Page 139. The note gives the sense, but the corresponding passage in the
text would stand clearer thus: "not a noble heart, by any means; for
such things Le Baut's golden key, though bored like a cannon, could
fasten rather."
Page 179. A note required: the passage of Shakspeare is, "Antony and
Cleopatra," Act V., Scene 2:--
"His face was as the heavens; and therein stuck
A sun and moon; which kept their course, and lighted
The little O, the earth."
_Territory of an old lady_ should be "prayer of an old lady." _Gebet_,
not _Gebiet_.
Page 209. _Eirunde Loch_ would be better represented by its anatomical
equivalent, _foramen ovale_. It should be closed before birth; in the
rare cases where it is left open after birth, the child lives half
asphyxiated.
Page 224, note. _Semperfreie_ is not from the Latin, but comes from
_sendbarfreie_, that is, eligible, free to be sent or elected to
offices, and consequently, immediately subject to the _Reich_, or Holy
Roman Empire.
Page 235. An _Odometer_ is an apparatus for measuring distances
travelled by whatsoever vehicle.
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