In the printed book there were a few blanks where characters or parts of characters did not print. These have been corrected.
Mismatched quotation marks have been made standard.
Other changes that have been made:
Footnote [47]: “Sir T. Newton” changed to “Sir I. Newton”. Note that “Roubilliac” has been left as printed.
Page [69]: Duplicate “of” removed from “To complete the measure of of his good usage”.
Page [88]: “souffre douelur” changed to “souffre douleur”.
Footnote [145]: “Northumerland” changed to “Northumberland”.
Page [148]: In “... the gold pap boat; and Lady Besborough.” the semicolon was originally printed as a full stop. Note that “Besborough” has been left as printed.
Footnote [312]: “In 1775, Colman” changed to “In 1757, Colman”.
Page [278]: “neé” changed to “née”.