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By the late Miss P. Barrel.
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Errors and Inconsistencies (noted by transcriber)
_Errors in French are noted separately, below._
Most non-standard spellings are carried over from the 1723 original.
The t.i.tle page of the 1723 edition included this paragraph, immediately before the author's name:
Confirmed by the example of heathens, Turks, infidels, primitive Christians, saints, popes, bishops, doctors, philosophers, poets, free masons, and other men of learning in all ages
Corrected text:
Omnes unius estimemus a.s.sis. [uninus]
Montaigne[7] tells us [tell us; _1723 has "tells"_]
in his apology for Herodotus [hi apology: _1723 has "his"_]
PS. c.u.m corona ebrium [P. S.]
pars ego saepe fui [sepae]
Hic segetes, illic veniunt faelicius uvae.
[Hic segetis; misspelling "faelicius" for "felicius" unchanged]
There grows also most excellent wines in France [text unchanged]
Unchanged text:
holydays [one word]
weild frier ["friar" also occurs]
... lets put ... [no apostrophe]
desert [modern spelling "dessert"]
desart [modern spelling "desert" (noun)]
THE TIPLING PHILOSOPHERS. [spelled "tippling" elsewhere]
[Advertising] Fabulus History
[Some Latin pa.s.sages use the abbreviation "q;" for "que".]
Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditione quaerentes.
[error for "querentes"]
maechos [correct form is "mchos"; ae/oe variation is common]
Spelling of names (representative list): Final "e" omitted: Jerom, Augustin Simple "e" for "ae" or "ae": Lacedemonia, Cecilius, Megera, Eschylus French forms: Gascogn, Trimalchion
Punctuation and Typography:
[Contents] CHAP. II. That Wine ... [CHAP II.]
[Contents] out-of-the-Way Thoughts [out-of-the-Way-Thoughts]
Be merry to-day, depend not on to-morrow [1723 has hyphen]
_... ex superfluorum potuum indulgentia[2]_. [" at end]
"Sanctus Dominicus sit [' for "]
"Illa dies haec est [' for "]
but undoubtedly Bacchus is your liber pater [invisible hyphen at line-break "un-/doubtedly"]
[Chapter XVI] [Footnote 21: Voyag. t. ii. p. 129.] [t. ii p. 129.]
_Hanno_[11], says he ... [not italicized]
say this, or that, of us----. [. missing]
Unchanged quotation marks (unless otherwise noted, close quote is missing at end):
a perfect cure for heaviness and sorrow.
so far as an old drunkard[8].
That experience proves ... people that "have infinitely more wit [1723 has open quote before "That..." instead of "have..."]
Le don de l'immortalite.
Perfusis halante mero gaudere sepulchris.
Nor this other, [open quote missing]
habitet in sicco._ To which ... addition, It is very probable [missing close quote after "in sicco"; open quote before "It is"]
to the age of fourscore.
spending his money to no purpose[15].
[the footnote symbols shown as [15] and [17] were also misprinted]
Crateras magnas statuunt et vina coronant.
drive away care. ... pellite curas._"
[close quote should be after "care"]
namely, eloquence.
French:
_Unless otherwise noted, accents were printed as shown. This includes pairs such as a:a and ou:ou. Some questioned readings were checked against the 1714 French original._
Qu' importe si c'est un plaisir, [Qu' importe]
"Oui, Thirsis, c'est le vin qui nous fait rejeunir, [cest]
