Headlong Hall eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 100 pages of information about Headlong Hall.

Headlong Hall eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 100 pages of information about Headlong Hall.

Chapter 2 paragraph 1:  deleted comma after “oils” in “oils, and colours” —­ “and” clusters things in an item, not separates items, in this list.

Chapter 4 paragraph 13:  inserted closing quotes after “summit of Ararat.” —­ they appear to be missing, since the speech is not continued in the next paragraph.

Chapter 5 paragraph 33:  replaced emdash before “Exactly, sir:  an’ ye” with fullstop and space —­ it appears to be an erroneous inconsistency, there being no other like instances in speech indication.

Chapter 7 paragraph 5:  deleted closing quotes after “confracti mundi rudera:”  —­ the phrase is not quoted, and the speech does not end there.

Chapter 7 paragraph 6:  replaced “procession” with “precession” in “The procession of the equinoxes” —­ it appears to be a spelling error, since Mr Foster is informed on the subject and not tending to make such mistakes.

Chapter 7 paragraph 17:  inserted “Mr Escot.” at start of paragraph before “Nor is” —­ to follow consistent indication and layout of speech.

Chapter 8 paragraph 1:  replaced “befel” with “befell” —­ it appears to be a spelling error.

Chapter 9 paragraph 16:  replaced fullstop with questionmark after “the tevil with” —­ the sentence is a question.

Chapter 9 paragraph 22:  replaced fullstop with questionmark after “away with me” —­ the sentence is a question.

Chapter 9 paragraph 23:  replaced “b” with “p” in “by his chost” —­ the sexton in all other cases says “py” instead of “by”.

Chapter 10 paragraph 6:  inserted single closing quote after “Oioi nun brotoi eisin” —­ it appears to be missing.

Chapter 11 paragraph 3:  replaced “y” in “Vouley” with “z” —­ it appears to be a spelling error.

Chapter 12 paragraph 1:  replaced “wolves” in “individual lion, tiger, wolves,” with “wolf” —­ it is a list of singulars.

Chapter 12 paragraph 9:  inserted paragraph start and opening quotes before “You observe, in both these skulls” —­ blockquotes cannot be inside paragraphs in the layout scheme.

Chapter 12 paragraph 13:  inserted closing quotes after “becoming a judge.” —­ they appear to be missing, since the speech is not continued in the next paragraph.

Chapter 13 paragraph 17:  replaced “woful” with “woeful” in “by woful experience” —­ it appears to be a spelling error.

Chapter 13 ballad:  replaced “feats” with “feasts” in “O rich are the feats” —­ it appears to be a spelling error.

Chapter 14 paragraph 3:  replaced fullstop with questionmark after “Llewelyn Ap-Yorwerth” —­ the sentence is a question.

Chapter 14 paragraph 5:  inserted comma after “said the lady” —­ one would be expected here.

Chapter 14 paragraph 27:  capitalised “Squire” in “"Your daughter,” said squire Headlong.” —­ all other instances of “Squire Headlong” are capitalised.

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