Lexicographical Neighbors of Miswrit
Literary usage of Miswrit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... has used this word, unless it be miswrit- ten for vaults. T is he '. \ feel
him now in ev'ry part; Like a new world he vaunts about my heart. ..."
2. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1899)
"... is apparently miswrit- ing of Kn'py (E unv;) ; cf. S 22". — On pirs see Ew., §
165 b, Stade, § 3041-, Preuschen, in ZAT., 1895, ar"d Oe. ..."
3. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... printed book with the arch- ' bishop's MS., an original of ' them : only in
article the ' fourth, in the archbishop's MS., the name Axlon is " miswrit ..."
4. The History of the Life and Acts of the Most Reverend Father in God, Edmund by John Strype (1821)
"From my house at London, the 27th of " April 1576, [miswrit for 1577.] "
Your friend, " Tho. Yale." Now did the Queen herself in the beginning of May send ..."
5. The Life and Acts of John Whitgift, D.D., the Third and Last Lord Archbishop by John Strype (1822)
"... article the 4th in the Archbishop's MS. the name Axton is miswrit Acton, in
the transcript. And at article the 13th, the last clause there is made a new ..."
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