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Page xxix: lessen the value of my panegyric[original has "pangeyric">[ upon them
Page 136: ([parenthesis missing in original]For so I can distinguish by mine art)
Page 175: '[quotation mark missing in original]But not the praise,' Phœbus replied
Page 251: situated on the Dee (Lat. Deva[original has extraneous period]).
Page 255: specified neighborhood, or perhaps a special house.'[quotation mark missing in original]
Page 269: the mud of their own making (Ovid, Met., vi. 335-381).[original has extraneous quotation mark]
Page 273: ([quotation mark missing in original]'I know full well, I am fully aware.' Schmidt).