Read full poem →vol. iv. p. 421; nine 7-line stanzas. In st. 3, _tree_ rimes with _profer_;
but _tree_ is an obvious misprint for _cofer_! In st. 5, the gerund _to
lie_ (Ch. _ly-e_) rimes with _honestie_ (Ch. _honestee_). This is quite
Dictionary Entry
An accidental mistake in print.
In a Sentence
“When I wrote to you saying "You're going to catch a cod if you spend all night fishing", there was a misprint. I meant to say "You're going to catch a cold."”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. misprinthere misprintmisprint obviousmisprint meremisprint evidentmisprint one
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Poetry examples for “misprint”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Bk. iv. pr. 6. 188, 189. Cx. and some dispyse that they mowe not here
(_misprint for_ bere). MSS. C. and A. omit this clause.
Read full poem →Note: 6 content] Manuscript reads concent as does the Second
Edition; so that content is probably a misprint.
Read full poem →appears in the unauthorized version of the _London Magazine_ (March,
1751), where it may be a misprint, like the others noted above.
Read full poem →sometimes difficult to decide whether a later reading--a change of a
plural to a singular, or like trivial variation--is a misprint or the
author's correction of an earlier misprint. I have done the best I