for 32 days, i am showing samples of the problems with the text in e-books from the internet archive... *** today's example is again from our friend from baltimore, edgar allen poe, this time volume 7 of his collected works. here's the scan for page 185:
http://www.archive.org/stream/worksofedgaralle07poee#page/185
here's the o.c.r. for the whole book:
http://ia341325.us.archive.org/3/items/worksofedgaralle07poee/worksofedgaral... and here's the o.c.r. for page 185:
BON-BON 185
called my souL (Signed) A . . . /'* (Here his Majesty repeated a name which I do not feel myself justified in indicating more un- equivocally.)
* * A clever fellow that, ' ' resumed he ; * * but like you, Monsieur Bon-Bon, he was mistaken about the soul. The soul a shadow, truly! The soul a shadow ; Ha ! ha ! ha ! — he ! he ! he ! — hu ! hu ! uu ! Only think of a fricasseed shadow ! ' '
**Only think — hiccup! — of a fricasseed shad- ow!" exclaimed our hero, whose faculties were becoming much illuminated by the profundity of his Majesty's discourse.
**Only think of a — hiccup !—fricasseeaf shad- ow ! ! Now, damme ! — hiccup ! — humph ! If / would have been such a — hiccup ! — ^nincom- poop ! My soul, Mr. — humph ! ' '
* * Your soul, Monsieur Bon-Bon ? ' '
*'Yes, sir — hiccup! — my soul is **
**What, sir?"
*'iVo shadow, damme!"
**Did you mean to say "
**Yes, sir, my soul is — hiccup! — humph! — yes,
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Did you not intend to assert-
My soul is — hiccup! — peculiarly qualified
for — hiccup ! — a "
**What, sir?"
*'Stew."
**Ha!"
**Soufflee."
**Eh!"
• (iu«ry. — Arouet?
well... sorry... but no heavy analysis today... i dunno... this page just made me shake my head and laugh... -bowerbird