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William
Upcott
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Century of Experience
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Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group
Author of Text
Title of Text
Form of Text
1800-1849
'E- being called out for a few hours in the morning I attempted to amuse myself with Marmontel's Tales- it was but an ...
William Upcott
Jean Francois Marmontel
Moral Tales
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'Seeing the Bible on the table, I took it up & by his desire, read the whole history of Joseph. In parts of it he poin...
William Upcott
n/a
Bible
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'Abt 4 - I returned - and the time until 7 was taken up in reading "Gregory's Legacy"- He is one of my favorite author...
William Upcott
John Gregory
A Father's Legacy to His Daughters
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'finished the day in reading a few chapters of the New Testament.'
William Upcott
n/a
Bible
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'The evening was devoted to the perusal of the life of the most extraordinary genius this country has produced- need I...
William Upcott
George Gregory
The Life of T. Chatterton or The Works of T. Chatt
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'The evening until one was [frittered?] away in reading the 'Monk' for the fourth time at least.... In the second volu...
William Upcott
Matthew G. Lewis
The Monk
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'In the evening I read the whole of "Love and Madness"- not on account of the amorous epistles of Hackman, but with a ...
William Upcott
James Hackman
Love and Madness; a Story Too True in a Series of...
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'From 9 till 11 was idly spent in looking thro a Volume of the British Critic.'
William Upcott
n/a
The British Critic
Print
: Serial / periodical
1800-1849
'I took from my pocket the volume of "Love and Madness" which I had amused myself with a few evenings since- ...I read...
William Upcott
James Hackman
Love and Madness
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'[Returns after afternoon reading session] to renew the subject from a more enlarged account of this wonder of the 18t...
William Upcott
Robert Southey
The Works of Thomas Chatterton, Containing his Life
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'the rest of the evening when I returned home was devoted to the Bible.'
William Upcott
n/a
Bible
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'Before I arose- read 10 chapters of St. Matthew- still laboured at my new task [studying heraldry] but made less prog...
William Upcott
n/a
Bible
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'Went to bed at 11- but previous to it, read 10 more chapters of St. Matthew.'
William Upcott
n/a
Bible
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'Previous to leaving my chamber, I read several Chapters of St. Mark.'
William Upcott
n/a
Bible
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'I took up my little volume of Heraldry- and already can take up a pep from a chevron.'
William Upcott
n/a
[volume on Heraldry]
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'My time was occupied till 6 with the Bible.'
William Upcott
n/a
Bible
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'I devoted the rest of the night to the Bible- so upon the whole I think, a sabbath has been more unprofitably spent...'
William Upcott
n/a
Bible
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'I got thro 6 chapters of Count Fathom- about an hours undertaking- and this has been the way thro my whole readings- ...
William Upcott
Tobias George Smollett
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'Rose at seven, purposely to proceed in Gibbon's Miscell. Works- which I began yesterday. - read the whole of his own ...
William Upcott
Edward Gibbon
Miscellaneous Works ... With Memoirs of His Life
Print
: Book
1800-1849
'The finishing of the first volume of Gibbon is all I have been able to accomplish comfortably from my last memoranda....
William Upcott
Edward Gibbon
Miscellaneous Works ... With Memoirs of His Life
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: Book
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)