[6] Non+age, i.e. the years before the youth comes of age.
[7] A blot, in backgammon, is a man left uncovered and so liable to capture.
[8] Disclosures.
[9] Is this word correctly used?
[10] Note the careless use of pronouns in this sentence; Addison would hardly have written it.
[11] Justice of the peace. See Century Dictionary for explanation of the Latin phrase quorum unum A.B. esse volumus in the commission issued to justices.
[12] A criminal court held once a quarter, in the counties, by justices of the peace.
[13] Is this a correct modern use of the word?
[14] Can you express Steele's meaning in this clause more precisely?
[15] Another example of Steele's careless structure; correct the sentence.