the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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John Mason : Self-knowledge: A Treatise

'I then read Mason on self knowledge till dinner, not with so much attention as I could wish; I seldom attend sufficiently to what I am reading, to remember at all accurately what I have been reading about'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Gurney      Print: Book

John Mason : Self-knowledge: A Treatise

'I had a quiet afternoon on the sofa in my room reading Mason on self knowledge, French, and Job Scott's journal, which I like vastly and found really doing me good, at least edifying me'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Gurney      Print: Book

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