| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1800-1849 | Biographical Notices of Painters were eagerly sought at this period; but my reading, upon the whole, was of rather a d... | John Cole | | The European | Print: Serial / periodical, Magazine |
| 1800-1849 | Biographical Notices of Painters were eagerly sought at this period; but my reading, upon the whole, was rather a desu... | John Cole | | | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Biographical Notices of Painters were eagerly sought at this period; but my reading, upon the whole, was rather a desu... | John Cole | | | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | After tea procured 'The Hull Advertiser' and looked over the Advertisement of a Bookselling & Stationary Business to b... | John Cole | | The Hull Advertiser | Print: Advertisement, Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may b... | John Cole | Salomon Gessner | The Death of Abel | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may b... | John Cole | John Bunyan | Pilgrim's Progress | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may b... | John Cole | Alexander Pope | Homer | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may b... | John Cole | Cicero | Letters | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may b... | John Cole | | Elizabeth, or the Exile of Siberia | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | My companions at the breakfast-table through this summer were many of our popular English Classics. Among these may b... | John Cole | Samuel Johnson | Rasselas | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'During this Spring read Shakspeare [sic] regularly through, and studied the characters of Hamlet, Douglas, Osman in '... | John Cole | William Shakespeare | Hamlet | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | During this Spring read Shakspeare [sic] regularly through, and studied the characters of Hamlet, Douglas, Osman in 'Z... | John Cole | Aaron Hill | Zara | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | During this Spring read Shakspeare [sic] regularly through, and studied the characters of Hamlet, Douglas, Osman in 'Z... | John Cole | John Home | Douglas: A Tragedy | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | During this Spring read Shakspeare [sic] regularly through, and studied the characters of Hamlet, Douglas, Osman in 'Z... | John Cole | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | The Duenna | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | During this Spring read Shakspeare [sic] regularly through, and studied the characters of Hamlet, Douglas, Osman in 'Z... | John Cole | | | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | During this Spring read Shakspeare [sic] regularly through, and studied the characters of Hamlet, Douglas, Osman in 'Z... | John Cole | | | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Biographical notices of painters were eagerly sought at this period; but my reading, upon the whole, was rather a des... | John Cole | | European, The | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | "Biographical notices of painters were eagerly sought at this period; but my reading, upon the whole, was of rather a ... | John Cole | | [books of topography and travel] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | "Read in Robinson's 'Scripture characters' and in 'The wonders of the vegetable kingdom', which is a very instructive,... | John Cole | Robinson | Scripture Characters | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | "Read in Robinson's 'Scripture characters' and in 'The wonders of the vegetable kingdom', which is a very instructive,... | John Cole | | Wonders of the vegetable kingdom, The | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read a portion of Harvey's Theron and Aspasio...' | John Cole | James Hervey | Theron and Aspasio | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read one of Bradley's Sermons and some pieces in The Sacred Lyre.' | John Cole | Bradley | Sermons | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read one of Bradley's Sermons and some pieces in The Sacred Lyre.' | John Cole | Bradley | Sacred Lyre, The | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'These drawings were placed on the hands of Mr C J Smith, with whom I had become acquainted through an advertisement.' | John Cole | J Smith | advertisement | Print: Advertisement |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron this summer, & Davis's Second Tour round a Bibliomaniac's Library.' | John Cole | Thomas Frognall Dibdin | Bibliographical Decameron | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Dibdin's Bibliographical Decameron this summer, & Davis's Second Tour round a Bibliomaniac's Library.' | John Cole | David | Second tour round a Bibliomaniac's library | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '...he wrote a poetical piece in my album in an almost unpremeditated manner; & finding it applicable to my History of... | John Cole | | [poetry] | Manuscript: Handwritten in Album |
| 1800-1849 | 'This summer (1825) the author of 'A Journal of a naturalist', states to have been, what it certainly was, 'hot and dr... | John Cole | Williamson | A Journal of a naturalist | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'It was my practise on each Sunday of this summer to pray with him & read a sermon or portions of one to him, which ga... | John Cole | | [sermons] | Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'On my return I found that the printed copy of a letter from the late Mr Hinderwell had been left at my shop.' | John Cole | | [printed letter] | Print: Sheet |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read W Trimmer's Sacred History.' | John Cole | W Trimmer | Sacred History | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'On turning to my book, I find I have journalised only one day, during this summer vis [sic] July 29, when I walked af... | John Cole | Thomas Frognall Dibdin | Bibliographical Decameron | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'On turning to my book, I find I have journalised only one day, during this summer vis [sic] July 29, when I walked af... | John Cole | Delany | Life of King David | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'On turning to my book, I find I have journalised only one day, during this summer vis [sic] July 29, when I walked af... | John Cole | John Gay | Choir, The | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'On my return to Scarborough was busily employed in preparing for the season, & in editing the work called The Scarbor... | John Cole | Archdeacon Wranghan | Lines on the sea bathing infirmary at Scarborough | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'On my return to Scarborough was busily employed in preparing for the season, & in editing the work called The Scarbor... | John Cole | George Berrett | | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'On my return to Scarborough was busily employed in preparing for the season, & in editing the work called The Scarbor... | John Cole | Hermione Ballantyre | | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'On my return to Scarborough was busily employed in preparing for the season, & in editing the work called The Scarbor... | John Cole | Malvina [pseud.] | [poetry] | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'About this period, Mr Tymms sent down for inspection the proof of his Acct. of Northamptonshire for the Family Topogr... | John Cole | Tymms | Family Topographer | Print: Proof |
| 1800-1849 | '... I took up a London paper, and the first object in it which struck my eye, was the death of Charles Lamb. I felt i... | John Cole | anon | newspaper | Print: Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read letter from Rev R Garvey of Lincoln (?) reps. Lecture'. | John Cole | R Garvey | letter | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | 'Craster letter received'.. | John Cole | unknown | letter | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | 'Day wet - read'. | John Cole | unknown | unknown | Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Scriptures and Natural history readings'. | John Cole | | Bible | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'In this month read Poems by one of the authors and Poems for youth. By a family circle.' | John Cole | unknown | [poems] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read the month in Honitt's "Book of the seasons".' | John Cole | Honitt | Book of the seasons | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Palm Sunday
Appropriate readings this week from Mant (?) [sic] &c.' | John Cole | Richard Mant | unknown | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Dr Sandford's lecture on Good Friday.' | John Cole | Dr Sanford | lecture on Good Friday | Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Butcher's Sermon "He is risen" &&'. | John Cole | Butcher | Sermon 'He is risen' | Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Inspected Mr Dash's large collection of books.' | John Cole | | various | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Evening - suitable readings'. | John Cole | unknown | ['suitable readings'] | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Observing a new entrance gate, inscribed Jesus' Hospital [underlined], we were invited to enter the gate, and discove... | John Cole | unknown | [Inscription over entrance gate] | Print: Incription on gate |
| 1800-1849 | 'Letters were at home awaiting me, intimating that John was about to leave Leamington.' | John Cole Jr | John Cole | letters | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | 'We are now reading at the tea table, Evan's Tourist.' | John Cole | Evans | Tourist | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read in Evan's Tourist. The vulgar pronunciation of Brumidgham is nearer the true derivation than the modern name of ... | John Cole | Evans | Tourist | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'In the evening a change came on, a slight thunderstorm, during which a beautiful rain-bow appeared, when we read Dr B... | John Cole | Belfrage | The Rainbow | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'After the service we inspected the monument of Thomas Robinson... The Saviour appearing in the clouds with an open bo... | John Cole | | [Scripture] | Print: Monument of Thomas Robinson, St Mary's Church, Leicester (Sculptor, Bacon) |
| 1800-1849 | 'During our readings at our lodgings, Dr Clarke's Lake of Riberias formed an interesting portion. King's Hymns too wer... | John Cole | Clarke | Lake of Tiberias | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'During our readings at our lodgings, Dr Clarke's Lake of Riberias formed an interesting portion. King's Hymns too wer... | John Cole | King | Hymns | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read "The Telegraph" in Evans.' | John Cole | Evans | The Telegraph | |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read a letter of interest from G Danes Esq.' | John Cole | G Danes | letter | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read "Annals of my village" - the month.' | John Cole | Mary Roberts | Annals of my Village | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read a portion of Sir R Phillips' Personal tour.' | John Cole | Sir R Phillips | Personal Tour | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'For the benefit of my children read "Wonders of the human body" [underlined] describing and explaining by diagram the... | John Cole | anon | Wonders of the human body | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'For the benefit of my children read "Wonders of the human body" [underlined] describing and explaining by diagram the... | John Cole | Pulley | Etymological compendium | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Natural History of Rabbit. On looking over "The Penny magazine" I met with the following useful piece by my frie... | John Cole | Rhind | Natural history of the Rabbit | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'On looking over "The Penny magazine" I met with the following useful piece by my friend James' [?Edmeston]. | John Cole | James [?] Edmeston | The penny magazine | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read in Phillips' Tour. He writes "Bedford presents 'objects of exhaustless eulogy' when referring to the different c... | John Cole | Phillips | Tour | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Continued "Wonders of the human body" and began again Watson's "Intimations and evidences of a future state. Studied ... | John Cole | Watson | Intimations and evidences of a future state | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'In the room is a library to which we can at any time resort, consisting of Tillotson, Blair, Howe and Watt's Sermons,... | John Cole | Samuel Johnson | [poems] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'In the room is a library to which we can at any time resort, consisting of Tillotson, Blair, Howe and Watt's Sermons,... | John Cole | Hugh Blair | [unknown] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'In the room is a library to which we can at any time resort, consisting of Tillotson, Blair, Howe and Watt's Sermons,... | John Cole | Charles Rollin | The ancient history of the Egyptians | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'In the room is a library to which we can at any time resort, consisting of Tillotson, Blair, Howe and Watt's Sermons,... | John Cole | James Hervey | Meditations and contemplations | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'In the room is a library to which we can at any time resort, consisting of Tillotson, Blair, Howe and Watt's Sermons,... | John Cole | William Sherlock | Meditations and A practical discourse concerning death | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'On looking in at the shop window, which was well stocked and elegant, we perceived a notice announcing that a Riblic ... | John Cole | [n/a] | [notice] | Print: Advertisement, Poster, Notice on shop window |
| 1800-1849 | 'Called one morning on the Rev S Hilliard & saw Bunyan's "Pitcher" and several pages of his writings in some documents... | John Cole | John Bunyan | [Pitcher and writings] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read in Sir Phillip's "Personal Tour" - curios of natural history... Read a portion of Blair on death.' | John Cole | Sir Richard Phillips | Personal Tour | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 |
'Read in Sir Phillip's "Personal Tour" - curios of natural history... Read a portion of Blair on death.' | John Cole | Anon | Curios of natural history | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read in Sir Phillip's "Personal Tour" - curios of natural history... Read a portion of Blair on death.' | John Cole | Hugh Blair | A sermon on the death of Christ | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read some descriptions of West Indies.' | John Cole | [unknown] | [descriptions of the West Indies] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Aftn. Suitable readings & social prayers. Read a sermon by the Revd E. Butcher.' | John Cole | E Butcher | [sermon] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Aftn. Suitable readings & social prayers. Read a sermon by the Revd E. Butcher.' | John Cole | [Anon] | [suitable readings] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read a portion of Sir R Phillips "Tour".' | John Cole | Richard Phillips | Tour | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read acct of the "Tailor Bird".' | John Cole | [unknown] | [Account of the Tailor Bird] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read portions if Sir Rd Phillip's "Tour" and Journal.' | John Cole | Richard Phillips | Tour | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read portions if Sir Rd Phillip's "Tour" and Journal.' | John Cole | Richard Phillips | Journal | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read portions if Sir Rd Phillip's "Tour".' | John Cole | Richard Phillips | Tour | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read an acct of the walkers of Rotherham in Sir Rich'd's book. I knew them well at Scarborough i.e. the descendents o... | John Cole | Richard Phillips | Tour | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Afternoon: read one of Blair's Sermons.' | John Cole | Blair | Sermons | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I was invited on one occasion to Mr Champley's, in Newborough, where I saw a specimen of Etty's peculiar painting in ... | John Cole | [unknown] | Royal Academy Catalogue | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'On the circular table in the centre of the room was placed among other books an album, and Mr Storey being called awa... | John Cole | [unknown] | [album] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'The evening before I left, walked to Falsgrave and on making a call looked over Perceval's "Account of Ceylon".' | John Cole | Perceval | Account of Ceylon | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'To tea at my friend Cape's and looked over his mss.' | John Cole | Thomas Cape | [private writing] | Manuscript: Sheet, mss |
| 1800-1849 | 'On looking over the Articles of a General Factor in the village, where I was transacting some business, a little book... | John Cole | John Edwards | Recollections of Filey | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'At this later place [Lincoln] we arrived at about 10 in the evening. Tea and bed were then in request, with a small p... | John Cole | [n/a] | [newspaper] | Print: Newspaper |
| 1800-1849 | 'Roved around Northampton and stepped into most of the booksellers' shops to examine new works, etc, and made extracts... | John Cole | [unknown authors] | [various titles] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Procured the loan of Bridge's [sic] "History of Northamptonshire" from Birdsall's Library in order to consult it for ... | John Cole | Bridges | History of Northamptonshire | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'After tea walked home, and went through, with my family, our usual Sunday evening devotions, consisting of sermon rea... | John Cole | [unknown] | [sermons] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Extracted from Bridges. Looked over the Acct. of Croyland Abbey, which supplied me with a hint for the Acct. of Welli... | John Cole | Ian Bridges | History of Northamptonshire | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Extracted from Bridges. Looked over the Acct. of Croyland Abbey, which supplied me with a hint for the Acct. of Welli... | John Cole | J.D. Parry | History and Description of Woburn and its Abbey | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read B[ishop]. Andrew's Devotions & various other prayers. Read Blair's Sermon 'On our ignorance of good & evil in th... | John Cole | Lancelot Andrewes | Devotions | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read B[isho]p Andrew's Devotions & various other prayers. Read Blair's Sermon 'On our ignorance of good & evil in thi... | John Cole | Hugh Blair | Sermons | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read B[isho]p Andrew's Devotions & various other prayers. Read Blair's Sermon 'On our ignorance of good & evil in thi... | John Cole | Jacob Bryant | On the plagues of Egypt | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read B[isho]p Andrew's Devotions & various other prayers. Read Blair's Sermon 'On our ignorance of good & evil in thi... | John Cole | John Tillotson | Sermon | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read B[isho]p Andrew's Devotions & various other prayers. Read Blair's Sermon 'On our ignorance of good & evil in thi... | John Cole | Edmaston | Sonnet | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read November in "Annals of my Village".' | John Cole | Mary Roberts | Annals of my Village | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Looked over Piercy's Retford and Benick's Birds - the birds are admirable; beyond all praise; they appear to be all l... | John Cole | J.S. Piercy | History of Retford | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Looked over Piercy's Retford and Benick's Birds - the birds are admirable; beyond all praise; they appear to be all l... | John Cole | Thomas Benick | History of British Birds | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Looked over Piercy's Retford and Benick's Birds - the birds are admirable; beyond all praise; they appear to be all l... | John Cole | John Hornsey | English Exercises, orthographical and grammatical in two parts | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read an Acct of the celebration of the Games in the Colloseum at Rome.' | John Cole | unknown | [Account of the Games in the Colosseum at Rome] | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Blair's sermon on the Divine Presence, with other appropriate proceedings. Evening had social prayers and read a... | John Cole | Hugh Blair | Sermon | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Blair's sermon on the Divine Presence, with other appropriate proceedings. Evening had social prayers and read a... | John Cole | unknown | Sermon | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read St Limerick's Bells, "The word we have not seen", and sev.l other interesting pieces.' | John Cole | unknown | St Limerick's Bells | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read St Limerick's Bells, "The word we have not seen", and sev.l other interesting pieces.' | John Cole | unknown | The word we have not seen | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Looked into Pulleyn's Etymological Compendium for Maps &c.' | John Cole | William Pulleyn | Etymological Compendium for Maps | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Used B[isho]p Andrew's exct Prayers both mg & aftn - read one of Blair's sermons morng. Evg read one of B[isho]p Moor... | John Cole | Lancelot Andrewes | Prayers | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Used B[isho]p Andrew's exct Prayers both mg & aftn - read one of Blair's sermons morng. Evg read one of B[isho]p Moor... | John Cole | Hugh Blair | Sermons | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Used B[isho]p Andrew's exct Prayers both mg & aftn - read one of Blair's sermons morng. Evg read one of B[isho]p Moor... | John Cole | Bishop Moore | Sermons | Print: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'In the interim walked on the Sands & when there the rain descended more heavily, I nevertheless searched up some seaw... | John Cole | unknown | Announcements of Lectures on Geology | Print: Poster |
| 1800-1849 | 'On turning to "The Magazine of Natural History" for March 1830, I find by Mr Dovaston's Account of his life in that M... | John Cole | Dovaston | [article on Thomas Bewick] | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1800-1849 | 'In a letter addressed to me, dated Newcastle Jan 5 1829 from his son, Robert Elliot Benick, thanking me for a copy of... | John Cole | Robert Benick | letter | Manuscript: Letter |
| 1800-1849 | 'Looked over Rhind's "Studies in Natural History", read a portion of the month in "Annals of my Village".' | John Cole | Rhind | Studies in Natural History | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Looked over Rhind's "Studies in Natural History", read a portion of the month in "Annals of my Village".' | John Cole | Mary Roberts | Annals of my Village | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read Natural History of the Stickleback, which is a very interesting, though common fish.' | John Cole | Rhind | Natural History of the Stickleback | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read the extraordinary Acct of the Retirement of the Emperor Charles V.' | John Cole | unknown | [Account of the Retirement of the Emperor Charles V] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read one of Dr Tottie's Sermons "On the resurrection".' | John Cole | Dr Tottie | Sermon 'On the resurrection' | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Eve. We read one of Hervey's "The minstry of reconciliation" - again.' | John Cole | Hervey | The Minstry of Reconciliation | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Christmas Day. Read several Carols this day from the collection pub. by Parker.' | John Cole | Parker | [Collection of Carols] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Read occasionally during my walk in Macdiarmid's "Sketches of nature".' | John Cole | Macdiarmid | Sketches of Nature | Print: Book |