[This text] includes characters that require UTF-8 (Unicode) file encoding,including:
Ȝ ȝ (yogh: very common)
⁊ (Tironian ampersand)
ā ē ī ō ū (vowels with macron)
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The combinations m~, n~ and d~ represent letters with a decorative curl. Brackets are in the original.
The author’s father was James Murray of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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