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

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'"The Times" is exciting itself over the surplus women, as revealed by the census - 102 per 1,000, I believe, to be exact! They were quite nice to us in a leading articl...Vera Brittain The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for theft: Joseph Forster: 'I had heard of his loss, and seen an advertisement in the Times newspaper'Joseph Forster [n/a]The TimesPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for deception: John Dawson: 'about a year and nine months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Times newspaper-in consequence of which I went t...John Dawson [n/a]The TimesPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for theft: Charles Blakeley Brown: 'On the 3rd of December, I read this advertisement in the "Times" newspaper—(looking at it)—in consequence...Charles Blakeley Brown [n/a]The TimesPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for theft: James Dignum: 'I had heard something about the state of Lord Fitzgerald's health at that time—I had read in the "Times" newspaper ...James Dignum [n/a]The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849witness statement in trial for deception: William Angerstein: 'At the time in question I was staying with my father at Blackheath—I saw an advertisement in the Times ne...William Angerstein [n/a]The TimesPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1850-1899'I kept my hours conscientiously, but when I had no work to do I read continuously. I read parts of "The Times", the "Standard" and the "Morning Post" ever day. The theat...Zoe Procter [n/a]The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Prisoner's statement in trial for murder: Daniel Johncock: 'I read the Times newspaper, and read of the suicide of a young woman by taking oxalic acid'Daniel Johncock [n/a]The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for theft: George Sweet: 'On the 15th Dec. I saw an advertisement in the Times Newspaper which I have here—(read "Horse for sale...)'George Sweet [n/a]The TimesPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for murder: Charles Evans: 'I was in the room when the Coroner summed up the case to the Jury, and I afterwards read it in the Times' newspap...Charles Evans [n/a]The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1800-1849Witness statement in trial for deception: William James Bedel: 'On Monday, 6th Nov. last, I saw this advertisement in the Times newspaper:—"A pair of brown geldings...'William James Bedel [n/a]The TimesPrint: Advertisement, Newspaper
1850-1899The elderly Charles Austin to Harriet Grote (October 1861): 'The world is very full of noise just now. Here, however, in the depth of the country, the echoes are faint...Charles Austin The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Observe accident in "Times" of June 17th, caused by caterpillar, Bombyx processionea of Reaumur.'John Ruskin [n/a]The TimesPrint: Book
1900-1945'As he left Frankfort the passengers in the train were discussing the break-up of the Disarmament Conference, and in London a "Times" editorial reproved the Fuhrer like a...Vera Brittain The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899[between journal entries for 6 November 1889 and 2 Jun 1890] 'From one till two every day, a Mr. Upton came to read to [Lady Charlotte Schreiber], first the Times and ...Mr Upton The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'In 1943, soon after Britain adopted "obliteration" as a policy, an article in the "Times" reported that "the German home front morale had grown stronger"; bombing "unite...Vera Brittain The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Frank was reading The Times and the first account of the battle that we had seen, the others were sleeping. I heard Frank's short bitter laugh, not a cheerful sound at...Patrick James Campbell The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'Not having frequented a club before I was at first enchanted by the number and variety of the newspapers and magazines, but soon found them spiritually a diet of hors d'...Ronald Storrs The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Sat by my Germans [who had like Gertrude Bell and her guides, been climbing the Meije the previous day] and Mr Scott at dinner and then early to bed after reading a gre...Gertrude Bell The TimesPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'I had a most thrilling batch of "Timeses" yesterday containing Labori's appeal to the Emperor. I see by a local paper that the military attachés are to be interrogated i...Gertrude Bell The TimesPrint: Newspaper


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