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Use in Literature

Emendations

The Epitaph, written for him by Dr. Johnson, became the subject of conversation, and various emendations were suggested, which it was agreed should be submitted to the Doctor's consideration.–James Boswell in Life of Johnson.

With the exception of a few small emendations, spelling, capitalization and punctuation have been preserved as in the original.–Ralph Centennius in The Dominion in 1983.

The convention refused to adopt his radical views, but they were published in a pamphlet and copies were send to England, where Edmund Burke had it republished with emendations of his own.–Edward S. Ellis in Thomas Jefferson.

Note: The wish expressed by Warnkonig, that the text and the conjectural emendations on the fragments of the xii.–Edward Gibbon in Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol 4.

Modern editors of what they call the ‘Roman Elegies’ bring abundant annotation, and often detail Goethe's own emendations.–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Erotica Romana.

Shakespeare's revisions are chiefly the revisions of a lyric poet, and he scatters his emendations about without much regard for character.–Frank Harris in The Man Shakespeare.

Durfee of Yale University, have read the whole work and suggested several valuable emendations.–Carlton J.H. Hayes in A Political and Social History of Modern Europe, vol 1.

I received a note from him in the following words, containing the copy subjoined, with the emendations annexed to it.–Oliver Wendell Holmes in Autocrat of Breakfast Table.

Opportunity has been taken to introduce considerable additions and emendations.–Keene in The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan.

With all his additions, emendations, and rearrangements, his opera still falls much short of being a dramatic unit.–Henry Edward Krehbiel in A Second Book Of Operas.

• Preface iv
• Use in Literature 1
• Emendations 1
• Nonfiction Usage 4
• Bibliographic Usage 4
• Encyclopedic Usage 27
• Lexicographic Usage 28
• Index 33