1
The present text is taken from the perfect copy mentioned above.
2
Our present text deals with the latter of these two classes.
3
The present text is based on that of the quarto edition (vol.
4
The present text is a reproduction of the Brussels MS. plus lengthening of contractions.
5
The present text is that of the 1768 quarto edition.
6
The present text is taken from the Sangamon Journal.
7
In many cases a passage has alternative continuations which follow one another in the present text.
8
The tempers enjoined in our present text are the inward source and fountain of such external bestowments.
9
Since this theme will be developed elsewhere in the present text, We shall leave it for the moment.
10
Our present text constitutes the general introduction to the great picture which follows, of 'the panoply of God.'
11
The present text is based on that prefixed to the edition of "The Swearer's Bank," 1720.
12
After all, he is the author of the original poem, of which the present text is merely a translation.
13
The present text is based on the original edition of 1737 collated with that given by Sir Walter Scott.
14
The present text is very imperfect, being corrupted by the interpolation of glosses and other additions by later hands.
15
In the present text the later form has, as a rule, been adopted, the other being given in a footnote.
16
Were it not for the fear of unduly lengthening the present text, We would cite these borrowings one by one.
