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John Adams : The History of Rome, from the Foundation of the Ci
My father's large bookcase was stuffed with odd volumes of the Gentleman's Magazine and other miscellaneous matters. Anacharsis' 'travels in Greece', Robertson's 'America', Goldsmith's 'History of England', Adams' 'Rome', Wesley's sermons and Fletcher's controversial volumes. All these had been read by me, either for my own amusement, or aloud to my father, whose sight had been lost for years.
Century: Reader/Listener/Group: Anne Lutton Print: Book
Jill Adams : News Chronicle
'I think newspapers do a lot towards it, because one of the first things I do is to look at the women's page in the News Chronicle. I read her - Jill Adams, I think her name is, and sure enough you see something crop up. I may be out, see something on somebody that I like, and try and copy it. I make my own a lot, since I have been married, necessity started it.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Print: Newspaper
Badams : Letter
'Yesterday Badams wrote me (from admist the 'wild beasts of Ephesus,' as he calls the new Mining Companies, with whom he is in constant treaty about some important smelting schemes): he wishes me to stay till his return, but if I cannot, he entreats me to take Taffy (a little fiery corn-fed indefatigable Welsh Pony of his, on which I ride) with all its furniture, for the love of him.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Manuscript: Letter
Badams : Letter
'He has written to me twice since his departure; he insists that I shall take a little pony of his with all its furniture; ride home on it thro' the Peak country in Derbyshire, and keep the steed in remembrance of him.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carlyle Manuscript: Letter
Adams : Private Thoughts
Harriet, Countess Granville to her sister, Lady Carlisle, 31 July 1832: 'I have the greatest pleasure in reading religious books. I find that I understand the Bible better than I ever did before, that I know much better what I am not and what I ought to be, that the subject interests and occupies me deeply, whilst I am employed on it [...] I have been reading Fenn's sermons and like most of them extremely as explaining and directing. Bradley's third volume is excellent. Adams' "Private Thoughts" one likes better and better. There are parts that one cannot, but these always redeemed by something so true, so feeling, so practical.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Harriet Countess Granville Print: Book
Adams : Private Thoughts
Harriet, Countess Granville, to her sister, Lady Carlisle (April 1834): 'The anxiety of the last two months has given me an impossibility of feeling happy [...] The only thing that calms my nerves is sitting at an open window, reading Mrs. Fry or Adams' "Private Thoughts;" but my religion is like my feeling, and I do not find its influence when I have the immediate occupation of it.'
