns Prayer Under the Pressure of Violent Anguish Unknown 1800-1849 'Burn. May 1812' 'The small birds rejoice in the green leaves returning /...' [transcribes poem] B.A.T. Herbert Robert Burns The Chevalier's Lament Unknown 1800-1849 'Shaw's Monody' 'I who the tedious absence of a day /...' [transcribes poem from line 11] B.A.T. Herbert Cuthbert Shaw Monody to the Memory of a Young Lady Who Died in C Unknown 1800-1849 'Ode on Disapointment' 'Come, Disapointment, come! /...' [No author given] Mary Groom Henry Kirke White On Disapointment Unknown 1800-1849 ''Affecting picture of Constancy and Love' 'Yes! There are real mourners- I have seen /...' [transcription of 'The Church' from l.170 - 'While visions please her, and whi... Mary Groom George Crabbe The Church Unknown 1800-1849 'Where is the heart that is not bow'd /...' 'L.E.L' Mary Groom L.E. Landon Love's Slaves Unknown 1800-1849 'Loves Last Lesson' 'Teach me if you can- Forgetfulness!' Mary Groom L.E. Landon Love's Last Lesson Unknown 1800-1849 'Fairy Favours' [transcript of poem] 'Mrs Hemans'. Mary Groom Felicia Dorothea Hemans Fairy Favours Unknown 1800-1849 'The Heaven was Cloudless' [transcript of poem, no author given] Mary Groom Bernard Barton The Heaven was Cloudless Unknown 1800-1849 'Sketch from Real Life / Alaric A. Watts' [transcript of poem] Mary Groom Alaric A. Watts Sketch From Real Life Unknown 1800-1849 'Verses / Spencer' 'Too late I staid, forgive the crime; /...' [transcript of poem] Mary Groom William Robert Spencer To The Lady Anne Hamilton Unknown 1800-1849 'Violets. a Sonnet / Bernard Barton' 'Beautiful are you in your lowliness/...[transcript of poem] Mary Groom Bernard Barton Violets. A Sonnet Unknown completed the perusal of the firstvolume of Perry's French Revolution, which requires to be read with care, the author a Democratic writer too often attempts to justify p... I.G. Sampson Perry An Historical Sketch of the French Revolution Print : Book1800-1849 Continued the perusal of the 2nd volume which opens a display of the insubordination & cruelty of the French populace I.G. Sampson Perry An Historical Sketch of the French Revolution Print : BookREADING THE 2ND VOLUME OF PERRY'S FRENCH REVOLUTION I.G. Sampson Perry An Historical Sketch of the French Revolution Print : Book1800-1849 Continue the perusal of Perry's French Revolution, which like the murmurings heard at the foot of the crater become more dreadful as we approach to its summit
I.G. Sampson Perry An Historical Sketch of the French Revolution Print : BookStill engaged in the perusal of Perry's French Revolution together with a few periodical publications by way of a change of its summit
I.G. Sampson Perry An Historical Sketch of the French Revolution Print : Book1800-1849 Continued Perry's French Revolution and read Cowper
I.G. Sampson Perry An Historical Sketch of the French Revolution Print : Book1800-1849 Continued Perry's French Revolution and read Cowper
I.G. William Cowper Print : Book1800-1849 Engaged in a 2nd perusal of the Pursuits of Literature and the Monthly Magazine
I.G. Thomas James Mathias The Pursuits of Literature; A Satirical Poem Print : Book1800-1849 Engaged in a 2nd perusal of The Pursuits of Literature and the Monthly Magazine
I.G. Monthly Magazine Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Read with much delight and instruction the Baroness De Stael's Germany
I.G. Baroness Anne Loiuse Germaine De Stael-Holstein Germany Print : Book1800-1849 Continue the perusal of Rollins Ancient History- this work reflects great light upon the sacred volume. I.G. Charles Rollin Ancient History of the Egyptians Print : Book1800-1849 Read Southey's Life of Wesley and ingenious but by no means faithful production
I.G. Robert Southey Life of Wesley Print : Book1800-1849 'In the spring of 1826, after getting through Valpy's Delectus, and a part of Stewart's "Cornelius Nepos, " and also a part of Justin, but somewhat clumsily, with the hel... Thomas Cooper Caesar Commentaries On The Gallic War Print : Book1800-1849 "In Lincoln, I now took up the Memorabilia of Xenophon..." Thomas Cooper Xenophon Memorabilia Print : Book1800-1849 "Under his instruction -while we read together part of Voltaire's 'Charles the Twelfth' and 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' of Moliere - I caught hold of such good French pron... Thomas Cooper Voltaire Charles the Twelfth Print : Book1800-1849 "In Lincoln, I now took up the Memorabilia of Xenophon, ran through the Odes of Anacreon, ..." Thomas Cooper Anacreon Odes of Anacreon Print : Book1800-1849 In Lincoln, I now took up the Memorabilia of Xenophon, ran through the odes of Anacreon, and then commenced the Iliad. I worked hard at Greek. Thomas Cooper Homer The Iliad Print : Book1800-1849 "Under his instruction - while we read together part of Voltaire's 'Charles the Twelfth' and Moliere's 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' - I caught hold of such good French pron... Thomas Cooper Moliere Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Print : Book1800-1849 "As I thought I could easily learn Italian, I took lessons from Signor D'Albrione... So we read together part one of the comedies of Goldoni...." Thomas Cooper Goldoni Comedies Print : Book1800-1849 So we read together ... a part of the beautiful "Gerusalemme Liberata", of Tasso, in that most beautiful tongue. Thomas Cooper Tasso Gerusalemme Liberata Print : Book1800-1849 I was soon able to make my way in a volume of tales by Herder, Lessing , and others. My school prospered for I took care to attend to its duties assiduously; and yet kep... Thomas Cooper Herder [volume of tales] Print : Book1800-1849 I was soon able to make my way in a volume of tales by Herder, Lessing , and others. My school prospered for I took care to attend to its duties assiduously; and yet kep... Thomas Cooper Lessing [volume of tales] Print : Book1800-1849 'Here I am reading Virgil?s delightful Georgics for the first time. They really attune perfectly well with the plains and climate of Naseby. Valpy (whose edition I have... Edward Fitzgerald Virgil Georgics Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia by Macaulay on Swift's "Essay on the Fates of Clergymen"]: 'People speak of the world as they find it. I have been more fortunate or prudent than Swift or Eu... Thomas Babington Macaulay Jonathan Swift Essay on the Fates of Clergymen Print : Book1800-1849 Description of Marginalia by Macaulay on Edward Gibbon's 'Vindication' - the marginalia responds to the passage 'Fame is the motive, it is the reward, of our labours: nor... Thomas Babington Macaulay Edward Gibbon Vindication Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia by Macaulay on Conyers Middleton's 'Free Enquiry into the Miraculous Powers of the Christian Church']: 'I do not at all admire this letter. Indeed Middleton ... Thomas Babington Macaulay Conyers Middleton Free Enquiry into the Miraculous Powers of the Chr... Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia by Macaulay by the the lines 'Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, / Shall bitterly begin his fearful date / With this night's revels'in Shakespeare's ... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia by Macaulay on the first page of his copy of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"]: 'An admirable opening scene, whatever the French critics may say. It at once ... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia by Macaulay by the passage about the biting of the thumbs in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"]: 'This is not what would be commonly called fine; but I would g... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia by Macaulay by the scene in the street beginning with Mercutio's lines: 'Where the devil should this Romeo be? / Came he not home to- night?' in Shakespeare's... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia by Macaulay by the commencement of the third act in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"]: 'Mercutio, here, is beyond the reach of anybody but Shakespeare.' Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1800-1849 [Marginalia by Macaulay at the close of the Third Act of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"]: 'Very fine is the way in which Juliet at once withdraws her whole confidence f... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's marginalia]: 'When [...] the poor child commits her life to the hands of Friar Lawrence, Macaulay remarks on the wonderful genius with... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1800-1849 I took up the Economy of Human Life, and was much pleased with the simplicity, ease and elegance of its style. The Biographical Sketch of Dodsley is drawn with much beaut... John Horrocks Ainsworth Robert Dodsley The Economy of Human Life Print : Book1800-1849 I finished Allan Ramsay's "Gentle Shepherd", and with some parts have been much pleased - the Scotch is interesting to me from not being acquainted with it. John Horrocks Ainsworth Allan Ramsay The Gentle Shepherd Print : Book1800-1849 Looked through a volume of the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal - read an account of Gordon's Portable Gas Lamp, and of the tides of the Mediterranean. At Venice they... John Horrocks Ainsworth The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Commenced Boswell's Life of Johnson and was much pleased with it. John Horrocks Ainsworth James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 Dined at five - went on with Boswell having discontinued it, since Saturday January 23rd. John Horrocks Ainsworth James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 Wholesome dinners produce haviness and ill humour commenced Peveril of the Peak. John Horrocks Ainsworth Walter Scott Peveril of the Peak Print : Book1800-1849 Finished Peveril of the Peak. John Horrocks Ainsworth Walter Scott Peveril of the Peak Print : Book1800-1849 Upon on of the interminable book-stalls, or rather book-walls, which display their leafy banners along the quays of the seine, I picked up a Cobbett's French Grammar for ... Charles Manby Smith William Cobbett A French Grammar, Or plain Instructions for the Le Print : Book1800-1849 Have you seen a little volume of Westall's Poems containing a DAY in SPRING, and other detached pieces, with four lovely engravings from his own designs? One of them rep... Sarah Harriet Burney Richard Westall A Day in Spring, and Other Poems Print : Book1800-1849 I have been steadily & delightedly reading Mitford's History. First of all, he is an Historian after my own heart, and I really believe a perfectly upright & honest man ... Sarah Harriet Burney William Mitford The History of Greece Print : Book1800-1849 Let us talk of Eugenie and Mathilde. It saddened but did not make me cry. I foresaw it would end like a Turk, nay I am not sure I did not peep, for I cannot bear to be gr... Sarah Harriet Burney Marie-Emilie, Comtesse de Flahaut Adelaide Eugenie et Mathilde Print : Book1800-1849 I wanted to have sent you a translation of the Epigram Flahaut has introduced in her book. It is Johnson's, and inserted in Piozzi's anecdotes - but my father has lent, &... Sarah Harriet Burney Hester Lynch Piozzi Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson Print : Book1800-1849 Accurate transcript of complete text, probably from The Improvisatrice. member of Carey/Maingay group Laetitia Landon When Should Lovers Breathe Their Vows? Unknown 1800-1849 Transcript of poem partially obscured by later use of the manuscript as a scrapbook. Probably copied from The Improvisatrice. member of Carey/Maingay group Laetitia Landon The Soldier's Grave Unknown 1800-1849 I never framed a wish or formed a plan that flattered mewith hopes of earthly bliss. But thou wert there. [rewriting of lines 695-697 of Book IV] member of Carey/Maingay group William Cowper The Task, Book IV Unknown 1800-1849 To Jane Whene'er I see those smiling eyes... [the 'transcript' does not follow the original to the letter] member of Carey/Maingay group Thomas Moore Whene'er I see Those Smiling Eyes Unknown 1800-1849 'From Rokeby' 'The tear that down childhood's cheek...' [4lines] member of Carey/Maingay group Walter Scott Rokeby 1800-1849 'Extract from Murphy's Grecian Daughter' 'Filial Affection' member of Carey/Maingay group Arthur Murphy The Grecian Daughter Unknown 1800-1849 May heavenly Angels their soft wings display And guide you safe thro' ev'ry dangerous way In every step may you most happy be And tho far distant often think of me [some ... Sophia Mary Masters To Marinda at Parting Unknown 1800-1849 'I knew, I knew it could not last...' [transcript (exact) of lines 277-294] member of Carey/Maingay group Thomas Moore Lalla Rookh Unknown 1800-1849 'Oh! Had wenever met/...' [transcript of lines 384-387] member of Carey/Maingay group Thomas Moore Lalla Rookh Unknown 1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia, by the lines 'Now, afore God, this reverend holy friar/ All our whole city is much bound to him' in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: "Warburton prop... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia by the speech about Queen Mab in Romeo and Juliet: "This speech, - full of matter, of thought, of fancy, as it is, - seems to me, like much of this ... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia by the lines 'Hath Romeo slain himself' to 'Of those eyes shut, that make thee answer "I"' : "If this had been in Cibber, Cibber would never have he... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia by the point where Balthazar brings the evil tidings to Mantua in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: "Here begins a noble series of scenes. I know not... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in the scene in the vault of death in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: "The desperate calmness of Romeo is sublime beyond expression; and the manner ... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Hamlet, by the opening dialogue: "beyond praise". Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Hamlet, by the lines 'that season comes/ Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated" : "Sweet writing". Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Hamlet, "The long story about Fortinbras, and all that follows from it, seems to me to be a clumsy addition to the plot". Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Hamlet, in the scene of the royal audience in the room of state: "The silence of Hamlet during the earlier part of this scene is very... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Hamlet, by the scene with the strolling player's declamation about Pyrrhus: "the only thing deserving of much admiration in the speec... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Hamlet, at the opening of Act 1, Scene 4: "Nothing can be finer than this specimen of Hamlet's peculiar character. His intellect is ... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Hamlet, by the lines 'Dost thou hear?/ Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice,/ And could of men distinguish, her election/ Ha... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Hamlet, by the conversation between Hamlet and the courtier, in Act 5: "This is a most admirable scene. The fooling of Osric is noth... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia. By an editorial note by Dr Johnson, to the lines, 'Who would fardels bear, / To groan and sweat under a weary life'. Johnson wrote, "All the old ... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia. By the editorial notes in his copy of Hamlet: "It is a noble emendation. Had Warburton often hit off such corrections, he would be entitled to th... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia by the editorial notes in his copy of Hamlet in the scene where Hamlet declines to kill his uncle in the act of praying. Johnson comments that the s... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Hamlet Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of King Lear, in Act 1, Scene 3: "Here begins the finest of all human performances." Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare King Lear Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of King Lear, in Act 2, Scene 2, opposite Cornwall's description of the fellow who has been praised for bluntness: "Excellent! It is wor... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare King Lear Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of King Lear, by the lines 'Now i pr'ythee, daughter, do not make me mad!/ I will not trouble thee, my child; farewell!' : "This last st... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare King Lear Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of King Lear, by the apostrophe commencing, 'O, let not women's weapons, water-drops...' : "Where is there anything like this in the wor... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare King Lear Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of King Lear, by opening of the play: "Idolising Shakspeare [sic] as I do, I cannot but feel that the whole scene is very unnatural. He... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare King Lear Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of King Lear, by the quarrel between Kent and Cornwall's steward: "It is rather a fault in the play, to my thinking, that Kent should be... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare King Lear Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of King Lear, in Act 3, Scene 4: "The softening of Lear's nature and manners, under the discipline of severe sorrow, is mot happily mark... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare King Lear Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in response to a note by Dr Johnson at the end of King Lear. Johnson protested against the unpleasing character of a story, "in which the wicked pr... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare King Lear Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Antony and Cleopatra. A response to an editorial note by Steevens. "Solemn nonsense! Had Shakspeare [ sic] no eyes to see the sky w... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, by the lines 'the rattling tongue / Of saucy and audacious eloquence': This is Shakspeare's [sic] manly se... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Henry V, by the Prologue. Macaulay responds to an editorial note by Dr Johnson, who remarks that to call a circle an O was a very me... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Henry V Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Warburton's editorial note to the lines 'Now the hungry lions roar, / And the wolf beholds the moon'. ... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, by the lines 'Be, as thou wast wont to be' to 'Hath such force and blessed power": "Beautiful and easy bey... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, on the last page: "A glorious play. The love-scenes Fletcher might perhaps have written. The fairy scene... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream Print : Book1800-1849 Read as I have done lately, not for the pleasure of thinking: but for the comfort of not thinking. Elizabeth Barrett Unknown 1800-1849 Read, as I do every day, seven chapters of Scripture. My heart & mind are not affected by this exercise as they should be ? witness what I have written today. I would e... Elizabeth Barrett Bible Print : Book1800-1849 Very busy today. Reading Aeschylus & learning the verb τύπτω. Elizabeth Barrett Aeschylus Print : Book1800-1849 Read the Bible, & Horne on its critical study. I do not think enough of the love of God, graciously as it has been manifested to me. Elizabeth Barrett Bible Print : Book1800-1849 Read the Bible, & Horne on its critical study. I do not think enough of the love of God, graciously as it has been manifested to me. Elizabeth Barrett Horne Print : Book1800-1849 Bro [Barrett's eldest brother, Edward Barrett Moulton-Barrett] read prayers. Afterwards he read Lord John Russell?s speech on Reform, in the midst of which, I who am int... Edward Moulton-Barrett [prayers] Print : Book1800-1849 Bro [Barrett's eldest brother, Edward Barrett Moulton-Barrett] read prayers. Afterwards he read Lord John Russell?s speech on Reform, in the midst of which, I who am int... Edward Moulton-Barrett John Russell [Speech on Reform] Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 We [Barrett and Hugh Stuart Boyd] talked comparatively about Homer, Aeschylus & Shakespeare: and positively about Aeschylus's Prometheus ? Praises of the speech in the Me... Elizabeth Barrett Homer unknown Print : Book1800-1849 We [Barrett and Hugh Stuart Boyd] talked comparatively about Homer, Aeschylus & Shakespeare: and positively about Aeschylus's Prometheus ? Praises of the speech in the Me... Elizabeth Barrett Aeschylus unknown Print : Book1800-1849 We [Barrett and Hugh Stuart Boyd] talked comparatively about Homer, Aeschylus & Shakespeare: and positively about Aeschylus's Prometheus ? Praises of the speech in the Me... Elizabeth Barrett Aeschylus Prometheus Print : Book1800-1849 We [Barrett and Hugh Stuart Boyd] talked comparatively about Homer, Aeschylus & Shakespeare: and positively about Aeschylus's Prometheus ? Praises of the speech in the Me... Elizabeth Barrett Euripides Medea Print : BookWe [Barrett and Hugh Stuart Boyd] talked comparatively about Homer, Aeschylus & Shakespeare: and positively about Aeschylus's Prometheus ? Praises of the speech in the Me... Elizabeth Barrett William Shakespeare unknown Print : Book1800-1849 'And besides she [Mrs Cliffe] wd. lend me the first two vols of the mysteries of Udolpho before she had finished them herself ? a kind of generosity which quite dazzled m... Elizabeth Barrett Ann Radcliffe Mysteries of Udolpho Print : Book1800-1849 Went into the library to try to rationalize my mind about the deathwatch, - by reading the Cyclopaedia. Feel very unwell today, & nervous. Read the mysteries of Udolpho... Elizabeth Barrett Ann Radcliffe Mysteries of Udolpho Print : Book1800-1849 Went into the library to try to rationalize my mind about the deathwatch, - by reading the Cyclopaedia. Feel very unwell today, & nervous. Read the mysteries of Udolpho... Elizabeth Barrett Cyclopaedia Print : Book1800-1849 Went into the library to try to rationalize my mind about the deathwatch, - by reading the Cyclopaedia. Feel very unwell today, & nervous. Read the mysteries of Udolpho... Elizabeth Barrett Victor Hugo Print : Book1800-1849 Went into the library to try to rationalize my mind about the deathwatch, - by reading the Cyclopaedia. Feel very unwell today, & nervous. Read the mysteries of Udolpho... Elizabeth Barrett Lamartine Print : Book1800-1849 Went into the library to try to rationalize my mind about the deathwatch, - by reading the Cyclopaedia. Feel very unwell today, & nervous. Read the mysteries of Udolpho... Elizabeth Barrett Lamartine Childe Harold Print : Book1800-1849 Went into the library to try to rationalize my mind about the deathwatch, - by reading the Cyclopaedia. Feel very unwell today, & nervous. Read the mysteries of Udolpho... Elizabeth Homer Print : Book, Pamphlet1800-1849 'Went into the library to try to rationalize my mind about the deathwatch, - by reading the Cyclopaedia. Feel very unwell today, & nervous. Read the mysteries of Udolph... Elizabeth Zenophon [Xenophon] unknown Print : Book, Pamphlet1800-1849 At breakfast, my parcel of books from Eaton came up the road. Fresh from the carrier. Unpacked it eagerly, & read the title pages of Barnes?s Euripides, Marcus Antoninu... Elizabeth Barrett Euripides Print : Book, Pamphlet1800-1849 At breakfast, my parcel of books from Eaton came up the road. Fresh from the carrier. Unpacked it eagerly, & read the title pages of Barnes?s Euripides, Marcus Antoninu... Elizabeth Barrett Marcus Antoninus Print : Book, Pamphlet1800-1849 At breakfast, my parcel of books from Eaton came up the road. Fresh from the carrier. Unpacked it eagerly, & read the title pages of Barnes?s Euripides, Marcus Antoninu... Elizabeth Barrett Callimachus Print : Book, Pamphlet1800-1849 At breakfast, my parcel of books from Eaton came up the road. Fresh from the carrier. Unpacked it eagerly, & read the title pages of Barnes?s Euripides, Marcus Antoninu... Elizabeth Barrett Anthologia Print : Book, Pamphlet1800-1849 At breakfast, my parcel of books from Eaton came up the road. Fresh from the carrier. Unpacked it eagerly, & read the title pages of Barnes?s Euripides, Marcus Antoninu... Elizabeth Barrett Epictetus Print : Book, Pamphlet1800-1849 At breakfast, my parcel of books from Eaton came up the road. Fresh from the carrier. Unpacked it eagerly, & read the title pages of Barnes?s Euripides, Marcus Antoninu... Elizabeth Barrett Isocrates Print : Book, Pamphlet1800-1849 At breakfast, my parcel of books from Eaton came up the road. Fresh from the carrier. Unpacked it eagerly, & read the title pages of Barnes?s Euripides, Marcus Antoninu... Elizabeth Barrett Leonardo Da Vinci [Painting] Print : Book, Pamphlet1800-1849 I liked my solitude, even tho? I had no one to say so to - & in spite of La Bruy?re & Cowper! ? Nearly finished the Alcestis. I will finish it tomorrow, before breakfast Elizabeth Barrett Euripides Alcestis Print : BookAt breakfast, my parcel of books from Eaton came up the road. Fresh from the carrier. Unpacked it eagerly, & read the title pages of Barnes?s Euripides, Marcus Antoninu... Elizabeth Barrett Susan Ferrier Destiny Print : Book1800-1849 At breakfast, my parcel of books from Eaton came up the road. Fresh from the carrier. Unpacked it eagerly, & read the title pages of Barnes?s Euripides, Marcus Antoninu... Elizabeth Barrett Susan Ferrier The Inheritance Print : Book1800-1849 At breakfast, my parcel of books from Eaton came up the road. Fresh from the carrier. Unpacked it eagerly, & read the title pages of Barnes?s Euripides, Marcus Antoninu... Elizabeth Barrett Euripides Alcestis Print : Book1800-1849 They did not return until past nine; & I meanwhile was hard at work at Antoninus. Finished his 5th book ? read 7 chap: in the Bible, & then went out to walk in the dark. Elizabeth Barrett Antoninus Print : Book1800-1849 They did not return until past nine; & I meanwhile was hard at work at Antoninus. Finished his 5th book ? read 7 chap: in the Bible, & then went out to walk in the dark. Elizabeth Barrett Bible Print : Book1800-1849 I read half the 6th book of Antoninus today ? so I can?t say, after all, perdidi diem [I have lost a day]. Elizabeth Barrett Marcus Antoninus Print : Book1800-1849 I read the other half of Antoninus?s sixth book, - & half his seventh, besides. What a creature I am ? to spend my time in this way, between philosophy & folly. Anoninu... Elizabeth Barrett Marcus Antoninus Print : Book1800-1849 On Wednesday before breakfast, I read the beginning of Antoninus?s 10th. book, & I went on with it today, but not the end. My energies felt dead within me: & how could I... Elizabeth Barrett Marcus Antoninus Print : Book1800-1849 On Wednesday before breakfast, I read the beginning of Antoninus?s 10th. book, & I went on with it today, but not the end. My energies felt dead within me: & how could I... Elizabeth Barrett Mary Shelley The Last Man Print : Book1800-1849 On Wednesday before breakfast, I read the beginning of Antoninus?s 10th. book, & I went on with it today, but not the end. My energies felt dead within me: & how could I... Elizabeth Barrett Marcus Antoninus Print : Book1800-1849 Solved my doubts, & read half Cebes?s dialogue before I went to bed. It is rather a pleasing than a profound performance, - & on this account as well as on account of th... Elizabeth Barrett Cebes Dialogue Print : Book1800-1849 I finished Keats?s Lamia, Isabella, Eve of St Agnes & Hyperion, before breakfast. The three first disappointed me. The extracts I had seen of them, were undeniably the ... Elizabeth Barrett John Keats Lamia Print : Book1800-1849 I finished Keats?s Lamia, Isabella, Eve of St Agnes & Hyperion, before breakfast. The three first disappointed me. The extracts I had seen of them, were undeniably the ... Elizabeth Barrett John Keats Isabella Print : Book1800-1849 I finished Keats?s Lamia, Isabella, Eve of St Agnes & Hyperion, before breakfast. The three first disappointed me. The extracts I had seen of them, were undeniably the ... Elizabeth Barrett John Keats Eve of St Agnes Print : Book1800-1849 I finished Keats?s Lamia, Isabella, Eve of St Agnes & Hyperion, before breakfast. The three first disappointed me. The extracts I had seen of them, were undeniably the ... Elizabeth Barrett John Keats Hyperion Print : Book1800-1849 I finished the Endymion today. I do not admire it as a fine poem; but I do admire many passages of it, as being very fine poetry. As a whole, it is cumbrous & unwieldy.... Elizabeth Barrett John Keats Endymion Print : Book1800-1849 I finished the Endymion today. I do not admire it as a fine poem; but I do admire many passages of it, as being very fine poetry. As a whole, it is cumbrous & unwieldy.... Elizabeth Barrett Theophrastus Print : Book1800-1849 Read some passages from Shelley?s Revolt of Islam before I was up. He is a great poet; but we acknowledge him to be a great poet as we acknowledge Spenser to be so, & do... Elizabeth Barrett Percy Bysshe Shelley Revolt of Islam Print : Book1800-1849 I am tired, & have been resting my body in my arm chair, & my mind in Goldoni. Read his Pamela, & Pamela Maritata. The merit of the first, is Richardson?s; & there is n... Elizabeth Barrett Goldoni Pamela Print : Book1800-1849 I am tired, & have been resting my body in my arm chair, & my mind in Goldoni. Read his Pamela, & Pamela Maritata. The merit of the first, is Richardson?s; & there is n... Elizabeth Barrett Goldoni Pamela Maritata Print : Book1800-1849 I read parts of scripture with reference to the Calvinistic controversy, & little else today. I am going thro? all the epistles, marking with my pencil every expression ... Elizabeth Barrett Bible Print : Book1800-1849 Comparing scripture with scripture. Reading besides Self control [by Mary Brunton] which Henrietta has borrowed from Mrs. Martin. It is formed on the model of Clarissa ... Elizabeth Barrett Bible Print : Book1800-1849 Comparing scripture with scripture. Reading besides Self control [by Mary Brunton] which Henrietta has borrowed from Mrs. Martin. It is formed on the model of Clarissa ... Elizabeth Barrett Mary Brunton Self Control Print : Book1800-1849 I read Mr. Beverley?s pamphlets which Mr. Boyd had lent to me; the letter to the Archbishop of York, & the Tombs of the prophets. ? They are clever & forcible; coarse eno... Elizabeth Barrett Beverley Letter to the Archbishop of York Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 I read Mr. Beverley?s pamphlets which Mr. Boyd had lent to me; the letter to the Archbishop of York, & the Tombs of the prophets. ? They are clever & forcible; coarse eno... Elizabeth Barrett Beverley Tombs of the Prophets Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 I have finished Dr. Clark?s Discourse. It is very clever: but as all metaphysical discourses on scriptural subjects, must be, - seeking only to convince the human reason... Elizabeth Barrett Dr Card Discourse Print : Book1800-1849 I have finished Dr. Clark?s Discourse. It is very clever: but as all metaphysical discourses on scriptural subjects, must be, - seeking only to convince the human reason... Elizabeth Barrett Card Sermon on the Athanasian Creed Print : Book1800-1849 Mrs. Martin lent me Dr. Channing?s treatise ?On the importance & means of a national Literature?, & I ought to be grateful to her. I have been reading it this morning. ... Elizabeth Barrett Channing On the importance & means of a national Literature Print : Book1800-1849 Getting on with Iphigenia [in Aulide] I am very much interested in it ? particularly in the scene between Iphigenia & her father. How much simple affectionate nature th... Elizabeth Barrett Iphigenia in Aulide Print : Book1800-1849 We [EB & Mr Boyd] read passages from Gregory?s apologetick, - comparing his marks with mine, in different copies, - & came to the conclusion, that our tastes certainly do... Elizabeth Barrett Gregory Apologetick Print : Book1800-1849 Finished the Hippolytus, - & began the Supllices of Aeschylus. I read a part of it before; but I have left off now my partial habits of reading. Elizabeth Barrett Hippolytus Print : Book1800-1849 Finished the Hippolytus, - & began the Supllices of Aeschylus. I read a part of it before; but I have left off now my partial habits of reading. Elizabeth Barrett Aeschylus Supplices Print : Book1800-1849 Finished the Choephori, & began the Eumenides. Read more than 500 lines of Greek, & was more tired by them than by the 800 the other day, because I met with more difficu... Elizabeth Barrett Aeschylus Choephori Print : Book1800-1849 Finished the Choephori, & began the Eumenides. Read more than 500 lines of Greek, & was more tired by them than by the 800 the other day, because I met with more difficu... Elizabeth Barrett Aeschylus Eumenides Print : Book1800-1849 I read yesterday in Mr. Joseph Clarke?s Sacred Literature, that Nonnus is an author whom few can read, & fewer admire. So that my opinion is nothing outrageous. I do no... Elizabeth Barrett Joseph Clarke Sacred Literature Print : Book1800-1849 Finished not only the whole of Synesius?s poems, but four odes of Gregory, contained in the same little volume. And yet I really read nothing superficially. There is a ... Elizabeth Barrett Synesius Poems Print : Book1800-1849 Finished not only the whole of Synesius?s poems, but four odes of Gregory, contained in the same little volume. And yet I really read nothing superficially. There is a ... Elizabeth Barrett Gregory Odes Print : Book1800-1849 Finished not only the whole of Synesius?s poems, but four odes of Gregory, contained in the same little volume. And yet I really read nothing superficially. There is a ... Hugh Stuart Boyd Gregory Odes Print : Book1800-1849 Finished not only the whole of Synesius?s poems, but four odes of Gregory, contained in the same little volume. And yet I really read nothing superficially. There is a ... Hugh Stuart Boyd Synesius Poems Print : Book1700-1799 'Uriah Plant, a wheelwright's son, affirmed that "My uncertainty about the truth of religion not only increased my sense of its importance... but gave me a habit of think... Uriah Plant Thomas Paine The Age of Reason Print : Book1800-1849 'At age thirteen John Clare was shown The Seasons by a Methodist weaver and though he had no real experience of poetry, he was immediately enthralled by Thomson's evocati... John Clare James Thomson The Seasons Print : Book1800-1849 'Circuit preacher Joseph Barker found that theology simply could not compete with Shakespeare:
"What pleased me most was the simplicity and beauty of his style. He had a... Joseph Barker William Shakespeare Print : Book1800-1849 'Shakespeare incited his appetite for poetry: Cowper, Pope, Dryden, Goldsmith, Thomson, Byron. Not only were they more interesting than the fifty volumes of Wesley's Chri... Joseph Barker William Cowper Print : Book1800-1849 'Shakespeare incited his appetite for poetry: Cowper, Pope, Dryden, Goldsmith, Thomson, Byron. Not only were they more interesting than the fifty volumes of Wesley's Chri... Joseph Barker Alexander Pope Print : Book1800-1849 'Shakespeare incited his appetite for poetry: Cowper, Pope, Dryden, Goldsmith, Thomson, Byron. Not only were they more interesting than the fifty volumes of Wesley's Chri... Joseph Barker John Dryden Print : Book1800-1849 'Shakespeare incited his appetite for poetry: Cowper, Pope, Dryden, Goldsmith, Thomson, Byron. Not only were they more interesting than the fifty volumes of Wesley's Chri... Joseph Barker Oliver Goldsmith Print : Book1800-1849 'Shakespeare incited his appetite for poetry: Cowper, Pope, Dryden, Goldsmith, Thomson, Byron. Not only were they more interesting than the fifty volumes of Wesley's Chri... Joseph Barker James Thomson Print : Book1800-1849 'Shakespeare incited his appetitie for poetry: Cowper, Pope, Dryden, Goldsmith, Thomson, Byron. Not only were they more interesting than the fifty volumes of Wesley's Chr... Joseph Barker George Gordon, Lord Byron [unknown] Print : Book1800-1849 'Byron had intoxicated him "with the freedom of his style of writing, with the fervour or passionateness of his feelings and with the dark and terrible pictures which he ... Joseph Barker George Gordon Byron Print : Book1800-1849 'Byron had intoxicated him "with the freedom of his style of writing, with the fervour or passionateness of his feelings and with the dark and terrible pictures which he ... Joseph Barker John Milton Print : Book1800-1849 'Byron had intoxicated him "with the freedom of his style of writing, with the fervour or passionateness of his feelings and with the dark and terrible pictures which he ... Joseph Barker Thomas Hobbes Print : Book1800-1849 'Byron had intoxicated him "with the freedom of his style of writing, with the fervour or passionateness of his feelings and with the dark and terrible pictures which he ... Joseph Barker John Locke Print : Book
