FOOTNOTES:[A]See New-York Police Reports.[B]Moss. We had always taken this word, so common in New-York, to be pure and choice Manhattanese, and thought our cockney friend was at fault: but on looking up the authorities, we find that oneShakspere, a person of quondam reputation, has used the same word in the same way.Ed. Knickerbocker.[C]'Or fu mai Gente si vana come la Sanese?'—Dante.[D]A modest line borrowed from DoctorJohnson's'Irene.'
[A]See New-York Police Reports.
[A]See New-York Police Reports.
[B]Moss. We had always taken this word, so common in New-York, to be pure and choice Manhattanese, and thought our cockney friend was at fault: but on looking up the authorities, we find that oneShakspere, a person of quondam reputation, has used the same word in the same way.Ed. Knickerbocker.
[B]Moss. We had always taken this word, so common in New-York, to be pure and choice Manhattanese, and thought our cockney friend was at fault: but on looking up the authorities, we find that oneShakspere, a person of quondam reputation, has used the same word in the same way.
Ed. Knickerbocker.
[C]'Or fu mai Gente si vana come la Sanese?'—Dante.
[C]'Or fu mai Gente si vana come la Sanese?'—Dante.
[D]A modest line borrowed from DoctorJohnson's'Irene.'
[D]A modest line borrowed from DoctorJohnson's'Irene.'
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Minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.
Mismatched quotes are not fixed if it's not sufficiently clear where the missing quote should be placed.
The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.