√ 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 : 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 Isaac Newton Print : Book1800-1849 'Though one former ploughboy extolled Shakespeare for possessing a deep sense of the pure morality of the Gospel" and quoted from him on most of the 440 pages of his auto... Samuel Westcott Tilke William Shakespeare Print : Book1800-1849 'The propaganda of Robert Owen alone did not convert printer Thomas Frost... to socialism: "The poetry of Coleridge and Shelley was stirring within me and making me 'a Ch... Thomas Frost Samuel Taylor Coleridge [poetry] Print : Book1800-1849 'The propaganda of Robert Owen alone did not convert printer Thomas Frost... to socialism: "The poetry of Coleridge and Shelley was stirring within me and making me 'a Ch... Thomas Frost Percy Bysshe Shelley [poetry] Print : Book1800-1849 'The propaganda of Robert Owen alone did not convert printer Thomas Frost to socialism: "The poetry of Coleridge and Shelley was stirring within me and making me 'a Chart... Thomas Frost Joseph Addison The Spectator Print : Book, Serial / periodical, periodical bound into books1800-1849 'The propaganda of Robert Owen alone did not convert printer Thomas Frost to socialism: "The poetry of Coleridge and Shelley was stirring within me and making me 'a Chart... Thomas Frost Charles de Secondat, Baron Montesquieu The Persian Letters Print : Book1800-1849 'The propaganda of Robert Owen alone did not convert printer Thomas Frost to socialism: "The poetry of Coleridge and Shelley was stirring within me and making me 'a Chart... Thomas Frost Thomas Second Lord Lyttelton Letters Print : Book1800-1849 "in spring 1800 ... [Heron] provided one of the first entries in [Wordsworth's] Commonplace Book ..." William Wordsworth Robert Heron Observations Made in a Journey through the Western... Print : Book1800-1849 'indiscriminate reading brought... liberation to Chartist Robert Lowery. A prolonged illness gave him the opportunity to work through a bookseller's entire circulating li... Robert Lowery [history] Print : Book1800-1849 'indiscriminate reading brought... liberation to Chartist Robert Lowery. A prolonged illness gave him the opportunity to work through a bookseller's entire circulating li... Robert Lowery [poetry] Print : Book1800-1849 'indiscriminate reading brought... liberation to Chartist Robert Lowery. A prolonged illness gave him the opportunity to work through a bookseller's entire circulating li... Robert Lowery [imaginative literature] Print : Book1700-1799 'As a Manchester warehouse porter, Samuel Bamford found the same richness in Milton: "His 'L'Allegro' and 'Il Penseroso' were but expressions of thoughts and feelings whi... Samuel Bamford John Milton L'Allegro Print : Book1700-1799 'As a Manchester warehouse porter, Samuel Bamford found the same richness in Milton: "His 'L'Allegro' and 'Il Penseroso' were but expressions of thoughts and feelings whi... Samuel Bamford John Milton Il Penseroso Print : Book1700-1799 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, classic histories and voyages, and ultimately Willia... Samuel Bamford Homer Print : Book1800-1849 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, classic histories and voyages, and ultimately Willia... Samuel Bamford Virgil Print : Book1700-1799 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, classic histories and voyages, and ultimately Willia... Samuel Bamford William Shakespeare Print : Book1700-1799 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, classic histories and voyages, and ultimately Willia... Samuel Bamford [the great poets] Print : Unknown1700-1799 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, classic histories and voyages and, ultimately, Willi... Samuel Bamford [classic histories] Print : Book1700-1799 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, classic histories and voyages and, ultimately, Willi... Samuel Bamford [voyages] Print : Book1700-1799 'Milton established a habit of serious reading, which brought Bamford to Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, the great poets, classic histories and voyages and, ultimately, Willi... Samuel Bamford William Cobbett Political Register Print : Book1800-1849 '[Mary Smith] found emancipation in Shakespeare, Dryden, Goldsmith and other standard male authors, whom she extolled for their universality: "These authors wrote from th... Mary Smith William Shakespeare Print : Book1800-1849 '[Mary Smith] found emancipation in Shakespeare, Dryden, Goldsmith and other standard male authors, whom she extolled for their universality: "These authors wrote from th... Mary Smith John Dryden Print : Book1800-1849 '[Mary Smith] found emancipation in Shakespeare, Dryden, Goldsmith and other standard male authors, whom she extolled for their universality: "These authors wrote from th... Mary Smith Oliver Goldsmith Print : Book1800-1849 '[Mary Smith] found emancipation in Shakespeare, Dryden, Goldsmith and other standard male authors, whom she extolled for their universality: "These authors wrote from th... Mary Smith Joseph Addison Print : Book1800-1849 '[Mary Smith] found emancipation in Shakespeare, Dryden, Goldsmith and other standard male authors, whom she extolled for their universality: "These authors wrote from th... Mary Smith Richard Steele Print : Book1800-1849 '[Mary Smith] found emancipation in Shakespeare, Dryden, Goldsmith and other standard male authors, whom she extolled for their universality: "These authors wrote from th... Mary Smith Alexander Pope 'Ode on Solitude' Print : Book1800-1849 'by age twenty [Mary Smith] had read and understood George Payne's Elements of Mental and Moral Science, Thomas Brown's Moral Philosophy, and Richard Whateley's Logic. Bu... Mary Smith George Payne Elements of Mental and Moral Science Print : Book1800-1849 'by age twenty [Mary Smith] had read and understood George Payne's Elements of Mental and Moral Science, Thomas Brown's Moral Philosophy, and Richard Whateley's Logic. Bu... Mary Smith Thomas Brown Moral Philosophy Print : Book1800-1849 'by age twenty [Mary Smith] had read and understood George Payne's Elements of Mental and Moral Science, Thomas Brown's Moral Philosophy, and Richard Whateley's Logic. Bu... Mary Smith Richard Whateley Logic Print : Book1800-1849 'by age twenty [Mary Smith] had read and understood George Payne's Elements of Mental and Moral Science, Thomas Brown's Moral Philosophy, and Richard Whateley's Logic. Bu... Mary Smith Ralph Waldo Emerson Print : Book1800-1849 'by age twenty [Mary Smith] had read and understood George Payne's Elements of Mental and Moral Science, Thomas Brown's Moral Philosophy, and Richard Whateley's Logic. Bu... Mary Smith Thomas Carlyle Print : Book1800-1849 'like the great man [Carlyle] himself, [Mary Smith] studied Fichte, Schiller and Goethe'. Mary Smith Johann Gottlieb Fichte Print : Book1800-1849 'like the great man [Carlyle] himself, [Mary Smith] studied Fichte, Schiller and Goethe'. Mary Smith Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Print : Book1800-1849 'like the great man [Carlyle] himself, [Mary Smith] studied Fichte, Schiller and Goethe'. Mary Smith Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Print : Book1800-1849 Witness statement in trial of Sarah Evans for murder
Thomas Aris: "The first thing I heard of the child being drowned, I saw it in the paper, saying, the child of Sara... Thomas Aris Daily Advertiser Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for housebreaking/receiving stolen goods:
Thomas Davies: "I think it was in the middle of November I saw it in the 'Morning Advertiser' -I n... Thomas Davies Morning Advertiser Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
Joseph Dobree: "I am a pawnbroker: I took in this property of a witness who is here, Mary Brown, on the 5th of May; the next day ... Joseph Dobree Print : Handbill1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
Mary Flint: "...in consequence of a handbill that I received I had the prisoners taken into custody..." Mary Flint Print : Handbill1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for burglary/ receiving stolen goods:
Henry Ewer: "I am a shopman to Mr Dobree, Oxford-street... I found the watch answered to the descripti... Henry Ewer Print : Handbill1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for burglary:
James Gideon: "On the 29th of October, between eight and nine o'clock in the morning, the prisoner Chord came and offered a sm... James Gideon Print : Handbill1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for receiving stolen goods:
Robert Daniel Liddell: "I am in Mr Marshall's employ. On the 10th of March he left me to bring these boxes home ... Robert Daniel Liddell Print : Handbill, playbill1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for publishing a blasphemous and seditious libel:
William Smith: "I saw [the prisoner] serving in the shop and bought this book of him... I ... William Smith Temple of Reason Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for publishing a blasphemous and seditious libel:
Prisoner questions witness Raven
Q: Pray, did you read no.17 of 'The Republican' before y... Henry Baldwin Raven The Republican Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
Rebecca Johnson: "I began to wash a few things after dinner, and soon after she came -we dine at one o'clock; we have a newspaper... Anthony Whitewood Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for housebreaking:
John Osrorne: "I know Wood, he came to my house on the 29th of July... I then heard he was in trouble, and in reading the... John Osrorne Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for housebreaking:
Elizabeth Baglee: "I read in a newspaper of the robbery, a day or two after the robbery, and from the description it gave... Elizabeth Baglee Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for robbery:
James John Conolly: "I am a policeman, I apprehended the prisoner Wright on Monday afternoon, about four o'clock (the afternoon... Robert Wright Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
James Collins: "I was sitting near the bar reading the newspaper, when I turned my head, and saw the prisoner come out of the roo... James Collins Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for highway robbery:
James John Streath: "On the 18th of October last this man watched me in the Strand. He was looking at a playbill... Thi... Frederick Constable Print : Advertisement, Handbill, Poster, Playbill1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for pickpocketing:
John Everhard Berckemyer: "On the 11th of October, about ten o'clock, I stopped in Newgate-street, to read a playbill;...... John Everard Berckemyer Print : Advertisement, Handbill, Poster, playbill1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for assault:
Charles Bradfield: "In the forenoon of Saturday, 4th of October, I went into the Bull public-house to have my breakfast -I was ... Charles Bradfield Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for highway robbery:
Q: "How came Mrs Carey to read the almanack?"
Norris: "She was reading it, looking over it to see what day of the mont... Carey Print : Broadsheet, Poster, Almanack1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
William Olley: "On Thursday the 7th of May, about ten in the morning, I was sitting at the top of the shop reading a newspaper, o... William Olley Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
John Lench: "On Saturday the 7th of May, between twelve and one, I was reading the newspaper at the public house, the Blue Bell..... John Lench Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
Thomas Watts: "...there was a gentleman in the house reading a newspaper and I shewed it [the case] to him..." Anon Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for burglary:
Robinson: "I was reading the newspaper..." James Robinson Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
John Wiffin: "On the 1st of August, I was reading the newspaper at the Northumberland Arms, Grafton-street, ...during the time I ... John Wiffin Print : Newspaper1800-1849 prisoner's statement in trial for theft:
Thomas Vaughan: "I got up in the morning to breakfast along with the man's wife. I never went out of the parlour, only through... Thomas Vaughan Print : Newspaper1800-1849 witness statement in trial for forgery:
Robert Eddington: "we occasionally read the newspaper, I suppose we sat for half an hour..." Robert Eddington Print : Newspaper1800-1849 witness statement in trial for theft:
Charles Fenn: "I went into Mrs Bow's public house, the sign of the Wheat-sheaf, Holywell-street. I put my bankers book on the tab... Charles Fenn Print : Newspaper1800-1849 witness statement in trial for theft:
Mr Hanley: "About eleven o'clock it rained very hard. I stopped at the public house, reading the newspaper..." Hanley Print : Newspaper1800-1849 prisoner's statement in trial for theft:
Brown: "I was going to the West India Dock, I had a newspaper in my handing reading of it, and when I got into the court I was... William Brown Print : Newspaper1800-1849 witness statement in trial for theft:
Samuel Leigh: "I lodge at the Elephant and Castle, Holborn. On the 12th of October I was sitting in the tap-room breakfasting...a... Samuel Leigh Print : Newspaper1800-1849 witness statement in trial for theft/ receiving stolen goods:
William de Roach: "In the middle of August I was in Pollard's Parlour, Pollard was reading the newspaper,... John Pollard Print : Newspaper1800-1849 witness statement in trial for theft/ receiving stolen goods:
William de Roach: "Then the week following Mrs Rippen came down several times and asked what such stones ... John Pollard Print : Newspaper1800-1849 witness statement in trial for theft:
William Pocock: "On the night of the 8th of January I was at the King's Head... I took up the newspaper, and while I was reading ... William Pocock Print : Newspaper1800-1849 witness statement in trial for murder:
Henry Bracken: "I caused hom to be apprehended. I read the description of him in the newspaper and caused him to be taken up" Henry Bracken Print : Newspaper1800-1849 witness statement in trial for deception/forgery:
John Dougan: "I was going to the West Indies, in pursuance of that my business. I had occasion for an interpreter; I ... Anthony McKenrott Print : Newspaper1800-1849 witness statement in trial for theft:
Michael McNally: "Jack brought a newspaper to me, and read a statement that Cooper was apprehended upon this, and he said that Me... John (Jack) Winter Print : Newspaper1800-1849 witness statement in trial for burglary:
Ralph Hope: "[Spencer] was apprehended and committed for examination. In about a fortnight after, I saw an advertisement in th... Ralph Hope Morning Advertiser Print : Newspaper1800-1849 witness statement in trial for theft:
George Nash: "I was never in the house before... I only staid while I drank my beer -I looked at the newspaper. I was not there a... George Nash Print : Newspaper1800-1849 "My Brother has read Mr Price's Book on the picturesque ... " William Wordsworth Uvedale Price Essay on the Picturesque Print : Book1800-1849 'Mary has been reading to us (I stopped writing to hear it) the account of the death of Mr. Pitt - happy for him that he had died at this time!' Mary Wordsworth Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I have read only one play, the Bashful Lover and one or two of Plutarch's lives since we wrote last.' Dorothy Wordsworth Philip Massinger Bashful Lover, The Print : Book1800-1849 'I have read only one play, the Bashful Lover and one or two of Plutarch's lives since we wrote last.' Dorothy Wordsworth Plutarch Lives Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth describes receiving only 'two last volumes' of 'Mr Clarkson's Book': 'we may yet have to wait a fortnight or three weeks for the other [received by Wil... Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas Clarkson Portraiture of Quakerism as taken from a view of t... Print : Book1800-1849 'I have just begun to read Mr Knight's Book, which you were very kind in sending.' Dorothy Wordsworth Richard Payne Knight An Analytical Enquiry into the Principles of Taste Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth describes to Lady Beaumont how she received a letter from her: 'A few minutes before your letter arrived, William [Wordsworth] had set forward with his... William and Dorothy Wordsworth Lady Beaumont [letter] Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 'W[illia]m [Wordsworth] has read most of Mr Clarkson's book and has been much pleased, but he complains of the second volume being exceedingly disfigured by perpetual use... William Wordsworth Thomas Clarkson Portraiture of Quakerism as taken from a View of t... Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth: 'I read in the papers with great pain the account of Mungo Park's disastrous end ... ' William Wordsworth [newspaper] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I have been reading Fox's Book of Martyrs - not straight forward; but choice parts, it is a very interesting Book The account of the deaths of Ridley and Latimer (espec... Dorothy Wordsworth John Fox Book of Martyrs Print : Book1800-1849 'I am now reading Gray's life and letters.' Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas Gray Life and Letters Print : Book1800-1849 'I hope the execrable Murderer will prove to have been an Irishman; the Scotch much to their honour have hitherto been little tainted by that detestable crime. I had rea... William Wordsworth [newspapers] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I often think of the happy evening when, by your fireside, my Brother read to us the first book of the Paradise lost ... ' William Wordsworth John Milton Paradise Lost Print : Book1800-1849 'We received the Books a week ago ... We have all already to thank you for a great deal of delight which we have received from them. In the first place my Brother and Si... William Wordsworth Hutchinson Memoirs of Colonel Hutchinson Print : Book1800-1849 'We received the Books a week ago ... We have all already to thank you for a great deal of delight which we have received from them ... I have not quite finished the anec... Dorothy Wordsworth D. Thiebault Anecdotes of Frederick II Print : Book1800-1849 'We travelled ... to Nottingham, where we walked about and viewed the Castle and town, an interesting old place, and particularly so to us at that time having just read M... Wordsworth Family Lucy Hutchinson Memoirs of Colonel Hutchinson Print : Book1800-1849 'I cannot express how much pleasure my Brother has already received from Dr. Whitaker's Books, though they have been only two days in his possession - Almost the whole ti... William Wordsworth Thomas Dunham Whitaker History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, ... Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson: 'You had been strangely misinformed of the nature of the Edinburgh Review of William [Wordsworth]'s poems [ie his Poems in Two V... Dorothy Wordsworth Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Walter Scott: 'In passing through Penrith I had an opportunity of seeing his [Francis Jeffrey's] last Review [of Wordsworth's Poems on Two Volumes, ... William Wordsworth Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Francis Wrangham: 'I have read your quondam Friend's, Dr. Symmonds' life of Milton, on some future occasion I will tell you what I think of it.' William Wordsworth Symmonds Life of John Milton, The Print : Book1800-1849 'In compliance with frequent entreaties I took the MSS [of The White Doe of Rylstone] to [Charles] Lamb's to read it, or part of it, one evening. There unluckily I found... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone, The Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Francis Wrangham: 'I have read your sermon [Human Laws best supported by the Gospel] (which I lately received from Longman) with much pleasure. I o... William Wordsworth Francis Wrangham Human Laws best supported by the Gospel Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Walter Scott: 'Thank you for Marmion which I have read with lively pleasure ... ' William Wordsworth Walter Scott Marmion Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Walter Scott: 'I had a peep at your edition of Dryden - I had not time to read the Notes which would have interested me most, namely the historical ... William Wordsworth John Dryden unknown Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Francis Wrangham: 'Since I wrote to you I have read Dr Bell's Book upon Education ... it is a most interesting work and entitles him to the fervent ... William Wordsworth Andrew Bell Experiment in Education made at the Asylum of Madr... Print : Book1800-1849 ' ... I have lately read Dr. Whitaker's history of ... Whalley both with profit and pleasure.' William Wordsworth Thomas Dunham Whitaker History of the Original Parish of Whalley, and Hon... Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth suggests to Francis Wrangham that he attempt to write a local history: 'I am induced to mention it from a belief that you are admirably qualified for s... William Wordsworth Grave The History and Antiquities of Cleveland in the No... Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Francis Wrangham: 'Your sermon [The Gospel best promulgated by National Schools] did not reach me till the night before last. I believe we all have... Wordsworth Family Francis Wrangham Gospel best promulgated in National Schools, The Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth writes to Catherine Clarkson on 'Thursday Evening December 8th [1808]': 'Mr. De Quincey ... is beside me, quietly turning over the leaves of a Greek bo... Thomas De Quincey unknown [Greek book] Print : BookUnknown1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Thomas De Quincey, regarding editing of The Convention of Cintra: 'I have alluded to the blasphemous address to Buonaparte made by some Italian depu... William Wordsworth and Thomas De Quincey [Italian deputies] Anon [address to Buonaparte] Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'I have read Cevallos; also I have read Miss Smith's Translation of Klopstock's and Mrs. K's letters [goes on to express preference for Mrs Klopstock's letters over those... Dorothy Wordsworth Don Pedro Cevallos Exposition of the Arts and Machinations which led ... Print : Book1800-1849 'I have read Cevallos; also I have read Miss Smith's Translation of Klopstock's and Mrs. K's letters [goes on to express preference for Mrs Klopstock's letters over those... Dorothy Wordsworth unknown Memoir of Frederick and Margaret Klopstock Print : Book1800-1849 'I have seen a hint in one of the Papers about some letters of [General Sir] David Baird to the same tune as [Sir John] Moore's [about the Peninsular Campaign].' William Wordsworth unknown [newpapers] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'I ... found Miss [Sara] Hutchinson reading Coleridge's Christabel to Johnny [Wordsworth] - She was tired, so I read the greater part of it: he was excessively interested... Sara Hutchinson and Dorothy Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge Christabel Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth reflects on prospect that her brother William might turn to newspaper journalism for a living: 'This reminds me of the last Edinburgh Review which I sa... Dorothy Wordsworth Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'Mr. Wilson came to us on Saturday morning and stayed till Sunday afternoon - William [Wordsworth] read the White Doe; and Coleridge's Christabel to him, with both of whi... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone, The Print : Serial / periodicalUnknown1800-1849 'Mr. Wilson came to us on Saturday morning and stayed till Sunday afternoon - William [Wordsworth] read the White Doe; and Coleridge's Christabel to him, with both of whi... William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge Christabel Unknown 1800-1849 'I have just been reading an old Magazine where I find that Benjamin Flower was fined ?100 and imprisoned in Newgate four months ... for a libel, as it was termed, upon t... William Wordsworth unknown [magazine] Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 As I have no people to tell you of, so have I very few books, and know nothing of what is stirring in the literary world. I have read the Life of Arnold of Rugby, who wa... Edward Fitzgerald Arthur Penryn Stanley Life of Thomas Arnold D.D, Headmaster of Rugby Print : Book1800-1849 As I have no people to tell you of, so have I very few books, and know nothing of what is stirring in the literary world. I have read the Life of Arnold of Rugby, who wa... Edward Fitzgerald Edmund Burke Letters Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia by the conversation in the street between Brutus and Cassius, in the First Act of Julius Caesar] "These two or three pages are worth the whole Fren... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Julius Caesar Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia at the end of Julius Caesar] "The last scenes are huddled up, and affect me less than Plutarch's narrative. But the working up of Brutus by Cassiu... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Julius Caesar Print : Book1800-1849 [Macaulay's marginalia by the lines "Let me have men about me that are fat/ Sleek headed men, and such as sleep o' nights" in Julius Caesar] "Plutarch's hint is admirably... Thomas Babington Macaulay William Shakespeare Julius Caesar Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews "educated" costermongers who read fiction aloud to groups of costermongers in the courts they inhabit; long account of the comments made by illite... G.W.M. Reynolds The Mysteries of London Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews "educated" costermongers who read fiction aloud to groups of costermongers in the courts they inhabit; long account of the comments made by illite... G.W.M. Reynolds The Mysteries of the Court of London Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews 'educated' costermongers who read fiction aloud to groups of costermongers in the courts they inhabit; long account of the comments made by illite... anon Edward Lloyd [various titles published by Lloyd] Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a sweet-stuff maker:
"One of the appliances of the sweet-stuff trade which I saw in the room of seller before mentioned was -Acts of Parliament... anon History of England Print : Book, Serial / periodical, uncut sheets1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a long-song seller: to sell ballads he not only cries their titles, but also sings the songs he has for sale in print.
"I sometimes begin with ... anon Print : Broadsheet, broadside ballads1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a running patterer -seller of broadsheets mainly dealing with crime and breaking news, sometimes also 'cocks' or fiction. Patterer's seeling techn... anon Print : Broadsheet1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a street author or street poet:
"I was very fond of reading poems in my youth, as soon as I could read and understand almost. Yes, very likely ... anon Oliver Goldsmith Edwin and Angelina Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a 'cheap John':
"From selling the printed songs, I imbibed a wish to learn to read, and, with the assistance of an old soldier, I soon acquired s... anon Print : Broadsheet, broadside ballads1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a blind female seller of 'small wares', the conversation turns to her younger son:
"My youngest son -he's now fourteen -is asthmatical; but he'... anon Print : Book, Broadsheet, Serial / periodical, penny book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a fancy cabinet-maker
"...one elderly and very intelligent man, a first rate artisan in skill, told me he had been so reduced in the world by t... anon Examiner Print : Broadsheet, Newspaper, Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a fancy cabinet-maker
"...one elderly and very intelligent man, a first rate artisan in skill, told me he had been so reduced in the world by t... anon Daily News Print : Broadsheet, Newspaper1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a fancy cabinet-maker
"...one elderly and very intelligent man, a first rate artisan in skill, told me he had been so reduced in the world by t... anon various Print : Book, leaves from books used to wrap food purchases1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a regular scavager:
"No, I can't say I was sorry when I was forced to be idle that way, that I hadn't kept up my reading, nor tried to keep it ... Bill n/a [newspaper] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews an "aristocratic" crossing sweeper of Cavendish-square:
"There was the Earl of Gainsborough as I should like you to mention as well, please sir... Billy ? Print : Pamphlet, religious tract1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a crossing sweeper:
"Sometimes, after I get home, I read a book, if I can borrow one. What do I read? Well, novels, when I can get them. What d... John Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a crossing sweeper:
"Sometimes, after I get home, I read a book, if I can borrow one. What do I read? Well, novels, when I can get them. What d... Print : Book, Serial / periodical, novels1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a crossing sweeper:
"Sometimes, after I get home, I read a book, if I can borrow one. What do I read? Well, novels, when I can get them. What d... G.W.M. Reynolds Reynolds's Miscellany Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a female crossing sweeper:
"When my sight was better I used to be very partial to reading; but I can't see the print now, sir. I used to read t... Mary Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a female crossing sweeper:
"When my sight was better I used to be very partial to reading; but I can't see the print now, sir. I used to read t... Mary ? The Bible Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a female crossing sweeper:
"When my sight was better I used to be very partial to reading; but I can't see the print now, sir. I used to read t... Mary Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a female crossing sweeper:
"When my sight was better I used to be very partial to reading; but I can't see the print now, sir. I used to read t... Mary Print : Book, story books1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a juvenile crossing sweeper:
"I can read and write -oh, yes, I mean read and write well -read anything, even old English; and I write pretty fa... Jack London Journal Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a penny mouse-trap maker (cripple):
"My daughter is eighteen and my son eleven; that is my boy, sir; he's reading the Family Friend just now. M... anon Family Friend Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a penny mouse-trap maker (cripple):
"I found books often lull my pain... I can't afford them no, for I have no wish to incur any extraneous exp... anon John Milton Paradise Lost Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a penny mouse-trap maker (cripple):
"I found books often lull my pain... I can't afford them no, for I have no wish to incur any extraneous exp... anon William Shakespeare Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a penny mouse-trap maker (cripple):
"I found books often lull my pain... I can't afford them no, for I have no wish to incur any extraneous exp... anon Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a street entertainer -a 'blind reader':
"I was not born blind, but lost my sight four years ago, in consequence of an aneurism... At last I tho... anon Gospel Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a 'vagrant' of 18 years of age:
"Of a night some one would now and then read hymns, out of books they sold about the streets -I'm sure they wer... anon Print : Book, Pamphlet, religious tracts sold in streets containing hymns1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a 'vagrant' of 18 years of age:
"Of a night ...we'd read stories about Jack Sheppard and Dick Turpin, and all through that set. They were large... anon William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a 'vagrant' of 18 years of age:
"Of a night ...we'd read stories about Jack Sheppard and Dick Turpin, and all through that set. They were large... anon William Harrison Ainsworth Rookwood Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse:
"My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig... anon Watts Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse:
"My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig... anon John Wesley Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse:
"My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig... anon religious magazines Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse:
"My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig... anon Clark Lives of Pirates Print : Book, Serial / periodical, numbers collected into volume by library?1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse:
"My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig... anon Tales of Shipwrecks Print : Serial / periodical, probably penny numbers1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse:
"My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig... anon Family Herald Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse:
"My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig... anon William Harrison Ainsworth Windsor Castle Print : Book, Serial / periodical, unsure if penny numbers or book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 16, a vagrant and inmate of a casual ward of a London workhouse:
"My father had no books but religious books; they were all of a relig... anon William Harrison Ainsworth The Tower of London Print : Book, Serial / periodical, unsure if penny numbers or book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a boy of 17, an inmate of a London workhouse:
"I thought I should make my fortune in London -I'd heard it was such a grand place. I had read in... anon Print : Book, Serial / periodical, penny books1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister:
"I went to school to learn to write and cipher,... anon Bible Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister:
"...I have read Paine, and Valney, and Holyoake... anon Thomas Paine Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister:
"...We often had ministers to dinner and supper... anon Bible Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister:
"...I have read Paine, and Valney, and Holyoake... anon Volney Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister:
"...I have read Paine, and Valney, and Holyoake... anon George Jacob Holyoake Print : Book1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister:
"...I have read Paine, and Valney, and Holyoake... anon Edward Bulwer-Lytton Print : Book, Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew interviews a former London pickpocket, turned patterer; grew up in Shropshire, father a Wesleyan minister:
"...I have read Paine, and Valney, and Holyoake... anon Charles Dickens Print : Book, Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew holds meeting with a group of the lowest class of male juvenile thieves and vagabonds; during the meeting they tell him what they have read/ read regularly a... anon William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book, Serial / periodical, either in penny numbers or as volume1800-1849 Henry Mayhew holds meeting with a group of the lowest class of male juvenile thieves and vagabonds; during the meeting they tell him what they have read/ read regularly a... anon William Harrison Ainsworth Rookwood Print : Book, Serial / periodical, either in penny numbers or as volume1800-1849 Henry Mayhew holds meeting with a group of the lowest class of male juvenile thieves and vagabonds; during the meeting they tell him what they have read/ read regularly a... anon Claude du Val Print : Book, Serial / periodical, either in penny numbers or as volume1800-1849 Henry Mayhew holds meeting with a group of the lowest class of male juvenile thieves and vagabonds; during the meeting they tell him what they have read/ read regularly a... anon Newgate Calendar Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew holds meeting with a group of the lowest class of male juvenile thieves and vagabonds; during the meeting they tell him what they have read/ read regularly a... anon Lives of the Robbers and Pirates Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Henry Mayhew holds meeting with a group of the lowest class of male juvenile thieves and vagabonds; during the meeting they tell him what they have read/ read regularly a... group of London thieves William Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard Print : Book, Serial / periodical, either as penny numbers or in volume1800-1849 Transcription of William Wordsworh, "Fidelity" in letter from Dorothy Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont, 2 March 1806 (first four stanzas as in 1807 edition, followed by furthe... Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth Fidelity Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Version of Wordsworth's translation of Michaelangelo sonnet transcribed in letter to Sir George Beaumont, 8 Sept 1806. William Wordsworth Michaelangelo Buonarotti [sonnet] Unknown Transcription of William Wordsworth, "Star-Gazers" appears in letter from Dorothy Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont, 15 November 1806. Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth Star-Gazers Unknown Transcription of William Wordsworth, 'The Force of Prayer' appears in letter from Dorothy Wordsworth to Jane Marshall, 18 October 1807. Dorothy Wordsworth William Wordsworth The Force of Prayer Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Jane Marshall, 11 May 1808: 'Would you believe it we too had dreams about Loch Kettrine when we saw the advertisement ... ' Dorothy Wordsworth unknown [advertisement] Print : Advertisement1800-1849 William Wordsworth to S.T. Coleridge, [5 May 1809]: 'Turning over an old Magazine three or four days ago I hit upon a paragraph stating that B. Flower had been fined ?100... William Wordsworth unknown [magazine] Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Daniel Stuart, 'Sunday Night, June 4th [1809]':
'Nothing but vexation seems to attend me in this affair of the Pamphlet [The Convention of Cintra].... William Wordsworth William Wordsworth Convention of Cintra, The Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Thomas De Quincey, 1 August 1809: '... I took the pains when I was in Kendal of going to the Book Club to look at the Reviews ... have you seen the ... Dorothy Wordsworth various Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Thomas De Quincey, 1 August 1809: '... I took the pains when I was in Kendal of going to the Book Club to look at the Reviews ... have you seen the ... Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming (extracts) Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 18 Novembr [1809]: 'Sara [Hutchinson] has been kept almost constantly busy in transcribing ... For William [Wordsworth] she has ... Sara Hutchinson William Wordsworth Introduction to Select Views in Cumberland, Westmo... Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Jane Marshall, [c.19 February 1810] (letter fragmentary): 'Have you seen my Brother Christopher's publication? Lives of eminent men connected with ... Dorothy Wordsworth Christopher Wordsworth Ecclesiastical Biography, or Lives of Eminent Men ... Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont, 28 February [1810], on departure of Sara Hutchinson after four years with Wordsworths: 'Coleridge most of all will miss her, as she h... Sara Hutchinson Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Friend, A Literary, Moral and Political Weekly... Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Jane Marshall, 'Sunday night, 13th April [1810]': 'When I saw the advertisement [for house at Watermillock] in the papers I thought of you: but inst... Dorothy Wordsworth Print : Advertisement, NewspaperManuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth writes to Catherine Clarkson (12 November 1810) with description of three nights' stay during October (c.26-29) 1810 at Hackett (overlooking Langdale a... William Wordsworth John Milton Paradise Lost Unknown 1800-1849 Extract of letter from Thomas De Quincey to Mary Wordsworth, given in 30 December 1810 letter from Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson:
'"W. Scott's last novel, the... Thomas De Quincey Walter Scott The Lady of the Lake Unknown 1800-1849 Extract of letter from S. T. Coleridge to William Wordsworth, given in 30 December 1810 letter from Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson:
"'I amused myself a day o... Samuel Taylor Coleridge [a romance in the style of Ann Radcliffe] Print : Book1800-1849 '[William Lovett] read William Paley and other theologians in [the library of "The Liberals"].' William Lovett William Paley Print : Book1800-1849 'With little formal education, William Farish acquired basic literacy and political knowledge by reading newspapers to Newtown weavers. (Their favourite was the tri-weekl... William Farish Evening Mail Print : Newspaper1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Captain Charles Pasley, 28 March 1811: 'Now for your book. I had expected it with great impatience, and desired a Friend to send it down to me imme... William Wordsworth Captain Charles Pasley An Essay on the Military Policy and Institutions o... Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 12 May 1811: 'We have had no leisure for reading. I have not opened a Book except on a Sunday, and when the rest of the family ... Dorothy Wordsworth Philip Beaver African Memoranda: relative to an attempt to estab... Print : BookDorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 14 August 1811: 'I have read nothing since I wrote to you except bits here and there and the Novel of John Bunkle - but I am goi... Dorothy Wordsworth Thomas Amory The Life of John Buncle Print : Book1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont, 20 November 1811: 'Do you see the Courier newspaper at Dunmow? I ask on account of a little poem upon the comet, which I have read i... William Wordsworth ['a little poem upon the comet'] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont, 20 November 1811: 'Do you see the Courier newspaper at Dunmow? I ask on account of a little poem upon the comet, which I have read i... William Wordsworth Courier, The Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Catherine Clarkson, 27 December 1811: 'To diminish the evil [of smoking chimneys] we have a constant fire in Sara's room where we are now sitting at... John Wordsworth Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to William Wordsworth, 23 April 1812: 'John is certainly much quicker in reading than he was. He has read very hard and taken up the Book frequently hi... John Wordsworth Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to William Wordsworth, 23 April 1812: 'We have not yet been sufficiently settled to read any thing but Novels. Adeline Mowbray made us quite sick befo... Wordsworth Family Amelia Opie Adeline Mowbray or Mother and Daughter Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to William Wordsworth, 23 April 1812: 'Our new Master reads prayers to the Boys every night - John says he does not read so well as Mr Johnson; but ab... Unknown 1800-1849 William Wordsworth to Francis Wrangham, ['Early Spring 1812']: 'I see no new books except by the merest accident ... The only modern Books that I read are those of travel... William Wordsworth [travel books] Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: 'The Coleridges and Algernon [Montagu] were here yesterday and John and A had a happy day of play and rea... Algernon Montagu Unknown 1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: '[John] is reading a Story Book of Algernon [Montagu]'s at home and you would be surprised to hear how we... John Wordsworth [a story book] Print : BookManuscript : Letter1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: '[John] appears to us very slow in comprehending what he reads in the Grammar. Today we proposed to him ... John Wordsworth unknown History of England Print : BookManuscript : Letter1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: '[John] appears to us very slow in comprehending what he reads in the Grammar. Today we proposed to him ... John Wordsworth [grammar] Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to William and Mary Wordsworth, 3 May [1812]: 'I am reading the Cid.' Dorothy Wordsworth Robert Southey Chronicle of the Cid, The Print : Book1800-1849 Dorothy Wordsworth to Mary Hutchinson, 1 February 1813: 'Willy [Wordsworth, the poet's son] is now beside me ... He has taken up a book, and there he reads fragments of a... Willy Wordsworth [nursery rhymes] Print : Book
