"Misspelling" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... present spelling is inferior to the old, inasmuch as it suggests a hybrid formation, as though the word were made up of the Latin 'insula', and the Saxon 'land'. It is quite true that 'isle' is in relation with, and descent from, 'insula', 'isola', 'ile'; and hence probably the misspelling of 'island'. This last however has nothing to do with 'insula', being identical with the German 'eiland', the Anglo-Saxon 'ealand'{251} and signifying the sea-land, or land girt, round with the sea. And it is worthy of note that this 's' ...
— English Past and Present • Richard Chenevix Trench
... and at that time de Sequeira was absent at the Red Sea. His description of the siege of Raichur and the great battle in the vicinity clearly seems to have been taken from the chronicle of Nuniz. It follows the latter blindly, even in the misspelling of names, and therefore is really of no greater value. When, however, Barros comes to deal with the acquisition of the mainlands of Goa,[225] he is dependent on other information, and gives a much more detailed account. The time is clearly fixed. After the battle ...
— A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India • Robert Sewell |
