Quote Misspelling

Anastasia Beaverhausen · #1 10-01-2005, 04:55 AM

For there are two main obstacles to the knowledge of things, modesty that casts a mist before the understanding, and fear that having fanci’d a danger, disswades us from the attempt. But from these folly sufficiently frees us, and few there are that rightly understand of what great advantage it is to blush at nothing and attempt every thing.
~ Desiderius Erasmus ~

Disswades? Of all people. Liv..

livius drusus · #2 10-01-2005, 04:58 AM

Anybody can submit quotes, CC. That particular error isn't mine to claim, although it will be mine to fix.

Or not... I just checked. Turns out, they talked funny in Mr. Erasmus' day. :chuckle:

Petra · #3 10-01-2005, 05:34 AM

I think I may have submitted that quote. I know I submitted some Erasmus quotes, and the archaic language and spelling is definitely correct. :cool:

Ymir's blood · #4 10-01-2005, 05:41 AM

I started reading The Italian by Ann Radcliffe a few days ago. It's kind of strange seeing the 'non standard' spelling of some words, especially since it isn't the same each time a with a particular word.