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n/a : Old and New Testament
'He [the new apprentice] made selections from the Old and New Testament history, which he read aloud, and upon which he dilated with a force and eloquence that would have done honour to a barrister. With the most plausible reasoning he united the most cutting sarcasm, and with a show of ... candour he would invite our replies to his propositions, or challenge us to produce the arguments for our faith, woe to the unfortunate who had the temerity to accept his challenge.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Martin Print: Book
Sir Aurel Stein : unknown
'I have before me as I write a photo by Sir Aurel Stein showing the body of a man of Turfan buried fifteen centuries ago, and it is hard to belive that he is even dead. And the reason Sir Aurel suggests for this desiccation of Central Asia is, that not so much has the climate changed, as that in the past those areas subsisted in the main on the excess water given by the slow melting of the original ice-cap, since the actual snowfall must have been insufficient to produce glaciers of a size to give their requisite summer volume of water. And so it seems to me that that is to some extent the condition of Ladakh...'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Martin Louis Alan Gompertz ('Ganpat') Print: Unknown
Henry Fielding : Amelia (volumes 1 and 2)
Catherine Talbot to Elizabeth Carter, 14 March 1752: 'I have begun reading a book which promises some laughing amusement, "The Female Quixote;" the few chapters I read to my mother last night while we were undressing were whimsical enough and not at all low. I have not read Amelia, yet, but have seen it read and commented upon much to my edification by that good Bishop of Gloucester, who seldom misses spending two or three days of the week at this deanery [...] I have been particularly delighted with some of our afternoons, when we have sat unmolested by my dressing-room fire-side, he reading Amelia (and quarreling excessively at the two first volumes) my mother and I reading or working, or following our own devices as it might happen, and every one mixing little interruptions of chat as things come into their heads; with not a single ring at the door to disturb us.'
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Martin Benson Print: Book
Edward Gibbon : The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
'January 3rd. Cloudy day. Went with Col Pasteurs to look over the French Hospital at the Imperial Hotel. Read the "Decline and Fall" all afternoon and evening.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Martin Wentworth Littlewood Print: Book
: The Daily Mail
'April 22nd ... Various souvenirs in the Officers Mess. A work on vegetal medicine & a fat and amiable Hun dog that had my bone after lunch ... Got a parcel from home with Asparagus and Turtle Soup & the Daily Mail.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Martin Wentworth Littlewood Print: Newspaper
: [A work on vegetal medicine]
'April 22nd ... Various souvenirs in the Officers Mess. A work on vegetal medicine & a fat and amiable Hun dog that had my bone after lunch ... Got a parcel from home with Asparagus and Turtle Soup & the Daily Mail.'
