The History of Sandford and Merton

by Thomas Day

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Transcriber's Note

Illustrations were interleaved between pages in the original text. In this version, they have been moved close to the relevant section of the text.

Inconsistent hyphenation for bare-footed" / "barefooted", "fire-side" / "fireside", and "good-will" / "goodwill" has been retained. Page numbers are documented in the source code.

• ["off" changed to "of"]
• ["the the" changed to "the"]
• [Period added after "fury"]
• [Single quote added after "returns"]
• ["thefore" changed to "therefore"]
• ["several their" changed to "several of their"]
• [Quote added before "and"]
• [Single quote removed after "me."]
• [Quote removed before "this"]
• [Comma and closing quote added after "But"]
• [Single quote removed after "labour;"]
• ["happend" changed to "happened"]
• [Period added after "Harry"]
• [End quote added after "leg."]
• [Quote added after "up?"]
• ["bcause" changed to "because"]
• [Single quote added after "appearance."]
• ["fondness" changed to "Fondness"]
• [Single quote moved to after the dash]
• [Period added after "slavery"]
• [Period changed to comma after "inconvenience"]
• ["elasped" changed to "elapsed"]
• [Quote added after "cider?"]
• ["suprised" changed to "surprised"]
• [Quote added after "distress."]
• ["aminal" changed to "animal"]
• ["and and" changed to "and"]
• [Period added after "fellow"]
• [Closing quote added after "songs."]
• ["prepetual" changed to "perpetual"]
• ["aminals" changed to "animals"]
• ["suprise" changed to "surprise"]
• ["are are" replaced with "are"]
• [Single quote added after "pieces."]
• [Comma changed to period after "scrofula"]
• ["docter" changed to "doctor"]
• ["possesssion" changed to "possession"]
• ["warmeth" changed to "warmth"]
• [New paragraph started at "The Man."]
• [Quote added after "contented."]
• [Comma changed to a period after "plainly"]
• [Hyphen added between "the" and "lantern"]
• ["sweatmeats" changed to "sweetmeats"]
• [Capitalized "because"]
• [Quote added after "consequence."]
• [Quote added after "himself."]
• [Quote added after "be?"]
• ["appeard" changed to "appeared"]
• ["imagaine" changed to "imagine"]
• ["ncessaries" changed to "necessaries"]
• ["determinded" changed to "determined"]
• ["prosposal" changed to "proposal"]
• [Quotation mark added before "that"]
• ["accidently" changed to "accidentally"]
• ["connot" changed to "cannot"]
• [Question mark changed to a period after "houses"]
• [Quote added after "this,"]
• ["Syracse" changed to "Syracuse"]
• [Quotation mark added after "madam,"]
• [Period added after "Barlow"]
• ["formely" changed to "formerly"]
• ["harpsicord" changed to "harpsichord"]
• ["artifical" changed to "artificial"]
• ["to to" changed to "to"]
• ["digusted" changed to "disgusted"]
• [Changed "admist" to "amidst"]
• ["huried" changed to "hurried"]
• ["accidently" changed to "accidentally"]
• ["While" rendered in smallcaps as first word in a chapter]
• [Quotation mark moved to after the dash]
• ["inbibed" changed to "imbibed"]
• [Single quote removed after "hospitality."]
• [Single quote removed after "children"]
• [Single quote removed after "natives"]
• [Single quote removed after "tribute."]
• [Additional single quote added after "Arabians.'"]
• ["contenance" changed to "countenance"]
• [ Double quote followed by a single quote reversed after "yoke"]
• [Single quote changed to a double quote after "question?"]
• [Quote added after "rich."]
• [Quote added after "with."]
• [Single quote added after "this,"]
• [Comma moved to within the single quote after "resolution"]
• ["continned" changed to "continued"]
• ["and and" changed to "and"]
• ["harships" changed to "hardships"]
• [Quote added before "The"]
• [Quote removed before "'I"]
• ["he" changed to "she"]
• [Comma changed to a period after "power"]
• [Single quote added after "mouse,"]
• ["exorting" changed to "exhorting"]
• ["quanity" changed to "quantity"]
• ["protend" changed to "portend"]
• ["Tom my" changed to "Tommy"]
• ["suprised" changed to "surprised"]
• [Quote added after "miner?"]
• [Comma changed to a period after "industry"]
• [Quote added after "things?"]