A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2
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ERRATA
Myhneer Calf
_spelling unchanged: probably error for “Mynheer”_
Plurals in +es+ (separate syllable).
_printed in Verbs column_
died of fever in London, in the year 1688.
_text reads “1698”_
the most polished verse-writer
_text reads “mose polished”_
he entered himself of the Inner Temple
_text unchanged_
Punctuation and Presentation:
17. +Latin of the First Period+ (i).--
_originally formatted as:_
17. +Latin of the First Period.+--(i)
(The word _al_ means _the_. Thus _alcohol_ = _the spirit_.)
_close parenthesis missing_
homely, plain, and pedestrian.
_period (full stop) invisible_
“Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
_open quote missing_
and his meat nothing but sauce.”
_close quote missing_
“A good man is as much in awe of himself as of a whole assembly.”
_close quote missing_
designated by a hand ([->]) at the foot of each
_printed text has drawing of hand with pointing finger_
Wordsworth and Coleridge spoke with awe of his genius;
_semicolon invisible_
“‘Farewell!’ said he, ‘Minnehaha,
_text has double quote for single before “Minnehaha”_
All´ my | thou´ghts go | on´ward | wi´th you!
_all ´ marks are as in original text_
Index
+Grammar+ of English...
general view of its history, 243.
short view of its history, 239-243.
_each line indented as if a subentry to preceding line_
language, living and dead 198
_text reads “168”_