Of the Imitation of Christ
Book Description
Duction to tl)t Ct Jition of 1872 Richard Whytford stranslation of the I mkatio Christi is one of the earliest of those published in this country. There can be no doubt that all lovers of archaeology would prefer to have the text given exactly as it stands in the original; but as this would have made the book practically useless to many, it has been deemed advisable to modernise the spelling. Thou...
MoreDuction to tl)t Ct Jition of 1872 Richard Whytford stranslation of the I mkatio Christi is one of the earliest of those published in this country. There can be no doubt that all lovers of archaeology would prefer to have the text given exactly as it stands in the original; but as this would have made the book practically useless to many, it has been deemed advisable to modernise the spelling. Though the punctuation has been freely changed, yet the text has been careftilly preserved, save where the overcrowding of particles rendered the meaning very obscure. For the guidance of those who are not well acquainted with the style of the sixteenth century, it may as well be mentioned that certain words were then used in a sense somewhat different from that in which they are at present employed. Thus, w Tyis generally used for can; but if for unless; or for before; andor in the sense of because. Throughout the book meekness invariably expresses humility. As these words occur very frequently they are not explained in notes, except where it is necessary to call the readers attention to them in order to save him the trouble of reading the sentence twice ;but some other obsolete words are marked, and the modern meaning is given at the foot of the page.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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