Literary Blunders by Henry Benjamin Wheatley
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_for_ indenting, John _for_ Jehu, Judges _for_
Indies, scene _for_ seene, sixteen _for_ sexton, and _for_ sixty-one, tops _for_ toy, Venus _for_ Venice. In connection with this work may be mentioned the late Mr. W. Blades's _Shakspere and Typography, being an attempt to show Shakspere's personal connection with, and technical knowledge of the Art of Printing, also Remarks upon some common typographical errors with especial reference to the text of Shakspere_ (1872), a small work of very great interest and value. Mr. Blades writes: ``Now these typographical blunders will, in the majority of cases, be found to fall into one of three classes, viz.:-- ``Errors of the ear; ``Errors of the eye; and ``Errors from what, in printers' language, is called `a foul case.' ``I. _Errors of the Ear_.--Every compositor when at work reads over a few words of his copy, and retains them in his mind until his fingers have picked |
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