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Rare Poems of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Linton W. J. (William James) 1812-1897

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Description:Excerpt from Rare Poems of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: A Supplement to the Anthologies My book meant for the general reader, old spelling is preserved only in those few places in which the modernizing would disturb either the measure or the rhyme: e.g. (pp. 1-2) herbis, stalkis, thingis; mene for moan, and (p.6) hert for heart. For old spelling else, beyond antiquarian interest, I have no more respect than for printers' points. There were no established rules in those days: authors were lawless; careless or uncertain even as to their proper names. "Our ancestors, finding it absolutely impossible to adopt any consistent mode of orthography, fairly left it to the discretion or caprice of the several writers and transcribers." (Ellis - Introductory Remarks on Language) There is applicable truth too in the confession of the printer of Sidney's Arcadia, that "being spred abroade in written coppies" (note here the spelling revised!) much corruption had been gathered by ill writers. For punctuation, since Arber, Ellis, Collier (it may be closely following the copy before them), to say nothing of editors not so accomplished, do, sometimes, play havoc with their author's meaning, I have ventured to judge for myself; and to punctuate according to context and the obvious or the seeming intention of the writer. All important changes will be acknowledged in the Notes. I ask the more learned students mercy where I go wrong.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rare Poems of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. To get started finding Rare Poems of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Rare Poems of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: A Supplement to the Anthologies My book meant for the general reader, old spelling is preserved only in those few places in which the modernizing would disturb either the measure or the rhyme: e.g. (pp. 1-2) herbis, stalkis, thingis; mene for moan, and (p.6) hert for heart. For old spelling else, beyond antiquarian interest, I have no more respect than for printers' points. There were no established rules in those days: authors were lawless; careless or uncertain even as to their proper names. "Our ancestors, finding it absolutely impossible to adopt any consistent mode of orthography, fairly left it to the discretion or caprice of the several writers and transcribers." (Ellis - Introductory Remarks on Language) There is applicable truth too in the confession of the printer of Sidney's Arcadia, that "being spred abroade in written coppies" (note here the spelling revised!) much corruption had been gathered by ill writers. For punctuation, since Arber, Ellis, Collier (it may be closely following the copy before them), to say nothing of editors not so accomplished, do, sometimes, play havoc with their author's meaning, I have ventured to judge for myself; and to punctuate according to context and the obvious or the seeming intention of the writer. All important changes will be acknowledged in the Notes. I ask the more learned students mercy where I go wrong.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rare Poems of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. To get started finding Rare Poems of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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