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  • The second, if Dr. Kidd is right, may be an editorial failure to pick up a peculiarity in the original proofsheet.

    'The Scandal of Ulysses': An Exchange Adams, Robert M. 1988

  • I hoped before this to have reached my last proofsheet, but shall have two or three more yet.

    The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Carlyle, Thomas 1883

  • I did not tell him to whom the verses were written, because I thought is was not necessary, but I wish I had now power to prevent the mistake that may get into the proofsheet, and remain there if not corrected --. '

    The Life of John Clare Frederick Martin 1856

  • I hoped before this to have reached my last proofsheet, but shall have two or three more yet.

    The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • We could have printed a proofsheet and marked it up to make prints, but we thought we'd keep things simple.

    Imaging Resource News Page 2009

  • We could have printed a proofsheet and marked it up to make prints, but we thought we'd keep things simple.

    Imaging Resource News Page 2009

  • The drayman swearing at his horse; the tinman at his solder; the sewing-girl imprecating her tangled thread; the bricklayer cursing at his trowel; the carpenter at his plane; the sailor at the tackling; the merchant at the customer; the customer at the merchant; the printer at the miserable proofsheet; the accountant at the troublesome line of figures; -- swearing in the cellar and in the loft, before the counter and behind the counter, in the shop and on the street, in low saloon and fashionable bar-room.

    The Abominations of Modern Society 1867

  • I did not tell him to whom the verses were written, because I thought is was not necessary, but I wish I had now power to prevent the mistake that may get into the proofsheet, and remain there if not corrected ”. '

    The Life of John Clare Martin, Frederick, 1830-1883 1865

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