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1450-1945

Listing for Reader: Thomas Turner

 

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1700-1799'Mary Martin came to live with me at 30s per year. Read "The Conscious Lovers" in the even.'Thomas Turner Richard SteeleThe Conscious LoversPrint: Book
1700-1799'This day made an end of instructing Miss Day. Read part of "The Spectator"; prodigiously admire the beauties pointed ...Thomas Turner The SpectatorPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'I at home all day. Read part of Hervey's "Meditations".'Thomas Turner James HerveyMeditations among the tombs: in a letter to a ladyPrint: Book
1700-1799'At home all day a-writing. In the even read "The Universal Magazine" for December; think the following observations w...Thomas Turner The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and PleasurePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'At home all day. In the even read the 9th book of "Paradise Lost".'Thomas Turner John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read the 10th book of "Paradise Lost" in the even.'Thomas Turner John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. In the even read the 11th and 12th books of "Paradise Regained", which I think is much inferior for ...Thomas Turner John MiltonParadise RegainedPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even began Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant". Read his "Life" and the "Eulogium" on it by M. Fountenelle. ...Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper read part of Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant".'Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper finished "The Tragedy of Cato".'Thomas Turner Joseph AddisonCato, A TragedyPrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper read part of Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant".'Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper read the "Tragedy of Macbeth", which I like very well.'Thomas Turner William ShakespeareMacbethPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read part of a simple thing called "The West Country Clothier" and, notwithstanding the meanness of the l...Thomas Turner anonThe West County ClothierPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'In reading "The History of England" I find that England first took that name under Egbert the 1st monarch of England ...Thomas Turner anonThe History of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'Found in "The History of England" that England was first divided into counties, parishes, etc. in King Alfred's reign...Thomas Turner anonThe History of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. Not at church all day. Read part of Boyle's lectures and Smart's poem on eternity and immensity.'Thomas Turner William DerhamPhysico-TheologyPrint: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. Not at church all day. Read part of Boyle's lectures and Smart's poem on eternity and immensity.'Thomas Turner Christopher SmartOn the eternity of the Supreme Being: a poetical essayPrint: Book
1700-1799'Not at church all day, neither looked in any book all day except "The Tatler".'Thomas Turner The TatlerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In the even read part of the 4th volume of "The Tatler", in which I find some very agreeable stories, in particular o...Thomas Turner The TatlerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In the even read part of the 4th volume of "The Tatler", which I think the oftener I read the better I like it. I thi...Thomas Turner The TatlerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Came home about 7 o'clock; read several numbers in the 4th volume of "The Tatler".'Thomas Turner The TatlerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In the even read Derham's "Sermons at Boyle's Lectures", wherein I find a man evacuates as much in one day by insensi...Thomas Turner William DerhamPhysico-TheologyPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even T Davy brought a p[ai]r Shoes for my nephew and stayed and Supp'd w[i]th us and I read him the 4th of Til...Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'In the evening read Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant", where I find the Turks think the dead are relieved by pray...Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. On reading Derham's notes on Boyle's lectures I find he says that Mr Boyle demonstrates that so slen...Thomas Turner William DerhamPhysico-TheologyPrint: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. On reading Derham's notes on Boyle's lectures I find he says that Mr Boyle demonstrates that so slen...Thomas Turner Christopher SmartOn the immensity of the Supreme Being: a poetical essayPrint: Book
1700-1799'On Christmas day of 1756 he read seven of Tillotson's Sermons during the day and evening.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsUnknown
1700-1799'in the Even my Wife and I read part of the Sermon preach'd... at the opening of St Peters Cornhill 1681.'Thomas Turner unknown sermonUnknown
1700-1799'In reading the "Odyssey" last night among many curious passages these two lines I think applicable to the present tim...Thomas Turner HomerOdysseyPrint: Book
1700-1799 'Mr Elles and I read 3 of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsUnknown
1700-1799'Joseph Fuller Jun. And Tho. Durrant drank some Coffee with me... to whom I read One of Tillotson's Sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsUnknown
1700-1799'in the Even Tho. Davy at our House to whom I read the 4th Book of Milton's "Paradise Lost".'Thomas Turner John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read "The Merry Wives of Windsor" wherein I think the genius of the author shows itself in a very conspicuous manner ...Thomas Turner William ShakespeareThe Merry Wives of WindsorPrint: Book
1700-1799'After supper read part of Tournefort's "Voyage into the Levant" wherein I find the following remark: They breed (says...Thomas Turner Joseph Pitton de TournefortVoyage into the LevantPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read 2 books of Homer's "Odyssey", translated by Pope.'Thomas Turner HomerOdysseyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Came home about 8.10. Read part of Homer's "Odyssey".'Thomas Turner HomerOdysseyPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read the writings of a farm called Chillys in Mayfield, which was entailed to Mrs Virgoe's father and his...Thomas Turner Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'After supper read the 13th book of Homer's "Odyssey", wherein I think the soliloquy which Ulysses makes when he finds...Thomas Turner HomerOdysseyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Tho. Davy came in after supper and stayed with us about 2 1/2 hours. He and I looked over Gordon's "Geographical Gram...Thomas Turner Patrick GordonGeography anatomized: or a compleat geographical grammarPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read several numbers of the "Freeholder" which I think is a proper book for anyone to look into at this c...Thomas Turner The Monitor; or the British FreeholderPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'At home all day... In reading Homer's "Odyssey", I think the character which Menelaus gives Telemachus of Ulysses, wh...Thomas Turner HomerOdysseyPrint: Book
1700-1799'Saw in the Lewes newspaper of this day that on Saturday last there was several explosions heard in the bowels of the ...Thomas Turner Sussex Weekly Advertiser, or Lewes JournalPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'Read some of "The History of England".'Thomas Turner The History of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read part of Hervey's "Theron and Aspasio".'Thomas Turner James HerveyTheron and Aspasio: or, a series of dialogues and letters upon the most important and interesting subjectsPrint: Book
1700-1799'This afternoon very bad with tooth-ache. Read the newspaper wherein I find the nation is all in a ferment upon the ac...Thomas Turner [newspaper]Print: Newspaper
1700-1799'In the evening read 3 of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read one of Tillotson's sermons and which I think a very good one.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read to Tho. Davy an appeal to the public on behalf of Admiral Byng wherein he is clearly proved to be no...Thomas Turner [Byng]An appeal to the people: containing the genuine and entire letter of Admiral Byng to the Secr[etary] of the Ad[miralt]y
1700-1799'In the even read to Tho. Davy an appeal to the public in behalf of Admiral Byng ...I also read Bally's poem on the wi...Thomas Turner George BallyThe Wisdom of the Supreme BeingPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read part of Locke's "Essay on Human Understanding", which I find to be a very abstruse book.'Thomas Turner John LockeAn essay concerning human understandingPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read 4 of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even Tho. Davy sat with us about 3 hours and to whom and in the day I read 7 of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even in reading the "Lewes Journal" I found the following remarkable character, which I admire not for the dic...Thomas Turner Lewes JournalPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'In the even read a sermon preached at this church on the 1st of August 1716 by the Rev. Mr Richard Haworth on the won...Thomas Turner Richard Haworth[Sermon]Print: Unknown
1700-1799'Read in the day part of Burkitt's "Poor Man's Help or Young Man's Guide", which I think the best book I ever read of ...Thomas Turner William BurkittThe poor man's help and the young man's guidePrint: Book
1700-1799'In perusing an abridgment of the "Life of Madame de Maintenon" in "The Universal Magazine" for March, I find the foll...Thomas Turner The Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasurePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'This day read in the "Gazette" of the 20th instant that the King of Prussia had on the 6th instant gained a complete ...Thomas Turner The London GazettePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'Today in reading "The London Magazine" for May, I find the following description of a comet that is shortly expected ...Thomas Turner The London MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Read part of "The Universal Magazine" for June wherein I find the following receipt recommended (in an extract from D...Thomas Turner The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and PleasurePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In reading Josephus's "Jewish Antiques" I find his opinion was (or at least it was a prevailing notion in his time) t...Thomas Turner Flavius JosephusThe antiques of the JewsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the evening read one of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even Tho. Davy to our house, to whom I read a sermon preached by the Rev. Mr James Hervey, A.M., rector of Wes...Thomas Turner James HerveyThe time of danger, and the means of safety; to which is added, the way of holiness. Being the substance of three sermons preached on the late public fast daysPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read part of the 5th volume of "Medical Essays and Observations", published at Edinburgh by a society of ...Thomas Turner anonMedical Essays and Observations, revised and published by a society in EdinburghPrint: Book
1700-1799'Tho. Davy at our house in the even, to whom, and in the day, I read 6 of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read the play of "Tamerlane", wrote by Rowe, which I think a very good play; the character of Tamerlane i...Thomas Turner Nicholas RoweTamerlanePrint: Unknown
1700-1799'About 5.40 I set out to the house from which John Carter was this day buried in order to read the will of the decease...Thomas Turner John Carter[will]Manuscript: Sheet
1700-1799'In reading "The Gazette" for the 22nd instant I find the King of Prussia, with about 20,000, has beat the combined fo...Thomas Turner The London GazettePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'In the day read part of several new almanacs which came down today, and I doubt but few will be sold by reason of the...Thomas Turner [almanacs]Print: Broadsheet, almanac
1700-1799'In the even and the day read 2 of Tillotson's sermons and part of Sherlock upon death. I this day completed reading o...Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even and the day read 2 of Tillotson's sermons and part of Sherlock upon death. I this day completed reading o...Thomas Turner William SherlockA practical discourse concerning deathPrint: Book
1700-1799'...in the even read part of Sherlock upon death.' Thomas Turner William SherlockA practical discourse concerning deathPrint: Book
1700-1799'This day completed the reading of Sherlock on death and which I esteem a very plain, good book, proper for every Chri...Thomas Turner William SherlockA practical discourse concerning deathPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the day read part of some "Monitors" lent me by Mr Calverley, but which paper the author endeavours to point out t...Thomas Turner The Monitor; or the British FreeholderPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'Tho. Davy to our house in the evening to whom I read two nights of "The Complaint", one of which was the Christian tr...Thomas Turner Edward YoungThe Complaint: or night thoughtsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Tho. Davy at our house in the latter part of the even to whom I read the last of "The Complaint" and part of Sherlock...Thomas Turner Edward YoungThe Complaint: or night thoughtsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Tho. Davy at our house in the latter part of the even to whom I read the last of "The Complaint" and part of Sherlock...Thomas Turner William SherlockA practical discourse concerning deathPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even finished reading of Horneck's "Great Law of Consideration", which I think a very good subject, and I am t...Thomas Turner Anthony HorneckThe great law of consideration; or, a discourse, wherein the nature, usefulness and absolute necessity of consideration, in order to a truly serious and religious life is laid openPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the day read part of "The Universal Magazine" for December, and in the evening read a pamphlet entitled "Primitive...Thomas Turner Daniel DobelPrimitive Christianity propounded; or an essay to revive the ancient mode or manner of preaching the gospel
1700-1799'In the day read part of "The Universal Magazine" for December, and in the evening read a pamphlet entitled "Primitive...Thomas Turner The Universal Magazine of knowledge and pleasurePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'We dined on the remains of Wednesday and yesterday's dinners with the addition of a cheap kind of soup, the receipt f...Thomas Turner The Universal Magazine of knowledge and pleasurePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In the even read part of the "New Whole Duty of Man".'Thomas Turner Richard AllestreeThe new whole duty of man, containing the faith as well as the practice of a ChristainPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the day read part of Burn's "Justice".'Thomas Turner Richard BurnThe Justice of the Peace and Parish OfficerPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read part of Leadbetter's "General Gauger".'Thomas Turner Charles LeadbetterThe royal gauger; or gauging made perfectly easyPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the day read part of the "New Whole Duty of Man". And in the even Tho. Davy at our house to whom I read part of Sh...Thomas Turner Richard AllestreeThe whole new duty of man, containing the faith as well as the practice of a ChristainPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the day read part of the "New Whole Duty of Man". And in the even Tho. Davy at our house to whom I read part of Sh...Thomas Turner William SherlockA practical discourse concerning deathPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read part of "The London Magazine" for February.'Thomas Turner The London MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In the even read part of Collins's "Peerage of England".'Thomas Turner Arthur CollinsThe peerage of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the day read part of the 1st volume of "The Peerage of England".'Thomas Turner Arthur CollinsThe peerage of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read part of "The Peerage of England".'Thomas Turner Arthur CollinsThe peerage of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even finished reading Wake's "Catechism", which I think is a very good book and proper for all families, there...Thomas Turner William WakeThe principles of the Christain religion explained in a brief commentary upon the church catechismPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read the 6th book of Milton's "Paradise Lost".'Thomas Turner John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read the 12th and last book of Milton's "Paradise Lost", which I have now read twice through and in my op...Thomas Turner John MiltonParadise LostPrint: Book
1700-1799'This day I saw in the "Lewes Journal", which was an extract from "The Gazette", that our troops under the command of ...Thomas Turner Sussex Weekly Advertiser, or Lewes JournalPrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'I completed the reading of Gay's "Fables", which I think contains a very good lesson of morality; and I think the lan...Thomas Turner John GayFablesPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read part of Salmon "On Marriage".'Thomas Turner Thomas SalmonA critical essay concerning marriagePrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even finished reading Salmon "On Marriage", which I think to be a very indifferent thing, for the author appea...Thomas Turner Thomas SalmonA critical essay concerning marriagePrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read part of Josephus's "Jewish Antiques".'Thomas Turner Flavius JosephusThe genuine works of Flavius JosephusPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the evening read part of the "Jewish Antiques".'Thomas Turner Flavius JosephusThe genuine works of Flavius JosephusPrint: Book
1700-1799'After I came home, I read part of "The London Magazine" for October, as also a poor empty piece of tautology called "...Thomas Turner The London MagazinePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'After I came home, I read part of "The London Magazine" for October, as also a poor empty piece of tautology called "...Thomas Turner anonA Serious Address to the Public, concerning the most probable means of avoiding the dangers of innoculation
1700-1799'In the even read part of Wiseman's "Chyrurgery".'Thomas Turner Richard WisemanSeveral Chirurgical TreatisesPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read part of Addison's "Evidences of the Christian Religion".'Thomas Turner Joseph AddisonThe evidences of the Christian ReligionPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even and the day read two of Tillotson's sermons and part of the 2nd volume of Hervey's "Meditations". Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even and the day read two of Tillotson's sermons and part of the 2nd volume of Hervey's "Meditations". Thomas Turner James HerveyMeditations among the tombs: in a letter to a ladyPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read the extraordinary "Gazette" for Wednesday, which gives an account of our army in America, under the ...Thomas Turner The London GazettePrint: Newspaper
1700-1799'In the even read part of Derham's "Physico-Theology".'Thomas Turner William DerhamPhysico-TheologyPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even and the day read 6 of Bishop Sherlock's sermons, which I think extremely good, there being sound reasonin...Thomas Turner Thomas SherlockSermons on various subjects, moral and theological, now first publishedPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the day read part of Bracken's "Pocket Farrier", which I look upon as a very complete thing of its kind.'Thomas Turner Henry BrackenThe traveller's pocket-farrier: or a treatise upon the distempers and common incidents happening to horses upon a journeyPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read Gibson on lukewarmness in religion, and a sermon of his entitled "Trust in God, the best remedy agai...Thomas Turner Edmund GibsonThe evil and danger of lukewarmness in religionPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read Gibson on lukewarmness in religion, and a sermon of his entitled "Trust in God, the best remedy agai...Thomas Turner Edmund GibsonTrust in God the best remedy against fears of all kindsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read one of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even Tho. Davy at our house, to whom I read three of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read part of Young's "Night Thoughts".'Thomas Turner Edward YoungThe complaint or night thoughtsPrint: Book
1700-1799'...read part of Drelincourt on death and in the even one of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'...read part of Drelincourt on death and in the even one of Tillotson's sermons.'Thomas Turner Charles DrelincourtThe Christian's defence against the fears of deathPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the morning read part of a book entitled "A Defence of Plurality of Church Benefices", but I cannot be persuaded b...Thomas Turner Henry WhartonA defence of pluralities, or, holding two benefices with cure of soulsPrint: Book
1700-1799'Read part of Young's "Estimate of Human Life".'Thomas Turner Edward YoungA vindication of providence; or, a true estimate of human lifePrint: Book
1700-1799'Sam. Jenner drank tea with me, and to whom in the evening I read two of Tillotson's sermons.' Thomas Turner John TillotsonSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the evening wrote my London letters and read Shakespeare's "As you Like It" and "Taming a Shrew", both of which I ...Thomas Turner William ShakespeareAs you like itPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the evening wrote my London letters and read Shakespeare's "As you Like It" and "Taming a Shrew", both of which I ...Thomas Turner William ShakespeareThe taming of the shrewPrint: Book
1700-1799'After the fatigue of the day was over, I read part of Shakespeare's "Works".'Thomas Turner William ShakespeareWorksPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read part of Shakespeare's "Works", which I think extreme good in their kind.'Thomas Turner William ShakespeareWorksPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read part of Beveridge's "Thoughts".'Thomas Turner William BeveridgePrivate thoughts upon religion digested into twelve articles, with practical resolutions form'd thereuponPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read several political papers called "The North Briton", which are wrote by John Wilkes Esq., member for ...Thomas Turner John WilkesThe North BritonPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1700-1799'At home all day. On reading Derham's notes on Boyle's lectures I find he says that Mr Boyle demonstrates that so slen...Thomas Turner Christopher SmartOn the omniscence of the Supreme Being: a poetical essayPrint: Book
1700-1799'At home all day. On reading Derham's notes on Boyle's lectures I find he says that Mr Boyle demonstrates that so slen...Thomas Turner Christopher SmartOn the power of the Supreme Being: a poetical essayPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even I read to my friend a sermon preached at the last Visitation held at Lewes, written by Mr Nicholl, Vicar ...Thomas Turner John NichollThe execrable practice of buying and selling livings commonly called Simony: in a sermonPrint: Unknown
1700-1799'In the even I read to my friend a sermon preached at the last Visitation held at Lewes, written by Mr Nicholl, Vicar ...Thomas Turner James WalderThe ax laid to the root; or, a preservative against the erroneous doctrines of the Methodists; candidly offered to the consideration of all ChristiansPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even, read some "Universal Magazines".'Thomas Turner Universal Magazine of Knowledge and PleasurePrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In the afternoon and even read part of Burnet's "History of the Reformation" which I esteem a very impartial history,...Thomas Turner Gilbert BurnetThe history of the reformation of the Church of EnglandPrint: Book
1700-1799'In the even read part of the "London Magazine" for July, in which I find a great many excellent pieces, more than I e...Thomas Turner The London magazine; or, gentleman's monthly intelligencerPrint: Serial / periodical
1700-1799'In the even read part of Homer's "Odyssey", translated by Alexander Pope, which I like very well, the language being ...Thomas Turner HomerOdysseyPrint: Book

 

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