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authorRobert Tonsing <rt.dev@fastmail.com>2025-04-06 08:41:24 -0500
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2025-04-06 08:41:24 -0500
commitfd01bc95d5607660837d08a0dfaf51982d635b8e (patch)
tree6f7c52794c9beb38bc092725c73657db4ae0adec
parentb91a5445e25a615ac3fe36552fe52ee13f84bc09 (diff)
parent6275703e86512dc829eac1be52b009f606817ed2 (diff)
Merge pull request #1 from Chairzard/Typo-CorrectionsHEADmain
Typo corrections
-rw-r--r--829-0.txt10
-rw-r--r--829-h/829-h.htm10
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/829-0.txt b/829-0.txt
index 76f739d..317c18f 100644
--- a/829-0.txt
+++ b/829-0.txt
@@ -3475,7 +3475,7 @@ desire, because I had given the provocation.
Another day, Glumdalclitch left me on a smooth grass-plot to divert
myself, while she walked at some distance with her governess. In the
meantime, there suddenly fell such a violent shower of hail, that I was
-immediately by the force of it, struck to the ground: and when I was
+immediately, by the force of it, struck to the ground: and when I was
down, the hailstones gave me such cruel bangs all over the body, as if
I had been pelted with tennis-balls; however, I made a shift to creep
on all fours, and shelter myself, by lying flat on my face, on the
@@ -6037,7 +6037,7 @@ The author leaves Lagado: arrives at Maldonada. No ship ready. He takes
a short voyage to Glubbdubdrib. His reception by the governor.
-The continent, of which this kingdom is apart, extends itself, as I
+The continent, of which this kingdom is a part, extends itself, as I
have reason to believe, eastward, to that unknown tract of America
westward of California; and north, to the Pacific Ocean, which is not
above a hundred and fifty miles from Lagado; where there is a good
@@ -6515,7 +6515,7 @@ black, and as large as an English shilling; but never admitted any
further alteration.” He said, “these births were so rare, that he did
not believe there could be above eleven hundred struldbrugs, of both
sexes, in the whole kingdom; of which he computed about fifty in the
-metropolis, and, among the rest, a young girl born; about three years
+metropolis, and, among the rest, a young girl born about three years
ago: that these productions were not peculiar to any family, but a mere
effect of chance; and the children of the _struldbrugs_ themselves were
equally mortal with the rest of the people.”
@@ -8845,7 +8845,7 @@ sentiments. They have a notion, that when people are met together, a
short silence does much improve conversation: this I found to be true;
for during those little intermissions of talk, new ideas would arise in
their minds, which very much enlivened the discourse. Their subjects
-are, generally on friendship and benevolence, on order and economy;
+are generally on friendship and benevolence, on order and economy;
sometimes upon the visible operations of nature, or ancient traditions;
upon the bounds and limits of virtue; upon the unerring rules of
reason, or upon some determinations to be taken at the next great
@@ -8970,7 +8970,7 @@ help would be sufficient, and I knew he had a tenderness for me.”
In his company, my first business was to go to that part of the coast
where my rebellious crew had ordered me to be set on shore. I got upon
-a height, and looking on every side into the sea; fancied I saw a small
+a height, and looking on every side into the sea, fancied I saw a small
island toward the north-east. I took out my pocket glass, and could
then clearly distinguish it above five leagues off, as I computed; but
it appeared to the sorrel nag to be only a blue cloud: for as he had no
diff --git a/829-h/829-h.htm b/829-h/829-h.htm
index 5184bd3..62f880f 100644
--- a/829-h/829-h.htm
+++ b/829-h/829-h.htm
@@ -3707,7 +3707,7 @@ the dwarf was pardoned at my desire, because I had given the provocation.
<p>
Another day, Glumdalclitch left me on a smooth grass-plot to divert myself,
while she walked at some distance with her governess. In the meantime, there
-suddenly fell such a violent shower of hail, that I was immediately by the
+suddenly fell such a violent shower of hail, that I was immediately, by the
force of it, struck to the ground: and when I was down, the hailstones gave me
such cruel bangs all over the body, as if I had been pelted with tennis-balls;
however, I made a shift to creep on all fours, and shelter myself, by lying
@@ -6438,7 +6438,7 @@ voyage to Glubbdubdrib. His reception by the governor.
</p>
<p>
-The continent, of which this kingdom is apart, extends itself, as I have reason
+The continent, of which this kingdom is a part, extends itself, as I have reason
to believe, eastward, to that unknown tract of America westward of California;
and north, to the Pacific Ocean, which is not above a hundred and fifty miles
from Lagado; where there is a good port, and much commerce with the great
@@ -6951,7 +6951,7 @@ deep blue: at five and forty it grew coal black, and as large as an English
shilling; but never admitted any further alteration.&rdquo; He said,
&ldquo;these births were so rare, that he did not believe there could be above
eleven hundred struldbrugs, of both sexes, in the whole kingdom; of which he
-computed about fifty in the metropolis, and, among the rest, a young girl born;
+computed about fifty in the metropolis, and, among the rest, a young girl born
about three years ago: that these productions were not peculiar to any family,
but a mere effect of chance; and the children of the <i>struldbrugs</i>
themselves were equally mortal with the rest of the people.&rdquo;
@@ -9474,7 +9474,7 @@ was no interruption, tediousness, heat, or difference of sentiments. They have
a notion, that when people are met together, a short silence does much improve
conversation: this I found to be true; for during those little intermissions of
talk, new ideas would arise in their minds, which very much enlivened the
-discourse. Their subjects are, generally on friendship and benevolence, on
+discourse. Their subjects are generally on friendship and benevolence, on
order and economy; sometimes upon the visible operations of nature, or ancient
traditions; upon the bounds and limits of virtue; upon the unerring rules of
reason, or upon some determinations to be taken at the next great assembly: and
@@ -9609,7 +9609,7 @@ sufficient, and I knew he had a tenderness for me.&rdquo;
<p>
In his company, my first business was to go to that part of the coast where my
rebellious crew had ordered me to be set on shore. I got upon a height, and
-looking on every side into the sea; fancied I saw a small island toward the
+looking on every side into the sea, fancied I saw a small island toward the
north-east. I took out my pocket glass, and could then clearly distinguish it
above five leagues off, as I computed; but it appeared to the sorrel nag to be
only a blue cloud: for as he had no conception of any country beside his own,