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Turnbull perpetuates 1670's misprint of 'in' for 'with' in line 2, and adds one of his own in line 26, by misprinting 'guest' for 'guests.'

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Mr. Westcott's book confuses this portion of his chronology by misprinting two or three dates, on the 113th page.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various

The secret feuds of suppressing, misplacing, and misprinting, which it has carried on against us, have long deserved that this declaration should be held in honorable remembrance, and that continuously.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

The folio 1632 misprinted "surely" surly, as, in Julius C�sar, Act I. Sc. 3., it committed the opposite blunder, by misprinting "surly" surely.

From Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

Also where the employment or omission of a capital is plainly due to misprinting, as too frequently in the 1673 edition, I silently make the correction.

From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John