as if, if. Pinks. dili rain.
- obliguo imping es as if
if et noe o not
till enhet I 1 - , as if
If we - make this Observation;
they design’d to give some disturbance to 2 - the Grass be Rotted, tangled or clung together.
Also a Term or
Gravelled, and to look after Sheep
apply’d to Herbs,
when they grow as if
if the Weather prove Rainy,
lest the they were Plaited together;
as Matted Rot surprize them. - Pinks. 3
- I was informed
[that this play having been once acted, this personage when he came upon the stage ] appeared double, as if
if the real 4 - may dili rain de novo; as if
If distress die 5 - supernatu umph, which [ ] as if
if they knew the Hawkesburies 6 - as if
if therefore 7 - was much the same as if
If he were totally unacquainted with 8 - the blood of the first purchaser; as if
If a man hath issue 9 - as much as if
if the 10 - reduction of their issues,
as may be made without producing public inconvenience. —
as: “if - If 11 - of as if ( if within twenty days ) to these 12
- his own interest: as if,
if it was entered into 13 - added to the discompo dicated
as much as if
if you will sure of 14 - the same as deeply as if
if I contract with 15 - nach as, as soon as, as if, if, however, till, untill, though, unless, when, while,
ftatt des Verbi finiti gebraucht, 16 - as if
if any person within any 17 - for ever, as if this were their rest and portion, and as if
If any of our fallen race desire 18 - “as if” if it shall be considered expedient 19
- now without them; as if
if they can that did it, for I neither can nor will. 20 - clearness and transparency (as if
If it be bloody, there is probably a degree filtered) 21 - And yet, [ ] after a pause, “I feel as if — if I were a while [ ],
and leaves rustling over 22 - numb and as if !
if the heart was constricted.
bound 23 - as if if
had gone to sleep. Illic-an. 24 - As if were if break-ing As if
if break-ing hearts [ ] As if
if 25 - the collocation of the words, the expression summarily, be the same in all respects as if
“if any” refers to 26 - duties as if if 27
- As if
if it was
As if
if it was for anything but 28 - as if “if” was the word?—Yes. [ ] If they treat it as meaning
“if,” [ ], which is nonsense. 29 - I feel as if
if I hadn’t 30
sources (through 1923); some (two) from 1923-39
- OCR confusions at scan of mss, Logica maior Aristotelico-Thomistica (BSB Clm 27849 b; 1694) : 1178
Bavarian State Library copy, digitized July 17, 2014 - OCR cross-column jump, ex The British Apollo, or, Curious amusements for the ingenious. To which are added the most material occurences foreign and domestick. (London, December 1st. to 3rd., 1708) : 46
wonderful index to this volume, which is discussed (with other advice columns and their forebears, Daniel Defoe’s Little Review among them) at wikipedia - OCR cross-column misread (entries for “Matted” and “May”) in Dictonarium Rusticum, Urbanicum & Botanicum. Or, a Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, Commerce, and all Sorts of Country-Affairs. Volume II. Illustrated with a great Number of Cutts. (Third edition, revised... London, 1726) : 65
by John Worlidge (1640-1700 *) and Nathan Bailey (d1742 *) - OCR misread (showthrough noise), ex Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “An Epistle to Mr. D’Alembert,” in The Works of J. J. Rousseau (Vol. 3, of five, London 1767) : 174
- OCR cross-column misread (for “distrain”), &.c., at Thomas Leach. Modern Reports, Or, Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of King’s Bench, Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchquer, Volume the twelfth. Third edition, corrected. (London, 1796) : 646
- OCR cross-column misread, at Cobbett’s Annual Register (December 18, 1802) : 795-96
- OCR cross-column jump, at “Trial of Thomas Whitebread, and others, for High Treason” (1679) in Cobbett’s Complete Collection of State Trials... Vol. 7 (1810) : 319-20
- ex “Debate in the Commons on Mr. Fox’s Motion for Leave to bring in his East India Bills. A. D. 1783,” in The Parliamentary History of England... vol 23 (tenth of May 1782, to the first of December 1783); (Hansard, London, 1814) : 1187-1213 (1195-96)
aside —
the State assuming debt of (and responsibilities of/for) the East India Company, and entanglements in / entrapment of the subcontinent... - OCR cross-column misread, at Thomas Walter Williams. A Compendious and Comprehensive Law Dictionary; elucidating the terms, and general principles of law and equity (London, 1816) : at Discent [sic]
- ibid. (1816), similar misread at Bill of Exchange
- OCR misread, show-through confusion, at “Second report on the expediency of the bank resuming cash payments” in The Pamphleteer 14 (London, 1819) : 24
- Letter from L.S. re: Dr. Tomlinson’s Library, &c., in The Newcastle Magazine 4:1 (March 1821) : 393-396 (394)
- ex Chapter 14, “Of a Lease,” in William Sheppard, The Touchstone of Common Assurances being a plain and familiar Treatise on Conveyancing. With copious notes, and a table of cases cited therein; to which is added, an appendix, and an extensive analytical index (by Edmond Gibson Atherley). 8th edn, Vol. 1 (London, 1826) : 270
- ex “The Delights of a London Omnibus.” in The Bath and West of England Magazine (For March, 1836) : 88-90
- OCR cross-column misread, at “Maxims of the Law. Law Tracts,” in The Works of Lord Bacon, with an introductory essay, and a portrait. Vol. 1 (of 2; London, 1837) : 544-570 (556)
- ex notes to “My Fellow Clerk. A farce in one act,” by John Oxenford, in K.F.A.P. Thornhill, Englisches lesebuch, oder, Antleitung um auf die leichtfasslichste Weise das Englische schreiben und sprechen zu lernen... (Stuttgart, 1839) : 17 (similar at p44)
- OCR cross-column misread, at definition of “Embezzlement,” in John Bouvier, A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States of America, and of the several states of the Amerian union; with references to the civil and other systems of foreign law. Vol. 2 (of 2; Philadelphia, 1839) : 358
on John Bouvier (1787-1851), consult wikipedia; in addition to being jurist and legal lexicographer, he was father of Hannah Mary Bouvier Peterson (1811-70 *), author of books on science, astronomy and cookery. - OCR cross-column misread, notes to James, chapter v, in Thomas Scott (1747-1821 *), The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments... with explanatory notes, practical observations, and copious marginal references. Vol. 6 (London, 1839) : 415
- OCR cross-column jump, at “To the People of the State of North Carolina” (concerning handling and treatment of Black “servants”)
in Volume of Speeches Delivered in Congress, 1840, Including Discussions of the Independent Treasury Bill, the Extension of the Cumberland Road, the Bankruptcy Bill, and Other Matters of National Finances (Stanford copy; 1840) : 6 - OCR cross-column misread/jump, at Richard Baxter, “Gildas Salvianus. The Reformed Pastor; showing the nature of the pastoral work; especially in private instruction and catechizing: with an open confession of our too open sins. Prepared for a day of humilation kept at Worcester, December 4, 1655...”
in The Practical Works of Richard Baxter : With a Preface, giving some account of the author, and of this edition of his practical works; and essay on his genius, works, and times; and a portrait. Vol. 4 (of 4; London, 1854) 353-484 (410)
on Richard Baxter (1615-91) consult wikipedia - snippet view, evidently OCR cross-column misread at The Homoeopathic Echo : A Journal of Health and Disease (1855) : 200
- snippet view, evidently OCR cross-column misread at Cassell’s Family Magazine (1875) : 163
the whole —
And yet , “ Oh ! no , ” she answered , gravely , and for a little she continued after a pause , “ I feel as if — if I were a while both Amy and Winifred sat in silence , with the man I should choose some particular occupation , and leaves rustling over ... - OCR cross-column misread, at Lectures on Diseases of the Heart : With a Materia Medica of the New Heart Remedies. By Edwin M(oses). Hale., with A Repertory of Heart Symptoms by E. R. Snader. Third edition, greatly enlarged. (Philadelphia, 1889) : 338
something on Hale (1829-99) at sueyounghistories - OCR misread of “if” for “it,” ex entry “The Face. Sen / Sensation,” in William D(aniel). Gentry (1836-1922?), his The Concordance Repertory of the More Characteristic Symptoms of the Materia Medica. Vol. 1 (New York, 1890) : 800
- OCR confusion over musical score, “The Swan and the Skylark, Cantata.” The words by Hemans, Keats, and Shelley; the music composed by Arthur Goring Thomas (posthumous work)
(London and New York, 1894) : 49
score at IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project)
on Arthur Goring Thomas (1850-92), see wikipedia - OCR cross-column misread, ex Justice of the Peace (London; April 23, 1898) : 272
- OCR cross-column jump, ex “In re John Scott, Jun. (Deceased).” January 27, 1900. The Weekly Reporter 48 (1900) : 208
- ex Horace Traubel, “I’m just talking all the time about love,” in The Conservator 21:5 (Philadelphia, July 1910) : 68-70 (69)
some OCR cross-column confusion, involving these lines —
As if if it was for anything but just love the whole and be deceived : business would not go to pieces : And so I am gagged and bound and put into
As if if it was for anything but just love it could prison ...
for Horace Traubel (1858-1919) consult wikipedia - regarding “Clause 87” ?
ex preview snippet (only), Sessional Papers (House of Lords), Volume 6 (1926) : 44 - 30
ex Fiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine (1936)
full snippet preview —
he stopped , of cool has come instead . It ’ s a sort of then went on haltingly , you said you calm feeling I have , like floating wouldn ’ t have thought badly of me through heaven on a cloud . I feel as if if I hadn ’ t . . . ” I were dead , as if everything ...
—
as if,
if it’s not been said before — an aside or error in some out-of-the-way obscurity,
snatch of glanced breeze —
there’s nothing, and so nothing to report.
5 January 2021