for 32 days, i am showing samples of the problems
with the text in e-books from the internet archive...

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once again, i love internet archive and its mission.

and when someone you love has a booger hanging
from their nose, you _tell_ them that's the situation,
so they won't go embarrassing themselves publicly.

that's what i'm doing here...

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today's example comes from "pride and prejudice",
which i'm sure you know is one of the most popular
downloads of all time for public-domain e-books...

here's the pagescan:
>   http://www.archive.org/stream/prideprejudicewi00austuoft#page/34

and here's the o.c.r. from that page:
>
>   34 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
>  
>   *Ur.>' Iv,' replied Darcj", (o whom tliis remark was chiefly
>  
>   addrcucu. [;.cic is meanness it " •' - arts whicii ladies sometimes
>   condescend to rturl,-'. (.-r I.- Wlutrvrt Ivars atfimiy
>  
>   (O cunning is i
>  
>   Mitj Binglc)- wii no( lo entirely utist;ed with this reply as to
>   continue the suhjca.
>  
>   ' ' • • â– â–  - i th.cm again only to uy that her sivter was
>  
>   ,, . : could niH lca\c l-.cr. Binglc)' urged Mr. Jones's
>  
>   being sent for immediately; uh.ilc hit utters, convinced that ik>
>   country adncc could be of any service, recommended an express
>   to f ' one of the most eminent physiciaru. Thii the would
>  
>   :• â– ' " • -'x was not so unwilling to comply with their
>  
>   , and It was settled that Mr. lones should l-'c
>   tent for eaily in the morning, if Miss Bennet u ere not decidedly
>   bcncr. Bingley was quite uixomfortable; his sisten declared
>   that the)- were misaable. The)- solaced their uteti "
>   howc\a, by duets after suppa, while he could find i.. . ^.vt
>   rcUefto his feelings than by giving his houickccjxrr direaioni that
>   c\cry possible attention might be paid to the tick lady and
>   her sisiCT.

no comment necessary, as that o.c.r. speaks for itself.

-bowerbird