√ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | |
| 1800-1849 | Byron to Francis Hodgson, 4 December 1811: 'I have read Watson to Gibbon. He proves nothing, so I am where I was, ver... | George Gordon, Lord Byron | Richard Watson | Apology for Christianity, in a Series of Letters to Edward Gibbon, Esq. | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | '[William Watson] sent a copy [of "Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems"] to [Thomas] Hardy, who replied appreciatively ... | Thomas Hardy | William Watson | Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | On process of choosing a Poet Laureate from 1892: 'When Gladstone had read [William] Watson's Poems (1892), sent to hi... | William Ewart Gladstone | William Watson | Poems | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Bedale club. Sat next to Dr Scott who told wonderful stories of the effect which Bell's Mode of Education had caused ... | Benjamin Newton | Richard Watson | Anecdotes of the life of Richard Watson [...] writ | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | H. J. Jackson notes, partially reproduces, and discusses lengthy annotations, including mock completion of title and c... | anon | Richard Watson | A Letter to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury | Print: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | H. J. Jackson discusses highly "adversarial" annotations made by anonymous reader in copy of Richard Watson, Bishop of... | | Richard Watson | A Letter to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'As the trade we did... was not sufficient to require my continual attention, I found time to read a good many of the ... | Charles Manby Smith | Bishop Watson | Apology for the bible | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Much of it [ie. ?the daily instruction I received?] consisted in the books I read by myself, and my father?s discours... | John Stuart Mill | Robert Watson | History of the Reign of Philip II | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Much of it [ie. ?the daily instruction I received?] consisted in the books I read by myself, and my father?s discours... | John Stuart Mill | Robert Watson | History of Philip III | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | [Letter from Byron to Annabella Milbanke, Aug 25th 1814]. 'You can hardly have a better modern work than Sismondi's, b... | George Gordon, Lord Byron | Watson | [book on Philip of Spain] | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Continued "Wonders of the human body" and began again Watson's "Intimations and evidences of a future state. Studied ... | John Cole | Watson | Intimations and evidences of a future state | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'at ten o'clock yesterday evening little Jem Parsons (the cabin boy), and his friend the black terrier, came on deck, ... | Jem Parsons | Henry Watson | Valentine and Orson | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'Recieved a letter & present of books from Lord Radstock containing Hannah Moores "Spirit of Prayer" - Bp Wilsons "Max... | John Clare | Richard Watson | An Apology for the Bible, in a Series of Letters | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | `My dear Watson:
Who would have supposed that I should write to thank you for your considerateness in sending the Od... | Thomas Hardy | William Watson | Ode on the Day of the Coronation of King Edward VII | Print: Unknown, Probably a pamphlet or book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Read Bp. Watson's "Apology for the Bible", in reply to Paine....' | Thomas Green | Richard Watson | Apology for the Bible | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'If among the books of divinity that you are so kindly offered the use of, you can borrow any of the following, they w... | James Lackington | Bishop Watson | Apology for the Bible, in Letters to Thomas Paine | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | 'I also sent for Bishop Watson's Apology for the Bible, in Letters to T. Paine; Bishop Porteus's Compendium of the Evi... | James Lackington | Richard Watson | An Apology for the Bible | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'He talked little to us in the carriage, being chiefly occupied in reading Dr. Watson's second volume of "Chemical Ess... | Samuel Johnson | Richard Watson | Chemical Essays | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'One of the last letters my father wrote during this year [1891] was to the young poet William Watson, whose "Wordswor... | Alfred Tennyson | William Watson | 'Wordsworth's Grave' | Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 31 May 1792: 'You understand music. as I am ignorant of the tune I beg yo... | Robert Southey | Watson | Chemical Essay | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'The Secretary read a paper on the poetry of William Watson and with Miss Pollard gave illustrative readings'. | Alfred Rawlings | William Watson | | Print: Book |
| 1850-1899 | 'The Secretary read a paper on the poetry of William Watson and with Miss Pollard gave illustrative readings'. | Bertha M. Pollard | William Watson | | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | 'The Club then listened to a variety of readings from modern poets as follows:
A Rawlings Extracts from "The Art of... | Mary Pollard | W. Watson | 'Lakeland' | Print: Book |
| 1900-1945 | Meeting held at School House, L.P. :- 28. v. 37.
C. E. Stanfield in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last... | Alfred Rawlings | William Watson | [unidentified poetry] | Unknown |