| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1800-1849 | 'Murray had written to Byron on September 12 [1816] that he had carried the manuscript of the third canto of Childe Ha... | William Gifford | George Gordon Lord Byron | Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto III | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | 'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his... | William Gifford | [anon] | [ballads] | Print: Unknown |
| 1700-1799 | 'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his... | William Gifford | anon | Parismus and Parismenus | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his... | William Gifford | [unknown] | [magazines] | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his... | William Gifford | [n/a] | Bible | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his... | William Gifford | Thomas a Kempis | The Imitation of Christ | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Gifford had read only some ballads, the black-letter romance Parismus and Parismenus, some odd loose magazines of his... | William Gifford | Daniel Fenning | Algebra | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Though [William Gifford] had few means of improvement, he made the most of what he had. A treatise on algebra had bee... | William Gifford | | treatise on algebra | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Though [William Gifford] had few means of improvement, he made the most of what he had. A treatise on algebra had bee... | William Gifford | Fenning | 'Introduction' [on algebra] | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'When a boy [William Gifford] had read the Bible left to him by his mother, together with her "Imitatio Christi," and ... | William Gifford | | Bible | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'When a boy [William Gifford] had read the Bible left to him by his mother, together with her "Imitatio Christi," and ... | William Gifford | Thomas a Kempis | Imitatio Christi | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'When a boy [William Gifford] had read the Bible left to him by his mother, together with her "Imitatio Christi," and ... | William Gifford | | 'odd numbers of magazines' | Print: Serial / periodical |
| 1700-1799 | 'While under the tuition of Mr. Smerdon, Gifford had translated the "Tenth Satire" of Juvenal for a holiday task.' | William Gifford | Juvenal | Satire X | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Besides studying Greek and Latin, Gifford learnt French and Spanish while at Oxford. He went through Moliere's plays ... | William Gifford | Voltaire | works | Print: Book |
| 1700-1799 | 'Besides studying Greek and Latin, Gifford learnt French and Spanish while at Oxford. He went through Moliere's plays ... | William Gifford | Moliere | plays | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | John Murray to Lord Byron, 3 February 1814, on first reception of The Corsair:
'Never, in my recollection, has any ... | William Gifford | George Gordon Lord Byron | The Corsair | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | John Murray to Byron, 12 September 1816, on William Gifford's response to Childe Harold's
Pilgrimage, Canto IV:
'... | William Gifford | George Gordon Lord Byron | Childe Harold IV | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | John Murray to Byron, 12 September 1816:
'Respecting the "Monody," I extract from a letter which I received this mo... | William Gifford | George Gordon Lord Byron | Monody [on Sheridan] | Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | John Murray to Byron, 22 January 1817:
'I had a letter from Mr. Ward, to whom, at Paris, I sent the poems, and he i... | William Gifford | George Gordon Lord Byron | Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto III | Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | 'During the period that Mr. Moore had been in negotiation with the Longmans and Murray
respecting the purchase of th... | William Gifford | George Gordon Lord Byron | Memoirs | Manuscript: Unknown |
| 1800-1849 | John Murray to Walter Scott, on reception of Tales of My Landlord, 14 December 1816:
'Lord Holland said, when I ask... | William Gifford | Walter Scott | Tales of My Landlord | Print: Book |
| 1800-1849 | William Gifford to John Murray, 29 April 1826 [sic]:
'I see with regret in the papers of this morning that my poor ... | William Gifford | | report of death of William Moorcroft in India | Print: Newspaper |