√ Century of Experience Evidence Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group Author of Text Title of Text Form of Text 1800-1849 Transcribed from title page to edition of Don Quixote in 30 May 1813 letter from William Wordsworth to Basil Montagu:
'The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight Er... William Wordsworth Miguel Cervantes Don Quixote Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson [about 14 Sept. 1813]: 'We have had no time to read Newspapers [with decoration of Rydal Mount] but have been obliged to content ... Wordsworth Family Print : NewspaperManuscript : Letter1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 4 October [1813]: 'I was resolved not to write until I had read your Husband's Book, of which literally I have not even now read... Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas Clarkson Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William ... Print : BookManuscript : Letter1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 4 October [1813]: 'My whole summer's reading has been a part of two volumes of Mrs Grant's American Lady, which Southey lent to ... Dorothy Wordsworth Anne Grant Memoirs of an American Lady Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 4 October [1813]: 'My whole summer's reading has been a part of two volumes of Mrs Grant's American Lady, which Southey lent to ... Dorothy Wordsworth Robert Southey Life of Nelson Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 4 October [1813]: 'My whole summer's reading has been a part of two volumes of Mrs Grant's American Lady, which Southey lent to ... Dorothy Wordsworth Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 4 October [1813]: 'My whole summer's reading has been a part of two volumes of Mrs Grant's American Lady, which Southey lent to ... Dorothy Wordsworth ['readings with the Bairns'] Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, 5 May 1814: 'I have to thank you for a Present of your Volume of Poems, received some time since, through the hands of Southey. I ha... William Wordsworth Samuel Rogers Poems Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 11 November 1814: 'I saw two sections of Hazlitt's Review [of William Wordsworth, The Excursion, in the Examiner] at Rydale, and... Dorothy Wordsworth William Hazlitt Review of The Excursion Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 11 November 1814: 'I saw two sections of Hazlitt's Review [of William Wordsworth, The Excursion, in the Examiner] at Rydale, and... Dorothy Wordsworth Examiner, The Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Writing to Catherine Clarkson, 11 November 1814, Dorothy Wordsworth gives transcription of version of William Wordsworth, "Yarrow Visited". Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth Yarrow Visted Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 11 November 1814: 'Your anecdote of Tom [?Thomas Clarkson] that he sate up all night reading William's poem gave me as much plea... Tom ?Clarkson William Wordsworth ?Excursion, The Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to R. P.Gillies, 23 November 1814:
'I have to thank you ... for Egbert, which is pleasingly and vigorously written, and proves that with a due sacrif... William Wordsworth R. P. Gillies Egbert, or, The Suicide Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to R. P.Gillies, 23 November 1814:
'I have peeped into the Ruminator, and turned to your first letter, which is well executed, and seizes the attenti... William Wordsworth R. P. Gillies Ruminator, The Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to R. P.Gillies, 23 November 1814:
'Your longer poem I have barely looked into ... ' William Wordsworth R. P. Gillies Childe Alarique, a poet's reverie with other poems Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to R. P.Gillies, 23 November 1814:
'I thank you for the Queen's Wake; since I saw you in Edinburgh I have read it. It does Mr. Hogg great credit. O... William Wordsworth James Hogg Queen's Wake, The Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 22 December 1814: 'When your Letter arrived I was in the act of reading to Mrs W[ordsworth] your Exile, which pleased me more, I thin... William Wordsworth R. P. Gillies Exile, The Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 22 December 1814: 'I have read the Ruminator, and I fear that I do not like it quite as much as you would wish. It wants depth and s... William Wordsworth R. P. Gillies The Ruminator Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 22 December 1814: 'Mr. Hogg's Badlew (I suppose it to be his) I could not get through. There are two pretty passages; the flight of ... William Wordsworth J. H. Hunting of Badlew, a Dramatic Tale, The Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 22 December 1814: 'I have seen a book advertised under your name, which I suppose to be a novel.' William Wordsworth Print : Advertisement, Unknown1800-1849 William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 14 February 1814, 'Have you read Lucien B[onaparte]' s Epic? I attempted it, but gave in at the 6th Canto, being pressed for time. ... William Wordsworth Lucien Bonaparte Charlemagne, ou L'Eglise Sauvee, poeme epique en 2... Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth describes Wordsworth family's anxieties at hearing (false)rumour of death of Tom Clarkson, in letter to Sara Hutchinson, 18 February 1815: 'We anxiousl... Wordsworth Family Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 18 February 1815: 'William and Mary and little Willy paid a visit to old Mrs Knott yesterday with the Ex[cursio]n in hand, William ... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth Excursion, The Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 18 February 1815:
'William and Mary and little Willy paid a visit to old Mrs Knott yesterday with the Ex[cursio]n in hand, Willia... Miss Knott William Wordsworth Excursion, The Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 18 February 1815: 'Mary is deep in the 2nd volume of the "Recluse of Norway" by Miss Porter - there is a wonderful cleverness in th... Mary Wordsworth Anna Maria Porter Recluse of Norway, The Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 18 February 1815: 'Mary is deep in the 2nd volume of the "Recluse of Norway" by Miss Porter - there is a wonderful cleverness in th... Dorothy Wordsworth Anna Maria Porter Recluse of Norway, The Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 18 February 1815: 'It is 11 o'clock. William has been reading the Fairy Queen - he has laid aside his Book and Mary has set about p... William Wordsworth Edmund Spenser Fairy Queen, The Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Priscilla Wordsworth, 27 February 1815: 'The day before yesterday Miss Alne dined with us, and from her we learned that Chris[topher Wordsworth]'s s... William Wordsworth Christopher Wordsworth sermons Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Priscilla Wordsworth, 27 February 1815: 'The day before yesterday Miss Alne dined with us, and from her we learned that Chris[topher Wordsworth]'s s... Mary Wordsworth Christopher Wordsworth sermons Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Priscilla Wordsworth, 27 February 1815:
'The day before yesterday Miss Alne dined with us, and from her we learned that Chris[topher Wordsworth]'s... Dorothy Wordsworth Christopher Wordsworth sermons Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 16 March 1815: 'Buonaparte seems quite to have put the Corn Laws out of our heads. William has however carefully read all that has... William Wordsworth [information about the Corn Laws] Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 16 March 1815: 'William has made a conquest of holy Hannah [More], though she had not seen the Book [The Excursion], had seen nothi... Hannah More William Wordsworth extracts from The Excursion Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 16 March 1815: 'William has made a conquest of holy Hannah [More], though she had not seen the Book [The Excursion], had seen nothi... Hannah More Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 8 April 1815, on following progress of Napoleon in British press: 'Those villainous Sunday newspapers are my abhorrence - I read in... Dorothy Wordsworth Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Sara Hutchinson, 8 April 1815: 'I see by last night's paper (we take the evening Mail) that Murat stands against Buon[aparte].' Dorothy Wordsworth Print : Newspaper1800-1849 William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 25 April 1815: 'You mentioned Guy Mannering in your last. I have read it. I cannot say that I was disappointed, for there is very c... William Wordsworth Walter Scott Guy Mannering Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to John Scott, 14 May 1815: 'Amid the hurry consequent upon a recent arrival, with a view to a short Residence in London - I have found leisure to peru... William Wordsworth John Scott Visit to Paris in 1814 Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 28 June 1815, on learning of abdication of Napoleon: '11 o'clock. Before I go to bed I must tell you that, saving grief for the... Dorothy Wordsworth Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 28 June 1815: 'I have seen the British Critic which contains a Review by a Friend of the Coleridges' which between ourselves I t... Dorothy Wordsworth British Critic Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 William Wordsworth to B. R. Haydon, 21 December 1815: 'Have you read the works of the Abbe [Johann Joachim] Winkelman on the study of the Antique, in Painting and Sculptu... William Wordsworth Johann Joachim Winkelman Reflections concerning the imitation of the Grecia... Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 23 December 1815: 'We have now nine sheets of the journal [by Captain Luff re time in Mauritius] - I do not intend to read it un... Dorothy Wordsworth Captain Luff journal Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 31 December 1815: 'In reading the 3rd Book of the Excursion last night what a pang did I feel for our poor widowed Friend Mrs Lu... Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth Excursion, The Manuscript : UnknownUnknown1800-1849 William Wordsworth to John Scott, 22 February 1816: 'Your Paris Revisited has been in constant use since I received it ... Nothing in your works has charmed us more than ... Wordsworth Family John Scott Paris Revisited in 1815 by way of Brussels Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1800-1849 William Wordsworth to John Scott, 25 February 1816, on own and contemporaries' endeavours to celebrate victory at Waterloo in verse: 'Southey is a Fellow labourer. I hav... William Wordsworth Robert Southey [Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo, The] Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Christopher Wordsworth: 'We thank you for your Consecration Sermon, which we received free of expense. We have read it with much pleasure, and unit... William Wordsworth Christopher Wordsworth A sermon preached in the Chapel of Lambeth at the ... Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Christopher Wordsworth: "We thank you for your Consecration Sermon, which we received free of expense. We have read it with much pleasure, and unit... Wordsworth Family Christopher Wordsworth A sermon preached in the Chapel of Lambeth at the ... Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies (postmarked 9 April 1816): 'Your obliging Present [new book of poems] reached me yesterday ... I read the volume through immediately: ... William Wordsworth R. P. Gillies Illustrations of a Poetical Character, in six Tale... Print : BookUnknown1800-1849 William Wordsworth to John Scott: "I have read your late Champions with much pleasure" William Wordsworth The Champion Print : Serial / periodicalManuscript : Letter1800-1849 William Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies: " ... your poem [Rinaldo] I have read with considerable attention." William Wordsworth R. P. Gillies Rinaldo, a desultory Poem Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 10 January 1817, re visit to Mrs Threlkeld (very fond of C. Clarkson) at Halifax: 'I read her your last letter adding a few word... Dorothy Wordsworth Catherine Clarkson Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Evidence to Parliamentary Committee from Rev. Thomas Spencer, a Church of England clergyman:
"I was appealed to in the parish of which I was incumbent for 22 years, by... anon Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Evidence of Abel Heywood to Select Committee considering abolition of newspaper stamps:
"This 'Court of London' I consider is a test of the taste of the readers genera... Abel Heywood G.W.M. Reynolds The Mysteries of the Court of London Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Evidence of Abel Heywood to Select Committee considering abolition of newspaper stamps:
"I take home the 'Family Herald', and read it with a great deal of pleasure, an... Abel Heywood Family Herald Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Evidence of Abel Heywood to Select Committee considering abolition of newspaper stamps:
"I take home the 'Family Herald', and read it with a great deal of pleasure, an... Heywood family Family Herald Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Evidence of William Edward Hickson to Select Committee on Newspaper stamps:
"My experience is this: that what interested me most of all in newspaper reading, and what ... William Edward Hickson The Examiner Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Evidence of William Edward Hickson to Select Committee on Newspaper stamps:
"I find even with myself coming to London occasionally only as I do now, that I really take... William Edward Hickson Maidstone Gazette Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Evidence of William Edward Hickson to Select Committee on Newspaper stamps:
"I find even with myself coming to London occasionally only as I do now, that I really take... William Edward Hickson The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Evidence of William Edward Hickson to Select Committee on Newspaper stamps:
"I formed in the village where I am now living, when I first went there, an evening class o... William Edward Hickson The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Statement of a juvenile offender:
"I have been twice in prison. I was only in Liverpool two days. I came from Manchester to the races; I had no work. I have been at al... H.T. William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book, Serial / periodical, read as numbers or volume?1800-1849 Statement of a juvenile offender:
"I have been five times in prison. I have been as the Sanspareil and at all the theatres... I am sure had I never known the theatres ... T.A William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book1800-1849 Statement of a juvenile offender:
"I came from Manchester to the races. I was taken into custody when I had only been in Liverpool two days. I was taken up for attempt... G.G. William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book1800-1849 Statement of a juvenile offender:
"I have been three times in prison and once discharged. I have been at the Sanspareil and Amphitheatre; I have also been at the penny... J.M. William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book1800-1849 Statement of a juvenile offender:
"I was never in prison before. I have been twice discharged, and am now waiting for trial... I have heard the 'Life of Jack Sheppard'... William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book1800-1849 Statement of a juvenile offender:
"I have been nine times in prison and once discharged, and am now waiting trial... I never saw 'Jack Sheppard' performed. I have read... T.E. William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book1800-1849 Statement of juvenile offender:
"I have been six times in prison and four times discharged, and am now waiting trial... I have been to all the theatres... I never saw ... M.F. William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book1800-1849 Statement of juvenile offender:
"I have been twice in prison and am now waiting trial... I have seen 'Jack Sheppard' performed; have read part of his life; I thought t... A.L. William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book, Serial / periodical, not sure if penny parts or volume1800-1849 Statement of juvenile offender:
"I have been six times in prison, and four times discharged... Never saw 'Jack Sheppard' performed; have read his life and often heard ... J.F. William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book, Serial / periodical, not sure if penny parts or volume1800-1849 Statement of juvenile offender:
"I have been four times in prison and twice discharged... I never saw Jack Sheppard performed; I have heard boys talk of him, and have ... William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book, Serial / periodical, not sure if penny parts or volume1800-1849 Statement of juvenile offender:
"I never was in prison before. I have been at the Sanspareil, and at all the other theatres, except the Queen's. I never saw 'Jack Shep... E.B. William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book, Serial / periodical, not sure if penny parts or volume1800-1849 Statement of juvenile offender:
"I never was in prison before. I was taken into custody for attempting to rob my master... I never saw 'Jack Sheppard' performed; I hav... J.H. William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book, Serial / periodical, not sure if penny parts or volume1800-1849 Statement about juvenile offender:
"attended the Independent Sunday-school three years, also the national school three years (same time). Learned to read and write. Ca... J.S. Life of Nelson Print : Book1800-1849 Statement of juvenile offender:
"When I left school I went to Mr Banks, bookseller, two years. I had good opportunities of reading then, voyages and such; read the Lif... J.H. William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book1800-1849 Statement about juvenile offender:
"attended the Independent Sunday-school three years, also the national school three years (same time). Learned to read and write. Ca... J.S. Gilderoy Print : Book1800-1849 Report of prison chaplain on the progress of prisoner:
"From his first arrival in gaol, he had been attended by the schoolmaster; and one day, when I examined his prog... J.G. Child's First Book Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Antony and Cleopatra, by an editorial note by Steevens, which reminds the reader that Cleopatra's story of the salt fish on Antony's... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Coriolanus, by a note by Warburton regarding the composition of the Senate] "Absurd! Who knows anything about the usages of the Sena... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Coriolanus Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Coriolanus, by a note by Warburton regarding the history of the Roman Consular Government]: "Well! but there had certainly been elec... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Coriolanus Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Coriolanus, by a note by Warburton regarding the creation of the first Censor, which suggests that Shakespeare had misread his autho... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Coriolanus Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Coriolanus, on the last page]: "A noble play. As usual, Shakspeare [sic] had thumbed his translation of Plutarch to rags." Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Coriolanus Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's reading]: "His manuscript notes extend through the long range of Greek authors from Hesiod to Athenaeus, and of Latin authors from Cat... Thomas Babington Macaulay Hesiod Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's reading]: "His manuscript notes extend through the long range of Greek authors from Hesiod to Athenaeus, and of Latin authors from Cat... Thomas Babington Macaulay Athenaeus Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's reading]: "His manuscript notes extend through the long range of Greek authors from Hesiod to Athenaeus, and of Latin authors from Cat... Thomas Babington Macaulay Cato Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's reading]: "His manuscript notes extend through the long range of Greek authors from Hesiod to Athenaeus, and of Latin authors from Cat... Thomas Babington Macaulay Livy Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's reading]: "His manuscript notes extend through the long range of Greek authors from Hesiod to Athenaeus, and of Latin authors from Cat... Thomas Babington Macaulay Sallust Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's reading]: "His manuscript notes extend through the long range of Greek authors from Hesiod to Athenaeus, and of Latin authors from Cat... Thomas Babington Macaulay Tacitus Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's reading]: "His manuscript notes extend through the long range of Greek authors from Hesiod to Athenaeus, and of Latin authors from Cat... Thomas Babington Macaulay Aulus Gellius Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's reading]: "His manuscript notes extend through the long range of Greek authors from Hesiod to Athenaeus, and of Latin authors from Cat... Thomas Babington Macaulay Suetonius Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's reading]: "Those two parallel lines in pencil, which were his highest form of compliment, are scored down page after page of the De Fi... Thomas Babington Macaulay Cicero De Finibus Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's reading]: "Those two parallel lines in pencil, which were his highest form of compliment, are scored down page after page of the De Fi... Thomas Babington Macaulay Cicero Academic Questions Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's reading]: "Those two parallel lines in pencil, which were his highest form of compliment, are scored down page after page of the De Fi... Thomas Babington Macaulay Cicero Tusculan Disputations Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia at the end of the first book of Cicero's De Finibus]: "Exquisitely written, graceful, calm, luminous and full of interest; but the Epicurean theory... Thomas Babington Macaulay Cicero De Finibus Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in Cicero's De Natura Deorum]: "Equal to anything that Cicero ever did." Thomas Babington Macaulay Cicero De Natura Deorum Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in the Second Book of Cicero's De Divinatione]: double-lines down the margin of the argument against the credibility of visions and prophecies. Thomas Babington Macaulay Cicero De Divinatione Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Ben Jonson's Catiline, by the lines 'Lentulus: The augurs all are constant I am meant / Catiline: They had lost their science else.'... Thomas Babington Macaulay Ben Jonson Catiline Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Cicero's Tusculan Disputations, by the translations from Aeschylus and Sophocles in the Second Book]: "Cicero's best". Thomas Babington Macaulay Ben Cicero Tusculan Disputations Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Cicero's Letters, opposite the sentences 'Meum factum probari abs te [...] nihil enim malo quam et me mei similem esse, et illos sui... Thomas Babington Macaulay Cicero Letters Print : Book1800-1849 [Editorial commentary on Macaulay's marginalia on Cicero's speeches]: "Macaulay's pencilled observations upon each successive speech of Cicero form a continuous history o... Thomas Babington Macaulay Cicero Speeches Print : Book1800-1849 Macaulay's marginalia on Cicero's Epistles to Atticus]: "A kind-hearted man [Cicero], with all his faults." Later, "Poor fellow! He makes a pitiful figure. But it is i... Thomas Babington Macaulay Cicero Letters to Atticus Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia on Cicero's Second Philippic]: "a most wonderful display of rhetorical talent, worthy of all its fame." Thomas Babington Macaulay Cicero Second Philippic Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia on Cicero's Third Philippic]: "The close of this speech is very fine. His later and earlier speeches have a freedom and an air of sincerity about... Thomas Babington Macaulay Cicero Third Philippic Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia at the end of Cicero's last Philippic]: "As a man, I think of Cicero much as I always did, except that I am more disgusted with his conduct after ... Thomas Babington Macaulay Cicero Last Philippic Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Euthydemus]: "It seems incredible that these absurdities of Dionysodorus and Euthydemus should have been mistaken for wisdo... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Euthydemus Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Euthydemus]: "Glorious irony!" Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Euthydemus Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Euthydemus]: "Incomparably ludicrous!" Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Euthydemus Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Euthydemus]: "No writer, not even Cervantes, was so great a master of this solemn ridicule as Plato." Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Euthydemus Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Euthydemus]: "There is hardly any comedy, in any language, more diverting than this dialogue. It is not only richly humorou... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Euthydemus Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Euthydemus]: "Dulcissima hercle, eademque nobilissima vita." Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Euthydemus Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Euthydemus, below the last line of the dialogue]: "Calcutta, May 1835." Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Euthydemus Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Republic]: "Plato has been censured with great justice for his doctrine about the community of women and the exposure of ch... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Republic Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Republic]: "You may see that Plato was passionately fond of poetry, even when arguing against it." Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Republic Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Republic, by the passage where Plato recommends a broader patriotism]: "This passage does Plato great honour. Philhellenis... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Republic Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Republic, in the Second Book, by the discussion of abstract justice]: "This is indeed a noble dream. Pity that it should c... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Republic Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Republic, in the Eighth Book]: "I remember nothing in Greek philosophy superior to this in profundity, ingenuity, and eloqu... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Republic Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Protagoras]: "A very lively picture of Athenian manners. There is scarcely anywhere so interesting a view of the interior ... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Protagoras Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Protagoras]: "Callias seems to have been a munificent and courteous patron of learning. What with sophists, what with pret... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Protagoras Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Protagoras]: "Alcibiades is very well represented here. It is plain that he wants only to get up a row among the sophists.... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Protagoras Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in his copy of Plato's Protagoras]: "Protagoras seems to deserve the character he gives himself. Nothing can be more courteous and generous than ... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Protagoras Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia at the beginning of Plato's Gorgias]: "This was my favourite dialogue at College. I do not know whether I shall like it as well now. May 1, 1837... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Gorgias Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in Plato's Gorgias]: "Polus is much in the right. Socrates abused scandalously the advantages which his wonderful talents, and his command of tem... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Gorgias Print : Book1800-1849 [Maraulay's marginalia in Plato's Gorgias]: "You have made a blunder, and Socrates will have you in an instant." Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Gorgias Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in Plato's Gorgias]: "Hem! Retiarium astutum!" [Cunning netter]. Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Gorgias Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in Plato's Gorgias]: "There you are in the Sophist's net. I think that, if I had been in the place of Polus, Socrates would hardly have had so ea... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Gorgias Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in Plato's Gorgias]: "What a command of his temper the old fellow [Callicles] had, and what terrible, though delicate, ridicule! A bitter fellow, ... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Gorgias Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in Plato's Gorgias]: "This is not pure morality; but there is a good deal of weight in what Callicles says. He is wrong in not perceiving that th... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Gorgias Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia at the end of the dialogue in Plato's Gorgias]: "This is one of the finest passages in Greek literature. Plato is a real poet." Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Gorgias Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia at the end of the dialogue in Plato's Gorgias. He marks the the doctrine "that we ought to be more afraid of wronging than of being wronged, and ... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Gorgias Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in Plato's Gorgias, by the trial of Socrates, when Socrates expressed a serene conviction that to die is gain, even if death were nothing more tha... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Gorgias Print : Book 'I have read your Poem. I like it better than any of the preceding ones.' William Wordsworth R. P. Gillies Oswald, A Metrical Tale Print : Book1800-1849 Wiliam Wordsworth to Daniel Stuart, 22 June 1817: 'By the bye, it was not till this morning that I read the case of Stuart versus Lovell. What a miscreant - If I had bee... William Wordsworth case of Stuart versus Lovell Unknown 1800-1849 Wiliam Wordsworth to R. P. Gillies, 19 [Sept] 1817: 'I have not read Mr. Coleridge's "Biographia", having contented myself with skimming parts of it ... ' William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Lord Lonsdale, 13 Feb 1818:
'I dined at the Wakefields yesterday. Mr John W. senior broke out on the dependent and enslaved State of the County et... William Wordsworth Lord Lonsdale Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Transcribed in letter from William Wordsworth to Viscount Lowther, [c.25 February 1818]:
'If money I lack
The shirt on my back
Shall off - and go to the hammer;
F... William Wordsworth Print : Handbill1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Lord Lonsdale, 14 March 1818: 'If you continue to read the Kendal Chronicle you must be greatly concerned to see that the Liberty of the Press shoul... William Wordsworth Kendal Chronicle Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth describing progress of electioneering in Kendal to Sara Hutchinson, 24 March 1818:
'This morning ... [William Crackenthorp] called ... just before he... William Crackenthorp Thomas Clarkson letter to Mr Wakefield Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Viscount Lowther, [27 March 1818]:
'I should at this moment determine to go over to Lowther tomorrow, did I not think that I may be more useful to... William Wordsworth Thomas Clarkson Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 30 March 1818: 'Mr Clarkson's letter [refusing support to Lowther interest in Westmorland elections] was published in yesterday'... Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas Clarkson Print : Newspaper1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Lord Lonsdale, 6 April 1818: 'Had the Correspondence [between Henry Brougham and William Wilberforce, 1806] been published upon Mr B[rougham]'s firs... William Wordsworth Thomas De Quincey Close Comments on a Straggling Speech Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Viscount Lowther, [c. 14 April 1818]: 'The notes upon [Henry] Brougham's Speech, I have not seen, unless they be those from the pen of Mr De Quincey... William Wordsworth, Viscount Lowther Thomas De Quincey Close Comments on a Straggling Speech Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Viscount Lowther, 22 September 1818: 'Your two interesting Letters, the Pamphlet, and Sun and Chronicle, have been duly received ... The Pamphlet I ... William Wordsworth Henry Brougham A Letter to Sir Samuel Romilly upon the Abuse of C... Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Viscount Lowther, 8 December 1818: 'I have seen Mr Fleming, and told him everything you wished ... I read him a considerable part of your last Lette... William Wordsworth Viscount Lowther Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Christopher Wordsworth, 1 January 1819: 'Mr Monkhouse will probably have shewn you the copy of Mr Russel's Letter [on Madras method of education], ... Christopher Wordsworth William Wordsworth letter to Revd. John Russell Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 William Wordsworth describes his eldest son's slowness in reading to his brother Christopher Wordsworth, 1 January 1819: ' ... he is so long in finding his words in his... John Wordsworth dictionary Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Francis Wrangham, 19 February 1819: '[Samuel] Rogers read me his Poem when I was in Town about 2 months ago; but I have heard nothing of it since.' Samuel Rogers Samuel Rogers Human Life, A Poem Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Francis Wrangham, 19 February 1819: 'I know little of Blackwood's Magazine, and wish to know less. I have seen in it articles so infamous that I do... William Wordsworth Blackwood's Magazine Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Francis Wrangham, 19 February 1819:
'I ought to have thanked you before for your versions of Virgil's Eclogues, which reached me at last. I have ... William Wordsworth Francis Wrangham translation of Virgil, Eclogues Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Francis Wrangham, 19 February 1819:
'I ought to have thanked you before for your versions of Virgil's Eclogues, which reached me at last. I have ... William Wordsworth Virgil Eclogues Unknown 1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia in Plato's Gorgias, at the end of the trial of Socrates]: "A most solemn and noble close! Nothing was ever written, or spoken, approaching in sobe... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Gorgias Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Lord Lonsdale, 7 April 1819: 'Having occasion to go to Sockbridge along with our Rector, Mr Jackson, I begged of Mr Lumb to meet us there. he did s... William Wordsworth [List of Applicants for Enfranchisement] Unknown 1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia on the last page of the Crito]: There is much that may be questioned in the reasoning of Socrates; but it is impossible not to admire the wisdom a... Thomas Babington Macaulay Plato Crito Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Lord Lonsdale, 22 May [1819]: 'I have deferred thanking your Lordship for your kind attention in sending me (through the hands of Col: Lowther) the ... William Wordsworth Quarterly Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 I remember paying him [Macaulay] a visit in his rose-garden at Campden Hill [...] I was in a hurry to communicate to him my discovery of the magnificent verses in which ... George Otto Trevelyan Juvenal Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Lord Lonsdale, 16 June 1819: 'On looking over Mr Lumb's list of new freeholders in this neighbourhood, I was sorry to find that half a dozen whose n... William Wordsworth [list of new freeholders] Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Lord Lonsdale, 16 June 1819: 'I have seen the Article in the E[dinburgh]. R[eview]. [re Charities Question] - it is as your Lordship describes, feeb... William Wordsworth Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodicalUnknown1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Hans Busk, 6 July 1819: 'Dear Sir, Your writings are not to be hurried over; this must plead my excuse for not having thanked you earlier for the "V... William Wordsworth Hans Busk Vestriad, The Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Joanna Hutchinson, 5 September 1819: 'We have been very comfortable and without the least bustle until last night when before the Gentlemen had left... Thomas Monkhouse J. G. Crump Manuscript : Letter, Sheet1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Viscount Lowther, [mid December 1819]: 'The Guardian a loyal Newspaper has found its way here. It promises well but a weekly London paper crowded w... William Wordsworth Guardian, The Print : Newspaper1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Viscount Lowther, [mid December 1819]: 'The Guardian a loyal Newspaper has found its way here. It promises well but a weekly London paper crowded w... William Wordsworth advertisements Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Cathrine Clarkson, 19 December 1819: 'I do not know whther I ought to tell you that [Sara Hutchinson] is most eagerly and happily employed in knitti... Sara Hutchinson unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Viscount Lowther, 31 December 1819: 'In the last Kendal Chronicle appeared a most malignant misrepresentation of the words you used upon the searchi... William Wordsworth [A Westmorland Inhabitant and Freeholder] Anon unknown Print : Newspaper1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Viscount Lowther, 31 December 1819: 'In the last Kendal Chronicle appeared a most malignant misrepresentation of the words you used upon the searchi... William Wordsworth Kendal Chronicle, The Print : Newspaper1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Lord Lonsdale, 2 February 1820 (following remarks on death of George III): 'The same Paper, the Times, which has brought us this Intelligence, has a... Wordsworth Family Times, The Print : Newspaper1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Lord Lonsdale, 2 February 1820 (following remarks on death of George III): 'The same Paper, the Times, which has brought us this Intelligence, has a... Wordsworth Family [advertisement] Print : Advertisement, Newspaper1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth describes church service attended in London in letter to Mary Hutchinson, 5 May 1820:
'Tom and I went with [Mr Johnson] last Sunday but one to the op... William Johnson prayers Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth describes church service attended in London in letter to Mary Hutchinson, 5 May 1820:
'Tom and I went with [Mr Johnson] last Sunday but one to the op... William Coleridge Communion Service Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth describes daily routine during stay at her brother Christopher's London residence in letter to Mary Hutchinson, 5 May 1820: ' ... he sits with me till ... Christopher Wordsworth prayers Unknown 1800-1849 Lord Lonsdale to William Wordsworth, 1 May 1820: 'I have read the Sonnets on the Duddon, and the notes annexed to them with great Pleasure ... the perusal of them afforde... Lord Lonsdale William Wordsworth River Duddon, A Series of Sonnets, The Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 3 September [1820]: 'How admirable and to me astonishing the ardour and industry of your good husband - to think of writing a se... Thomas Clarkson Thomas Clarkson sermon Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth (visiting Paris) to Helen Maria Williams, [15 October 1820], 'I had the honour of receiving your letter yesterday Evening, together with the several co... William Wordsworth Helen Maria Williams The Charter; addressed to my nephew Athanase C. L.... Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Thomas Hutchinson, 14 December 1820: 'The news from Hayti [ie Haiti, where revolution had taken place] has grieved Mr Clarkson [friend of King Henri... Thomas Clarkson [newspapers] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Thomas Hutchinson, 14 December 1820, on her nephew William's academic progress: '...he seems yet to have little or no satisfaction in reading alone.... William Wordsworth unknown unknown Print : Book1800-1849 'On 2 May 1812 M[ary] W[ordsworth] wrote to her husband from Hindwell: "I have read the 'Ladies calling' - one of thy books - which pleased me much ... " Mary Wordsworth Richard Allestree Ladies Calling, The Print : Book1800-1849 "[Mark L.] Reed [in Wordsworth: The Chronology of the Middle Years, 1975] judges that [S. T.] C[oleridge] copied this poem ['An unfortunate Mother to her infant at her Br... Samuel Taylor Coleridge An unfortunate Mother to the infant at her Breast Unknown 1800-1849 Copied by Dorothy Wordsworth into Wordsworth Commonplace Book:
'From Aristotle's Synopsis of the Virtues and Vices
"It is the property of fortitude not to be easily t... Dorothy Wordsworth Aristotle unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Copied by William Wordsworth into letter to Lady Beaumont, 12 March 1805:
'From Aristotle's Synopsis of the Virtues and Vices
"It is the property of fortitude not to ... William Wordsworth Aristotle unknown Unknown 1800-1849 'Extracts from [John] Barrow's Travels in China appear in the Wordsworth Commonplace Book [Dove Cottage MS 26] ...' Wordsworth Family John Barrow Travels in China Print : Book1800-1849 'On 19 April 1809 S[ara] H[utchinson] wrote to Mary Monkhouse from Allan Bank, "The nicest model of a churn I ever saw was in 'Barrow's account of the interior of Africa.... Sara Hutchinson John Barrow Travels into the Interior of South Africa Print : Book1800-1849 '[Charles] Lamb copied ... [John Beaumont, Bart., the elder, "An Epitaph upon my dear Brother Francis Beaumont"] into his copy of Beaumont and Fletcher's Fifty Comedies ... Charles Lamb John Beaumont An Epitaph upon my dear Brother Francis Beaumont Print : UnknownUnknown1800-1849 '[Sir George] Beaumont wriote to W[ordsworth] on 10 Aug. 1806, saying: "I am sure you will be pleased with my ancestor (sir Johns) Poems. the more I read them the more I... Sir George Beaumont John Beaumont [poems] Unknown 1800-1849 'In her letter of 18 Oct. 1811 ... S[ara] H[utchinson] told Mary Monkhouse: "I have been dipping into Bingley's Tour of N. Wales." She goes on to copy out two quotations... Sara Hutchinson William Bingley North Wales: including its scenery, antiquities, c... Print : BookUnknown1800-1849 '[Henry Crabb] Robinson recorded on 24 May 1812 that "I read Wordsworth some of Blake's poems; he was pleased with some of them, and considered Blake as having the elemen... Henry Crabb Robinson William Blake unknown Unknown 1800-1849 S. T. Coleridge to James Tobin, 17 Sept 1800: 'What Wordsworth & I have seen of the Farmer's Boy (only a few short extracts) pleased us very much.' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Robert Bloomfield Farmer's Boy, The Unknown 1800-1849 S. T. Coleridge to James Tobin, 17 Sept 1800: 'What Wordsworth & I have seen of the Farmer's Boy (only a few short extracts) pleased us very much.' William Wordsworth Robert Bloomfield Farmer's Boy, The Unknown 1800-1849 'In a letter to W[ordsworth] dated 16 April 1815 Lamb remarks: "Since I saw you I have had a treat in the reading way which does not come every day. The Latin Poems of V... Charles Lamb Vincent Bourne Latin Poems Unknown 1800-1849 '[Samuel] Rogers reported W[ordsworth]'s reaction to Brougham's harsh review of Byron's first volume: "Wordsworth was spending an evening at Charles Lamb's, when he saw t... William Wordsworth Henry Brougham review of Byron, Hours of Idleness Print : Serial / periodicalHenry Crabb Robinson on Wordsworth's reading of Henry Brougham's review of Byron, Hours of Idleness: 'I was sitting with Charles Lamb when Wordsworth came in, with fume o... William Wordsworth Henry Brougham review of Byron, Hours of Idleness Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 '[In Germany] C[oleridge] read [Frederika] Brun's Chamouny beym Sonnenaufgange, which provided the inspiration for his Hymn Before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouni.' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Frederika Brun Chamouny beym Sonnenaufgange Unknown 1800-1849 '"I well remember the acute sorrow with which, by my own fire-side, I first perused Dr. Currie's Narrative, and some of the letters, particularly of those composed in the... William Wordsworth Dr Currie Life of Burns Print : Book1800-1849 '"I well remember the acute sorrow with which, by my own fire-side, I first perused Dr. Currie's Narrative, and some of the letters, particularly of those composed in the... William Wordsworth Robert Burns letters Print : Book1800-1849 'De Qunicey's letter of 27 Aug 1810 to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] contains the last two lines of [John] Byrom's epigram ... which she in turn copied in her letter to Catherin... Thomas De Quincey John Byrom Epigram on the Feuds Between Handel and Bononcini Unknown 1800-1849 'De Qunicey's letter of 27 Aug 1810 to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] contains the last two lines of [John] Byrom's epigram ... which she in turn copied in her letter to Catherin... Dorothy Wordsworth John Byrom Epigram on the Feuds Between Handel and Bononcini Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 'De Quincey ... in a letter to the Wordsworths of 27 May 1809 said that he had read ... [Byron, English Bards and Scotch Reviewers] "some weeks - or perhaps months - ago... Thomas De Quincey George Gordon, Lord Byron English Bards and Scotch Reviewers Print : Book1800-1849 'On 17-18 May 1812 W[ordsworth] wrote to M[ary] W[ordsworth]: "Yesterday I dined alone with Lady B. - and we read Lord Byron's new poem whch is not destitute of merit; th... William Wordsworth George Gordon, Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage I and II Print : Book1800-1849 'Writing to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] on 19 Aug. 1814, W[ordsworth] describes an incident in a Perth bookshop: "I stepped yesterday evening into a Bookseller's shop with a s... William Wordsworth George Gordon, Lord Byron Lara Print : Book1800-1849 'Writing to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] on 19 Aug. 1814, W[ordsworth] describes an incident in a Perth bookshop: "I stepped yesterday evening into a Bookseller's shop with a s... William Wordsworth Samuel Rogers Jacqueline Print : Book1800-1849 ' ... the first three stanzas and two concluding stanzas of [Thoms] Campbell's poem [The Exile of Erin] were copied and pasted by S[ara] H[utchinson] into the Wordsworth ... Sara Hutchinson Thomas Campbell Exile of Erin, The Unknown 1800-1849 'C[oleridge] read ... [George Carleton, Memoirs] in April [1809] ... ' Samuel Taylor Coleridge George Carleton Memoirs of Captain George Carleton, The Print : Book1800-1849 'W[ordsworth] translated ten epitaphs from Chiabrera's Opere ... probably ...between 26 Oct. and 4 Nov. 1809.' William Wordsworth Gabriello Chiabrera Delle Opere di Gabriello Chiabrera Print : Book1800-1849 'W[ordsworth] seems to have translated ... [John Clanvowe, Of the Cuckowe and the Nightingale] on 7 and 8 Dec. 1801, and made a fair copy on 9 Dec.' William Wordsworth John Clanvowe Of the Cuckowe and the Nightingale Unknown 1800-1849 'C[oleridge] read vol. 1 [of Thomas Clarkson, History ... of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade] in proof in early Feb. 1808 ... ' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Thomas Clarkson History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment ... Print : proof1800-1849 'C[oleridge] consulted ... [the Weekly Political Register] while working on the Friend ... ' Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Cobbett Weekly Political Register, The Print : Serial / periodical
