√ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | |
| 1700-1799 | I now read Blackstone, Hale's Common Law, several other Law Books, and much biography. This course of reading was cont... | Francis Place | William Blackstone | Commentaries on the Laws of England | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | ?The day after this being the last of the year, I managed to finish reading Blackstone?s Commentaries and Goldsmith?s ... | John Marsh | William Blackstone | Commentaries on the laws of England | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'Finished "Annual Register" for 1832. Reading Blackstone'. | George Eliot [pseud] | [possibly] William Blackstone | [Commentaries on the laws of England?] | Print: BookManuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'Search in Blackstone and Goldsmith's "History"; much struck with style of latter; deserving [I] think, to be more tal... | William Windham | William Blackstone | Commentaries on the laws of England [?] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, 1 June 1831:
'I recollect many years ago when I read one whole volume of Bla... | Elizabeth Barrett | Sir William Blackstone | Commentaries on the Laws of England | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | '[During summer 1831] Hallam was at Hastings [...] After his holiday Hallam returned to his reading of law, and enjoye... | Arthur Hallam | Sir William Blackstone | | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Robert Southey to John James Morgan, 6 March, 1797: 'Blackstone & I agree better than perhaps you imagine. true it is ... | Robert Southey | Sir William Blackstone | Commentaries on the Laws of England | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | Robert Southey to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 9 August 1797: 'I have now gone thro Blackstone often & attentively, s... | Robert Southey | Sir William Blackstone | Commentaries on the Laws of England | Print: Book |