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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
 
1850-1899'Played Cricket in the afternoon. Attended a Lecture at the Mechanics Institute. Afterwards Read a little & then went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Read at home in the evening till nearly eleven Then went down the Street.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Great article abusive of Wackerow appeared in Ovens & Murray this morning'John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Ovens and Murray AdvertiserPrint: Newspaper
1850-1899'Dined at Hall's. Came home & Read until I went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Went to bed at ten o clock. Got up in the night & Read could not sleep.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Spent the evening at Home. Read portion of Waverley.'John Buckley Castieau Walter ScottWaverleyPrint: Book
1850-1899'Went for a little walk with Polly in the evening. Read & then went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Read in the morning.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Was at home in the evening. Read a Portion of Rob Roy to Polly.'John Buckley Castieau Walter ScottRob RoyPrint: Book
1850-1899'Read Rob Roy in the evening.'John Buckley Castieau Walter ScottRob RoyPrint: Book
1850-1899'Stopped at Home in the evening and read Rob Roy to Polly.'John Buckley Castieau Walter ScottRob RoyPrint: Book
1850-1899' Read at home during the evening.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Read at home in the evening.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'Read the paper at Hutchinson's in the afternoon.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I took a stroll as far as the Mechanics read the papers came home had some toddy & a bath & went to bed'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'I was busy with prison business till past nine o clock, then I went to the Mechanics & read the papers, came home had some toddy'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'In the evening went to the Mechanics & read the papers.'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown - newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1850-1899'Had a little barney with Polly, owing to my reading some cutting remarks by "a woman" "on women" in the Broadway Magazine. I skipped all the hits at the man & [read?] a...John Buckley Castieau [n/a]Broadway MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'Seemed to dread going to bed, everything smelling hot & stuffy, laid down for a time on the sofa, then got up & read till I was tired then went to bed.'John Buckley Castieau [unknown][unknown]Print: Unknown
1850-1899'I read the Papers at [the Mechanics?]'John Buckley Castieau [n/a][unknown- newspaper]Print: Newspaper


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