√ 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 / periodical1800-1849 ' ... a summary of the contents of the Proceedings was published in the Courier on 3 Jan. 1809, and read by W[ordsworth].' William Wordsworth [summary of Proceedings upon the Inquiry relative ... Print : Newspaper1800-1849 " ... a summary of the contents of the Proceedings was published in the Courier on 3 Jan. 1809, and read by W[ordsworth]. Aware of W[ordsworth]'s interest in the Convent... William Wordsworth unknown Proceedings upon the Inquiry relative to the Armis... Print : Pamphlet1800-1849 Wu notes that Charles Lamb copied stanzas 20-53 of Charles Cotton, Winter, in letter to Wordsworth of 5 March 1803. Charles Lamb Charles Cotton Winter Unknown 1800-1849 'Shortly after its first appearance in Hayley's Life and Posthumous Writings of Cowper (1803), Lamb copied ... out ['On the Loss of the Royal George'] in a letter to W[or... Charles Lamb William Cowper On the Loss of the Royal George Print : Book1800-1849 'C[oleridge] read from Daniel, including Hymen's Triumph and Musophilus, during his stay at D[ove] C[ottage], 20 Dec. 1803-14 Jan. 1804 ... ' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Daniel Hymen's Triumph Unknown 1800-1849 'C[oleridge] read from Daniel, including Hymen's Triumph and Musophilus, during his stay at D[ove] C[ottage], 20 Dec. 1803-14 Jan. 1804 ... ' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Daniel Musophilus Unknown 1800-1849 Wordsworth to Alexander Dyce, 22 June 1830, on 'exceedingly pleasing' poem by Sneyd Davies: 'It begins "There was a time my dear Cornwallis, when" I first met with it in... William Wordsworth Sneyd Davies Against Indolence. An Epistle Print : Book1800-1849 Wordsworth to Alexander Dyce, 22 June 1830, on 'exceedingly pleasing' poem by Sneyd Davies: 'It begins "There was a time my dear Cornwallis, when" I first met with it in... William Wordsworth William Enfield Speaker, The Print : Book1800-1849 '... in 1811 S[ara] H[utchinson] mentioned that Herbert Southey "can read Robinson Crusoe or any Book".' Herbert Southey Daniel Defoe Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, written by... Print : Book1800-1849 'in 1804 [Robert] Southey noted that Hartley Coleridge "never has read, nor will read, beyond Robinson's departure from the island."' Hartley Coleridge Daniel Defoe Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, written by... Print : Book1800-1849 'W[ordsworth copied quotations from Descartes into D[ove] C[ottage] MS 31, leaves 71-2, c. Feb 1801.' William Wordsworth Rene Descartes unknown Unknown 1800-1849 'Notebooks i 1002, 1004 and 1005 reveal that, 1-9 Nov. 1801, C[oleridge] was reading a copy of Digby's Two Treatises (1645) borrowed from Carlisle Cathedral Library.' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Kenelm Digby Two Treatises, in the one of which, the nature of ... Print : Book1800-1849 'On the recto of a fragment of W[ordsworth]'s Prospectus to The Recluse [Dove Cottage MS 24], there appear the following lines:
"That noble Chaucer, in those former tim... William Wordsworth Michael Drayton Elegy to my dearly loved Friend, Henry Reynolds, E... Unknown 1800-1849 'C[oleridge]was ... reading ... [Dubartas his Second Weeke] in 1807.' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Guillaume de Saluste Dubartas Dubartas his Second Weeke: Babylon. The Second Pa... Print : Book1800-1849 'Southey had certainly read Dubartas by 2 March 1815 ... ' Robert Southey Guillaume de Saluste Dubartas Dubartas his Second Weeke: Babylon. The Second Pa... Print : Book1800-1849 'On 30 May 1812 W[ordsworth] observed [regarding Maria Edgeworth] that "I had read but few of her works" ... ' William Wordsworth Maria Edgeworth unknown Print : Book1800-1849 De Quincey to Southey, 31 May 1811: 'We received the Gazette last night, and were a little disappointed by it,: Wordsworth indeed was greatly mortified ... ' William Wordsworth Gazette, The Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Mary Lamb to Mrs Morgan and Charlotte Brant, 22 May 1815:
'Godwin has just published a new book ... Wordsworth has just now looked into it and found these words "All mod... William Wordsworth William Godwin Lives of Edward and John Philips, Nephews and Pupi... Print : Book1800-1849 'Prelude MS W contains a fair copy of a verse translation of the tale of the travellers and the angel from Gower's Confessio Amantis ii 291-364 in D[orothy] W[ordsworth]'... Dorothy Wordsworth unknown Tale Imitated from Gower Unknown 1800-1849 'On 7 Aug. 1805 the Wordsworths told Lady Beaumont that "We have just read a poem called the Sabbath written by a very good man in a truly christian spirit ... "' Wordsworth Family James Grahame Sabbath, The Unknown 1800-1849 'W[ordsworth] copied out seven lines of Grahame's poem [Birds of Scotland] in a letter to Lady Beaumont of Dec. 1806, written at Coleorton, commending it as "exquisite".' William Wordsworth James Grahame Birds of Scotland Unknown 1800-1849 'C[oleridge] read Greville's A Treatie of Human Learning ... in March 1810 at Allan Bank.' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Fulke Greville Treatie of Human Learning, A Print : Book'C[oleridge] read Greville's An Inquisition upon Fame and Honour... in March 1810 at Allan Bank.' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Fulke Greville Inquisition upon Fame and Honour, An Print : Book1800-1849 'C[oleridge] read Greville's ... A Treatie of Warres ... in March 1810 at Allan Bank.' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Fulke Greville Treatie on Warres, A Print : Book1800-1849 'C[oleridge] read Greville's ... Alaham in March 1810 at Allan Bank.' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Fulke Greville Alaham Print : Book1800-1849 '[Mark L.] Reed judges that W[ordsworth] and D[orothy] W[ordsworth] copied extracts from the Life [of Lady Guion] into the Wordsworth Commonplace Book ... by 29 Sept 1800... Wordsworth Family Jeanne Marie Bouvieres de la Motte Guyon Life of Lady Guion, The Print : Book1800-1849 'C[oleridge] was reading Herbert in July-Sept 1809 ... during his residence at Allan Bank ... He was apparently reading his copy of The Temple ... ' Samuel Taylor Coleridge George Herbert [poems] Print : Book1800-1849 'C[oleridge] was reading Herbert in ... Mar. 1810, during his residence at Allan Bank ... He was apparently reading his copy of The Temple ... ' Samuel Taylor Coleridge George Herbert Temple, The Print : Book1800-1849 '[Mark L.] Reed judges that a passage on pedlars from Heron was entered in the Wordsworth Commonplace Book ... by 5 April 1800 ... ' Wordsworth Family Robert Heron Observations Made in a Journey through the Western... Print : Book1800-1849 'On 29 Dec. 1806 Southey asked John May: "Have you seen the 'Memoirs of Colonel Hutchinson'? Very, very rarely has any book so greatly delighted me."' Robert Southey Lucy Hutchinson Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governo... Print : Book1800-1849 '[Wordsworth's] first mention of ... [Francis Jeffrey, review of Robert Southey, Thalaba, in the Edinburgh Review 1 (Oct 1802)] comes in a letter of Jan. 1804 to [John] T... William Wordsworth Francis Jeffrey review of Thalaba Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'Charles Lamb copied ... [Mary Anne Lamb, Dialogue Between a Mother and Child] for D[orothy] W[ordsworth] in a letter of 2 June 1804.' Charles Lamb Mary Anne Lamb Dialogue Between a Mother and Child Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'Charles Lamb copied ... [Mary Anne Lamb, The Lady Blanch, regardless of her lovers' fears] for D[orothy] W[ordsworth] in a letter of 2 June 1804.' Charles Lamb Mary Anne Lamb Lady Blanch, regardless of her lovers' fears Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'Charles Lamb copied ... [Mary Anne Lamb, "Virgin and Child"] for D[orothy] W[ordsworth] in a letter of 2 June 1804.' Charles Lamb Mary Anne Lamb Virgin and Child Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'Charles Lamb copied ... [Mary Anne Lamb, "On the Same" ("Virgin and Child")] for D[orothy] W[ordsworth] in a letter of 2 June 1804.' Charles Lamb Mary Anne Lamb On the Same (Virgin and Child) Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Wordsworth to Walter Savage Landor, 20 April 1822: 'In your Simoneida, which I saw some years ago at Mr Southey's, I was pleased to find rather an out-of-the-way image, i... William Wordsworth Walter Savage Landor Simoneida Print : Book1800-1849 'De Quincey recalled the time ... when he persuaded W[ordsworth] to read [Harriet] Lee's The German's Tale:
'This most splendid tale I put into the hands of Wordsworth;... William Wordsworth Harriet Lee German's Tale, The Print : Book1800-1849 'On 19 Aug. 1810, D[orothy] W[ordsworth] told W[ordsworth] that she was "reading Malkin's Gil Blas - and it is a beautiful Book as to printing etc but I think the Trans... Dorothy Wordsworth Alain Rene Le Sage Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, The Print : Book1800-1849 'In a letter to D[orothy] W[ordsworth] of 10 March 1801, J[ohn] W[ordsworth] added that "Mr Lewis's poem [The Felon] is the most funny one I ever read ... "' John Wordsworth M. G. Lewis Felon, The Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Wordsworth to Hazlitt, 5 March 1804: "I was sorry to see from the Papers that your Friend poor Fawcett was dead; not so much that he was dead but to think of the manner i... William Wordsworth [newspapers] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'W[ordsworth] and M[ary] W[ordsworth] copied four Blake lyrics from Malkin's volume into the Wordsworth Commonplace Book ... some time between mid-March and 10 June 1807.... William Wordsworth Willam Blake [lyrics] Print : Book1800-1849 'W[ordsworth] and M[ary] W[ordsworth] copied four Blake lyrics from Malkin's volume into the Wordsworth Commonplace Book ... some time between mid-March and 10 June 1807.... Mary Wordsworth Willam Blake [lyrics] Print : Book1800-1849 Wu notes translated extract from Sir Bors' lament for Arthur (in the Morte D'Arthur of Thomas Malory) in the Wordsworth Commonplace Book. Wordsworth Family Thomas Malory Morte D'Arthur Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'In late 1808 S[ara] H[utchinson] copied the description of the gawlin from [Martin] Martin, pp.71-2, into C[oleridge]'s notebook ... ' Sara Hutchinson Martin Martin Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, A Print : Book1800-1849 'C[oleridge]'s letter to S[ara] H[utchinson] of May 1807 contained a transcription of Marvell's "On a Drop of Dew".' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Andrew Marvell On a Drop of Dew Unknown 1800-1849 'Prelude MS W [Dove Cottage MS 38)] contains a transcription of Marvell's Horatian Ode dating from late 1802.' William Wordsworth Andrew Marvell Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland, ... Unknown 1800-1849 'C[oleridge] read Gifford's introduction and Ferriar's essay on Massinger in Dec. 1808-09.' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Wiliam Gifford Introduction to The Plays of Philip Massinger Print : BookUnknown1800-1849 'C[oleridge] read Gifford's introduction and Ferriar's essay on Massinger in Dec. 1808-09.' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Ferriar [essay] Print : BookUnknown1800-1849 'W[ordsworth] was reading Michaelangelo's sonnets with a view to translating them from Dec 1804; his work on them proceeded ... throughout 1805-06, and apparentlly less i... William Wordsworth Michaelangelo [sonnets] Unknown 1800-1849 Wordsworth in the Fenwick Note to Miscellaneous Sonnets: 'In the cottage of Town-End, one afternoon, in 1801, my Sister read to me the Sonnets of Milton. I had long been... Dorothy Wordsworth John Milton [sonnets] Unknown 1800-1849 'During his stay with the Beaumonts at Coleorton, 30 Oct. to 2 Nov. 1806, W[ordsworth] gave several readings from Paradise Lost - including Book I and Book VI, lines 767-... William Wordsworth John Milton Paradise Lost Unknown 1800-1849 '"In reading Lady Mary W Montagu's letters, whi[ch] we have had lately, I continually felt a want - I had not the least affection for her" D[orothy] W[ordsworth] to Lady ... Dorothy Wordsworth Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Letters Unknown 1800-1849 Recorded in Joseph Farington's diary, '[On 21 May] Sir George [Beaumont] mentioned the high encomiums for Wordsworth's "Excursion" in the Eclectic Review. Wordsworth had... William Wordsworth anon Eclectic Review Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 '[Thomas De Quincey] got round to reading ... [Hannah More, Coelebs in Search of a Wife] only in late June or early July [1809], when "I read about 40 pages in the 1st. v... Thomas De Quincey Hannah More Coelebs in Search of a Wife Print : Book1800-1849 'Lamb read ... [Hannah More, Coelebs in Search of a Wife] at around ... [June-July 1809] ... on 7 June he told C[oleridge] that "it is one of the very poorest sort of com... Charles Lamb Hannah More Coelebs in Search of a Wife Print : Book1800-1849 'The Wordsworths were reading the Morning Chronicle during the 1800s. It was the source of ... the recipe for croup medicine ... entered in the Commonplace Book.' Wordsworth Family anon [Recipe for croup medicine] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'In the Fenwick Note to The Pet-lamb, W[ordsworth] recalled: "Within a few months after the publication of this poem, I was much surprised and more hurt to find it in a c... William Wordsworth Lindley Murray Introduction to the English Reader Print : Book1800-1849 ' ... C[oleridge] was reading ... [Petrarch, De Vita Solitaria] on arrival at Allan Bank in Sept. 1808 ... ' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Petrarch De Vita Solitaria Print : Book1700-1799 'As a boy, the poet John Clare consumed six-penny romances of Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk, "and great was the pleasure, pain or surprise increased by allowing t... John Clare Cinderella Print : Book1700-1799 'As a boy, the poet John Clare consumed six-penny romances of Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk, "and great was the pleasure, pain or surprise increased by allowing t... John Clare Jack and the Beanstalk Print : Book1800-1849 'A joiner's son in an early-nineteenth century Scottish village recalled [reading] his first novel, David Moir's The Life of Mansie Wauch (1828): "I literally devoured it... a Scottish joiner's son David Moir The Life of Mansie Wauch Print : Book1800-1849 'As a boy, stonemason Hugh Miller first learned to appreciate the pleasures of literature in the "most delightful of all narratives - the story of Joseph. Was there ever ... Hugh Miller [the story of Joseph] Print : Book1800-1849 'As a boy, stonemason Hugh Miller first learned to appreciate the pleasures of literature in the "most delightful of all narratives - the story of Joseph. Was there ever ... Hugh Miller Jack the Giant Killer Print : Book1800-1849 'As a boy, stonemason Hugh Miller first learned to appreciate the pleasures of literature in the "most delightful of all narratives - the story of Joseph. Was there ever ... Hugh Miller Sinbad the Sailor Print : Book1800-1849 'As a boy, stonemason Hugh Miller first learned to appreciate the pleasures of literature in the "most delightful of all narratives - the story of Joseph. Was there ever ... Hugh Miller Beauty and the Beast Print : Book1800-1849 'As a boy, stonemason Hugh Miller first learned to appreciate the pleasures of literature in the "most delightful of all narratives - the story of Joseph. Was there ever ... Hugh Miller Aladdin Print : Book1800-1849 'As a boy, stonemason Hugh Miller first learned to appreciate the pleasures of literature in the "most delightful of all narratives - the story of Joseph. Was there ever ... Hugh Miller Homer the Iliad Print : Book1800-1849 'As a boy, stonemason Hugh Miller first learned to appreciate the pleasures of literature in the "most delightful of all narratives - the story of Joseph. Was there ever ... Hugh Miller Homer The Odyssey Print : Book1800-1849 '"I next succeeded in discovering for myself a child's book, of not less interest than even The Iliad." It was Pilgrim's Progress, with wonderful woodcut illustrations. A... Hugh Miller John Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Print : Book1800-1849 '"I next succeeded in discovering for myself a child's book, of not less interest than even The Iliad." It was Pilgrim's Progress, with wonderful woodcut illustrations. A... Hugh Miller Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Print : Book1800-1849 '"I next succeeded in discovering for myself a child's book, of not less interest than even The Iliad." It was Pilgrim's Progress, with wonderful woodcut illustrations. A... Hugh Miller Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels Print : Book1800-1849 'D[orothy] W[ordsworth] made copies of extracts or complete texts from Philips' Collection in the Wordsworth Commonplace Book ... some time between 10 July 1807 and c.5 J... Dorothy Wordsworth Ambrose Philips Collection of Old Ballads, A Print : Book1800-1849 'C[oleridge]'s study of Pindar in Oct. 1806, apparently begun in London and completed in Bury St Edmunds, was dependent upon the copy of Schmied's edition (Wittenberg, 1... Samuel Taylor Coleridge Pindar Carmina Print : Book1800-1849 "On 20 July 1804 W[ordsworth] wrote to Sir George Beaumont:
"'A few days ago I received from Mr Southey your very acceptable present of Sir Joshua Reynolds works, whi... William Wordsworth Sir Joshua Reynolds The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds Print : Book1800-1849 "On 5 Jan 1806 D[orothy] W[ordsworth] told Lady Beaumont;
"'My Brother chanced to meet with Richardson's letters at a Friend's house, and glancing over them, read thos... William Wordsworth Samuel Richardson The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson, a selecti... Print : Book1800-1849 'Robert Southey on "The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson" in letter to C. W. Williams Wynn, 27 November 1804: "Richardson's correspondence I should think worse than an... Robert Southey Samuel Richardson The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson, a selecti... Print : Book1800-1849 'On 29 Nov. 1805, D[orothy] W[ordsworth] told Lady Beaumont: "I am reading Rosco's Leo the tenth - I have only got through the first Chapter which I find exceedingly inte... Dorothy Wordsworth William Roscoe The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth Print : Book1800-1849 ' ... by 11 Jan. 1806 ... [Southey] was reading ... [Roscoe, "Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth"] a second time [having read it to review it in 1805]: "I am come to R... Robert Southey William Roscoe The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth Print : Book'On 16 March 1840 W[ordsworth] told [Henry Crabb] Robinson that "C[oleridge]. translated the 2nd part of Wallenstein under my roof at Grasmere from MSS ..."' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller The Death of Wallenstein Unknown 1800-1849 Duncan Wu identifies poem transcribed in Wordsworth Commonplace Book and opening 'Sweet scented flow'r! who'rt wont to bloom / On January's front severe ... ' as Henry Ki... Wordsworth Family Henry Kirke White To the Herb Rosemary Manuscript : UnknownUnknown1800-1849 'C[oleridge] was a reader of ... [The Lady of the Lake]: he read Southey's copy in Sept. 1810 ... ' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Walter Scott Lady of the Lake, The Print : Book1800-1849 '[Mark L.] Reed reports that W[ordsworth] copied quotations from Sennertus into D[ove] C[ottage] MS 31 ... c.Feb.1801. They appear to have been copied from C[oleridge]'s... William Wordsworth Daniel Sennertus unknown Unknown 1800-1849 'On 6 Feb. 1827 W[ordsworth] told Sotheby:
"I was gratified the other day by meeting in Mr Alaric Watt's Souvenir with a very old acquaintance, a Sonnet of yours, whch ... William Wordsworth William Sotheby I knew a gentle maid Print : Book1800-1849 'On 6 Feb. 1827 W[ordsworth] told Sotheby:
"I was gratified the other day by meeting in Mr Alaric Watt's Souvenir with a very old acquaintance, a Sonnet of yours, whch ... William Wordsworth Alaric Watts Souvenir Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 'On 18 April 1807, C[oleridge] told Sotheby:
"I read yesterday in a large company, where W. Wordsworth was present, about 150 lines of your Saul, respecting your countr... Samuel Taylor Coleridge William Sotheby Saul, a Poem Unknown 1800-1849 'In early Oct. 1810 C[oleridge] wrote to W[ordsworth]: "I send the Brazil which has entertained & instructed me."' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Robert Southey History of Brazil Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Entered by Coleridge in Wordsworth Commonplace Book:
'O holy peace by thee are only found
The passing joys that every where abound
Sylvester' Samuel Taylor Coleridge Joshua Sylvester O Holy Peace Manuscript : UnknownUnknown1800-1849 'On 13 May 1812 [Henry Crabb] Robinson recorded in his diary: "William Wordsworth was more afraid of the liberal than the methodistic party on the bench of bishops, and r... William Wordsworth Jeremy Taylor Dissuasive from Popery to the People of Ireland, A Print : BookManuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'Writing to Mary Monkhouse from Allan Bank on 19 April 1809, S[ara] H[utchinson] remarked that she had seen a churn "advertized in the Courier yesterday". She refers to ... Sara Hutchinson anon Courier Print : Advertisement, NewspaperManuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Southey describes arrival of 'literary remains' of Henry Kirke White at Greta Hall in his preface to The Remains of Kirke White, of Nottingham (2 vols, 1807):
'Mr. Coler... Robert Southey Henry Kirke White ["literary remains"] Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Southey describes arrival of "literary remains" of Henry Kirke White at Greta Hall in his preface to The Remains of Kirke White, of Nottingham (2 vols, 1807):
'Mr. Coler... Samuel Taylor Coleridge Henry Kirke White ["literary remains"] Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'Two poems in [Thomas] Wilkinson's hand, "I Love to be Alone" and "Lines Written on a Paper Wrapt round a Moss-rose Pulled on New-years Day, and sent to M. Wilson," copie... Wordsworth Family Thomas Wilkinson [poems] Unknown 1800-1849 '... ["A Lamentation on the Untimely Death of Roger, in the Cumberland Dialect"], by [Thomas] Wilkinson, in his own hand, was pasted into the Wordsworth Commonplace Book ... Wordsworth Family Thomas Wilkinson Lamentation on the Untimely Death of Roger, in the... Unknown 1800-1849 'W[ordsworth] copied from ... [Thomas Wilkinson's MS "Tours of the British Mountains"] the passage which had inspired the Solitary Reaper [about a female reaper singing i... William Wordsworth Thomas Wilkinson Tours to the British Mountains Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 'On 7 July 1809, W[ordsworth] told Thomas Wilkinson that "Mr Coleridge showed me a little poem of yours upon your Birds which gave us all very great pleasure."' Wordsworth Family Thomas Wilkinson To My Thrushes, Blackbirds, etc. Unknown 1800-1849 'On 13 May 1812, [Henry Crabb] Robinson asked W[ordsworth] about [John] Wilson's recently-published volume, The Isle of Palms: "He said he had seen only a few". W[ordswo... William Wordsworth John Wilson [MS poems] Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Wu notes marginalia of Dorothy Wordsworth in Wordsworth Library copy of William Withering, An Arrangement of British Plants according to the latest improvements of the Li... Dorothy Wordsworth William Withering Arrangement of British Plants according to the lat... Print : Book1800-1849 'Writing to [Francis] Wrangham in late Feb. 1801, W[ordsworth] remarked: "I read with great pleasure a very elegant and tender poem of yours in the 2nd Vol: of the [Annua... William Wordsworth Francis Wrangham [poem] Print : Book1800-1849 'Writing to [Francis] Wrangham in late Feb. 1801, W[ordsworth] remarked: "I read with great pleasure a very elegant and tender poem of yours in the 2nd Vol: of the [Annua... William Wordsworth Various Annual Anthology Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Augusta Byron, 25 April 1805: 'You say you are sick of the Installation [of seven Knights of the Garter at Windsor], and that Ld. C[arlisle] was not present; I h... George Gordon Lord Byron anon Morning Post Print : Newspaper1800-1849 In letter to Edward Noel Long, 23 February 1807 Byron transcribes lines 91-96 of William Cowper, "Friendship" (as in 1803 edition of poem). George Gordon, Lord Byron William Cowper Friendship Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to William J. Bankes, on having received 'two Critical opinions, from Edinburgh' (of Lord Woodhouselee and Henry Mackenzie) in praise of his Poems on Various Occasi... Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee George Gordon, Lord Byron Poems on Various Occasions Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to William J. Bankes, on having received 'two Critical opinions, from Edinburgh' (of Lord Woodhouselee and Henry Mackenzie) in praise of his Poems on Various Occasi... Henry Mackenzie George Gordon, Lord Byron Poems on Various Occasions Print : Book1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for libel; witness reads to the court the offending paragraphs published in newspaper.
James Chetham: "...in that newspaper is the paragraph... James Chetham Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to Elizabeth Pigot, 2 August 1807: 'I have now a Review before me entitled, "Literary Recreations" where my Bardship is applauded far beyond my Deserts ... [the] cr... George Gordon, Lord Byron Various Monthly Literary Recreations Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 Mr Gurney cross-examines victim Thomas Metcalfe in trial of Ann Wright for theft. During examination, reads to Metcalfe and the court an advertisement put in the newspape... Print : Newspaper1800-1849 During the trial of Jonathan Furlonger for theft, Mr Alley, in questioning witness Edward Pilcher, reads to the court a letter from Furlonger received by Pilcher. Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron to the Earl of Clare, 20 August 1807: 'I hope this Letter will find you safe, I saw in a Morning paper, a long account of Robbery &c. &c. committed on the persons o... George Gordon, Lord Byron anon [morning newspaper] Print : NewspaperManuscript : Letter1800-1849 Evidence in trial for theft and receiving stolen goods.
Prisoner Brown questions witness George Picard:
Q: "Do you remember that there was a newspaper on the table at... George Picard Daily Advertiser Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft and receiving stolen goods; witness reads a 'bogus' invoice to the court:
Q: "Is the invoice in a business-like form?"
A: "Certai... George Deboos Manuscript : invoice1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft and receiving stolen goods; witness reads a letter aloud to the court
Deboos: "After reading it, he handed it to me -(reads) 'Mr S... George Deboos Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for coining:
John Shobel: "Freeman, the inspector, stood by the fire, reading the newspaper at the time..." Joshua Freeman Print : Newspaper1700-1799 Byron to Robert Charles Dallas, 21 January 1808: 'Whenever Leisure and Inclination permit me the pleasure of a visit, I shall feel truly gratified in a personal acquainta... George Gordon Lord Byron Robert Charles Dallas unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for theft:
George Baverstock: "I keep the Angel and Crown public house, opposite Whitechapel church; I have kept it thirteen years -I know ... Nicholas Benigne Ablin The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for coining/forgery:
John Limbrick: "I am an officer of Hatton Garden. I was with Read at the Lincoln's Inn coffee-house; we sat down and h... James Clark Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to William Harness, 11 February 1808: 'I ... remember being favoured with the perusal of many of your compositions....' George Gordon Lord Byron William Harness unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for theft:
Thomas Stevenson: "...next day he said they [stolen property] were advertised. I looked in The Times, and said it was not there.... Thomas Stevenson The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for highway robbery:
John Gavill: "I saw his [Davis] examination in the newspapers... I read his examination in the newspaper and his siste... John Gavill Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for theft:
Eliza Morris: "I went to live servant at the Bank tavern, John-street, and one day I was reading the newspaper; the first thing ... Eliza Morris Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for theft:
Robert Ireland: "On the 11th of July, in the afternoon, these stockings hung by the door, inside the shop -I was sitting by the ... Robert Ireland Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for theft:
John Mims: "I am servant to John Bird, who keeps a cook-shop in Golden Lane. I was reading the newspaper, I heard the weights ji... John Mims Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for tax offences:
Jane Fuller: "I can neither read nor write; I had occasion to send a letter, and told Griffiths of it, he offered to writ... George Griffiths Print : Book1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for tax offences:
Jane Fuller: "I can neither read nor write; I had occasion to send a letter, and told Griffiths of it, he offered to writ... George Griffiths Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for tax offences:
Jane Fuller: "I heard about this business, three weeks ago. I heard Mr Lasken, of Grove Ferry, read in the newspaper that... Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to Robert Charles Dallas, 23 June 1810: 'I ... request that you will write to malta. I expect a world of news, not political, for we have the papers up to May.' George Gordon Lord Byron [newspapers] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to Edward Ellice, 4 July 1810: 'I hear your friend Brougham is in the lower house mouthing at the ministry ... you remember he would not believe that I had written ... George Gordon Lord Byron Henry Brougham [speech] Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 23 August 1810: 'I am learning Italian, and this day translated an ode of Horace "Exegi monumentum" into that language[.]' George Gordon Lord Byron Horace Ode ("Exegi monumentum") Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to Francis Hodgson, 3 October 1810: 'I have seen some old English papers up to the 15th. of May, I see the "Lady of the Lake" advertised[;] of course it is in his o... George Gordon Lord Byron [newspapers] Print : NewspaperUnknown1800-1849 Byron to Francis Hodgson, 3 October 1810: 'I have seen some old English papers up to the 15th. of May, I see the "Lady of the Lake" advertised[;] of course it is in his o... George Gordon Lord Byron Anon advertisement for Scott, The Lady of The Lake Print : Advertisement, NewspaperUnknown1800-1849 Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 4 October 1810: 'I have just received a letter from [John] Galt with a Candiot poem which ... appears to be damned nonsense ... Galt also writ... George Gordon Lord Byron John Galt Fair Shepherdess, The Manuscript : Sheet1800-1849 Byron to Francis Hodgson, 20 January 1811: 'I wish to be sure I had a few books ... any damned nonsense on a long Evening. - I had a straggling number of the E[dinburgh] ... George Gordon Lord Byron Various Edinburgh Review Print : Serial / periodicalManuscript : Letter1800-1849 Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 5 March 1811: 'I have begun an Imitation of the "De Arte Poetica" of Horace [became his Hints from Horace] ... The Horace I found in the conve... George Gordon Lord Byron Horace De Arte Poetica Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 5 March 1811: 'I have seen English papers of October, which say little or nothing ... ' George Gordon Lord Byron [newspapers] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 10 August 1811, within two weeks of his mother's death: 'I am very lonely, & should think myself miserable, were it not for a kind of hysteric... George Gordon, Lord Byron unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 'Soldier's son Joseph Barker... first read the Bible "chiefly as a work of history and was very greatly delighted with many of its stories... One effect was to lead me to... Joseph Barker John Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Print : Book1800-1849 'Soldier's son Joseph Barker... first read the Bible "chiefly as a work of history and was very greatly delighted with many of its stories... One effect was to lead me to... Joseph Barker The Bible Print : Book1800-1849 'Soldier's son Joseph Barker... first read the Bible "chiefly as a work of history and was very greatly delighted with many of its stories... One effect was to lead me to... Joseph Barker John Milton Paradise Lost Print : Book1800-1849 'Soldier's son Joseph Barker... first read the Bible "chiefly as a work of history and was very greatly delighted with many of its stories... One effect was to lead me to... Joseph Barker Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Print : Book1800-1849 'Soldier's son Joseph Barker... first read the Bible "chiefly as a work of history and was very greatly delighted with many of its stories... One effect was to lead me to... Joseph Barker [ghost stories] Print : Book1800-1849 'Soldier's son Joseph Barker... first read the Bible "chiefly as a work of history and was very greatly delighted with many of its stories... One effect was to lead me to... Joseph Barker [highwayman stories] Print : Book1800-1849 [difficulty of uneducated readers grasping the idea that there could be two versions of a story]. 'Therefore [Thomas Carter]... not only read Revelations literally: he as... Thomas Carter The Bible - Revelation, Kings, Chronicles, Gospels Print : Book1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
William Dowlman: "I am a cheesemonger. The bacon is mine -I was reading the newspaper in the shop when it was taken." William Dowlman Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
John Spencer: "On the 6th of April, in consequence of what I saw in the newspaper, I went to Guildhall and saw my watch." John Spencer Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
Joseph Canes: "I was reading in the newspaper at the public house that a man was taken about some pictures, and one of the people... James Canes Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for conspiracy:
Rev. Francis Lee: "In May last I saw an advertisement in the Times newspaper, in consequence of which, I went to no.3, White... Rev Francis Lee The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
Thomas Stevenson: "I saw the prisoner at the Black Horse... where I lodge... I returned there at a quarter before two o'clock -he... William Clements Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness reads letter aloud to court as evidence in trial for assault:
James Locke: "I have the letter. (reads) 'To Mr Reynolds, No.2 Little Peter Street...'" James Locke Manuscript : Letter1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for forgery:
Henry Palmer: "In the middle of March, in the evening, I was sitting at the Bay-tree tavern, St Swithin's Lane, kept by one Phi... Henry Palmer Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Prisoner's defence in trial for forgery:
"On reading Bell's Weekly Messager of the 25th of January last, which fell into my hands, I found the following paragraph, whi... John Hill Wagstaff Bell's Weekly Messager Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
Cammell: "I heard the prisoner was in custody a few days after -I read it in the newspaper." John Cammell Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft -shoplifting:
Wilhelmina Clarke: "I am servant to Mr Birt... On the 12th of May I saw the two prisoners come into the shop with tw... John Birt Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for misdemeanour:
Robert Coles: "I live at Southampton, and have been a cabinet maker. I saw in the newspaper an advertisement respecting ad... Robert Coles Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for highway robbery:
Joseph Ortega: "On the 16th of December about a quarter past six o'clock at night, I had been to a coffee house to see ... Joseph Ortega Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for burglary:
Elizabeth Walter: "I read in the newspaper, when I had a pint of beer, what a burglary had been done on the 6th, and I was cer... Elizabeth Walter Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
Thomas Husband: "I have heard of his [Bowers] being in custody; I saw it in the newspaper." Thomas Husband Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
Francis Gifford Banner: "On the Monday after the 30th of June, I saw, in the Times newspaper, an account of this robbery, and tha... Francis Gifford Banner The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statements and prisoner's defence in trial for theft:
Francis Barnwell: "...the prisoner was then sitting down, reading the newspaper..."
Harriet Lindsey: ... William Tanner Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for highway robbery:
James Carty: "Mrs Rankin said the robbery was done on Friday, the 1st of February; I do not recollect her mentioning th... James Carty Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
Francis Jobling: "I am the prosecutrix's mother. On the evening of the 28th of March, she went out; the prisoner and I were in th... Elizabeth Harriet Guy Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for burglary:
Michael Thomas: "About a week afterwards I read something in the newspaper and went to the proscutors and communicated it to t... Michael Thomas Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for housebreaking:
John William Harrison: "he (William Heath) was up in a corner of the tap room of the Castle and Falcon, which is very dar... William Heath Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for housebreaking:
Stephen Davies: "on the 23rd of December he came again -I had the good fortune to read the newspaper that day" Stephen Davies Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for murder:
William Lee: "I am a prisoner in the New prison, Clerkenwell, charged with felony... On Saturday, there was a talk about clubbi... Samuel Arundel Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for forgery:
Philip Miller: "On the 27th of April I was at the Horse and Groom public house with Green, a butcher -Pillin and the prisoner w... Philip Miller Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for coining:
John Leeming: "a few days afterwards I saw something in the newspaper, went to Lambeth-street, and saw him in the cells" John Leeming Print : Newspaper1800-1849 'the only fiction [Robert] Roberts read as a boy was an abridged Welsh-language Robinson Crusoe' Robert Roberts Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Print : Book1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for forgery:
George Coombs: "I appointed to meet him [Conway] next evening at the coffee house in Pickett-street; I did so -while we were in... George Coobs Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
William Taylor: "I did not know he [Crane] was committed [for trial] till I saw it in the newspaper" William Taylor Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
William Gilbert: "I saw the Times newspaper on the 22nd of March, and in consequence of an advertisement I came to London that ni... William Gilbert The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
William Owens: "I saw him [Peacock] at our house on Saturday evening the 6th of March... I know it was the 6th of March from my s... William Owens The Times Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statement in trial for theft:
Jesse Adkins: "I am the landlord of the Laurel... My servant, Moore, came to me on the 20th of February -I went and missed a cand... Michael McCrea Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Witness statements in trial for theft:
Lucy Tring: "In the parlour with me and my husband, who was reading the newspaper."
John Howe: "On Thursday, the 2nd of Septe... Thomas Tring Print : Newspaper, Pamphlet1800-1849 [reading the Bible], Robert Story, an early nineteenth century shepherd-poet, described the experience: "The unconsumed bush burned before me - the successive plagues tha... Robert Story [Bible] Print : Book1800-1849 'As a child, William Heaton the Yorkshire weaver-poet, "rambled with Christian from his home in the wilderness to the Celestial City; mused over his hair-breadth escapes,... William Heaton John Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Print : Book1800-1849 'As a child, William Heaton the Yorkshire weaver-poet, "rambled with Christian from his home in the wilderness to the Celestial City; mused over his hair-breadth escapes,... William Heaton Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Print : Book1800-1849 'As a child, William Heaton the Yorkshire weaver-poet, "rambled with Christian from his home in the wilderness to the Celestial City; mused over his hair-breadth escapes,... William Heaton Tobias Smollett Roderick Random Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Francis Hodgson, 9 September 1811: 'Dear Hodgson, - I have been a good deal in your company lately, for I have been reading Juvenal & Lady Jane &ca for the first... George Gordon, Lord Byron Francis Hodgson [translation of Juvenal] Print : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to Francis Hodgson, 9 September 1811: 'Dear Hodgson, - I have been a good deal in your company lately, for I have been reading Juvenal & Lady Jane &ca for the first... George Gordon, Lord Byron Francis Hodgson Lady Jane Grey, a Tale; and Other Poems Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Francis Hodgson, 4 December 1811: 'I have read Watson to Gibbon. He proves nothing, so I am where I was, verging towards Spinoza ... ' George Gordon, Lord Byron Richard Watson Apology for Christianity, in a Series of Letters t... Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Francis Hodgson, 8 December 1811: 'I have gotten a book by Sir William Drummond (printed, but not published), entitled Oedipus Judaicus, in which he attempts to ... George Gordon, Lord Byron Sir William Drummond Aedipus Judaicus Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Cam Hobhouse, 15 December 1811: 'I have been living quietly, reading Sir W. Drummond's book on the bible ... ' George Gordon, Lord Byron Sir William Drummond Aedipus Judaicus Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Lady Caroline Lamb, 1 May 1812: 'I have read over the few poems of Miss Milbank with attention ... I like the lines on Dermody so much that I wish they were in r... George Gordon, Lord Byron Annabella Milbanke [lines on Dermody] Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to Lady Caroline Lamb, 1 May 1812: 'I have read over the few poems of Miss Milbank with attention ... I like the lines on Dermody so much that I wish they were in r... George Gordon, Lord Byron Annabella Milbanke [lines in the cave at Seaham] Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to Lady Caroline Lamb, 1 May 1812: 'I have read over the few poems of Miss Milbank with attention ... A friend of mine (fifty years old & an author but not Rogers) ... [friend of Byron's, probably Dallas] anon Annabella Milbanke [poems] Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to Bernard Barton, 1 June 1812: 'Some weeks ago my friend Mr Rogers showed me some of the stanzas [of Barton's] in M.S. & I then expressed my opinion of their merit... George Gordon, Lord Byron Bernard Barton unknown Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to Bernard Barton, 1 June 1812: 'Some weeks ago my friend Mr Rogers showed me some of the stanzas [of Barton's] in M.S. & I then expressed my opinion of their merit... George Gordon, Lord Byron Bernard Barton Metrical Effusions Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Edward Daniel Clarke, 26 June 1812: 'My dear Sir, - Will you accept my very sincere congratulations on your second volume wherein I have retraced some of my old ... George Gordon, Lord Byron Edward Daniel Clarke Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia, and ... Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to Lord Holland, 14 October 1812, on looking out for reports of his Drury Lane Theatre address: 'I have seen no paper but [James] Perry's [Morning Chronicle] and tw... George Gordon, Lord Byron various Morning Chronicle Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to Lord Holland, 14 October 1812, on looking out for reports of his Drury Lane Theatre address: 'I have seen no paper but [James] Perry's [Morning Chronicle] and tw... George Gordon, Lord Byron various [Sunday papers] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to Lady Melbourne, 17 October 1812, on reports of his Drury Lane Theatre address: '... my address has been ... mauled (I see) in the newspapers ... ' George Gordon, Lord Byron various [newspapers] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to Lady Melbourne, 18 October 1812, on writing by Annabella Milbanke that she has forwarded to him: '... the specimen you send me is more favourable to her talents ... George Gordon, Lord Byron Annabella Milbanke [biography] Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to Lady Melbourne, 30 October 1812: '... I see by the papers Ld. and Ly. Cowper are returned to Herts.' George Gordon, Lord Byron [newspapers] Print : Newspaper1800-1849 Byron to Lady Melbourne, 18 November 1812: 'I am still here only sad in the prospect of going [from home of Lord and Lady Oxford]; reading, laughing, & playing ... with y... George Gordon, Lord Byron unknown unknown Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 22 November 1812: 'I have in charge a curious and very long MS. poem written by Lord Brooke (the friend of Sir Philip Sidney) (which I wish to submi... George Gordon, Lord Byron Lord Brooke [untitled manuscript] Manuscript : Unknown1800-1849 Byron to Lady Melbourne, 11 January 1813: 'I have been looking over my Kinsham premises which are close to a church and churchyard full of the most facetious Epitaphs I e... George Gordon, Lord Byron [epitaphs] Manuscript : tombstone epitaphs1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 20 January 1813; 'In "Horace in London" I perceive some stanzas on Ld. E[lgin] - in which ... I heartily concur. - I wish I had the pleasure of Mr. ... George Gordon Lord Byron James and Horace Smith Horace in London; consisting of Imitations of the ... Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 21 April 1813: 'I see the Examiner threatens some observations upon you next week ... ' George Gordon, Lord Byron Leigh Hunt Examiner, The Print : Serial / periodical1800-1849 In letter from Byron to Thomas Moore: 'When Byron read these verses aloud to Moore and Rogers, they all three broke down with laughter.' George Gordon, Lord Byron Lord Thurlow "When Rogers ... " Unknown 1800-1849 Byron to John Galt, 8 June 1813: 'I have to thank you for a most agreeable present [apparently a copy of his Letters from the Levant] ... I wish you had given us more ...... George Gordon, Lord Byron John Galt Letters from the Levant Print : Book1800-1849 Byron to John Murray, 12 June 1813: 'In yesterday's paper immediately under an advertisement on "Strictures in the Urethra" I see most appropriately consequent - a poem w... George Gordon, Lord Byron anon advertisement for William Wadd, Practical Observat... Print : Advertisement, Newspaper
