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Transcriber's notes:
(1) Characters following a carat (^) were printed in superscript.
(2) Side-notes were relocated to function as titles of their respective
paragraphs.
(3) Macrons and breves above letters and dots below letters were not
inserted.
(4) The following typographical errors have been corrected:
ARTICLE ENGLISH HISTORY: "Though he disguised himself, he was
detected by his old enemy and imprisoned." 'himself' amended from
'himelf'.
ARTICLE ENGLISH HISTORY: "Having so done they dispersed, not
guessing that Lancaster had yielded so easily because he was set on
undoing their work the moment that they were gone." 'Lancaster'
amended from 'Lancester'.
ARTICLE ENGLISH HISTORY: "... but purely and solely to attaint his
brother, the duke of Clarence, whom he had resolved to destroy."
'the duke' was missing.
ARTICLE ENGLISH HISTORY: "... so as to appeal to the
constituencies, which did not always share in the passions of their
representatives." 'the' appeared twice.
ARTICLE ENGLISH HISTORY: "The arrogant spirit of Englishmen made
them contemptuous towards the colonists, and the desire to thrust
taxation upon others than themselves made the new colonial
legislation popular." 'contemptuous' amended from 'comtemptuous'.
ARTICLE ENGLISH HISTORY: "... and was surprised by the Zulus while
reconnoitering, created a deep and unfortunate impression."
'reconnoitering' amended from 'reconnoitring'.
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