[Milton-L] RE: The two-handed engine yet one more once

[FLANNAGAN, ROY]

Sorry for the mundane information, but "tow" was for some odd reason Milton's preferred spelling for "two," and it is one of those habits that he is fairly consistent with in holograph material, as with "parlament."
 
Roy Flannagan

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From: milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu on behalf of Michael Gillum
Sent: Sat 11/22/2008 12:59 PM
To: milton-l
Subject: Re: [Milton-L] RE: The two-handed engine yet one more once




On 11/22/08 12:26 PM, "Schwartz, Louis" <lschwart at richmond.edu> wrote:

> Maybe he meant to write "tow-headed?"  A flaxen blonde machine?  A great, big
> alluvial sandbar at the mouth of the swift Hebrus?

----Sounds like a Bentley emendation.

If we consider the most common meaning of "smite," it seems like the engine
ought to be capable of striking a blow, which keys, scales, shears, and
sheep-hooks would not be much good for. (It is true, though, that the Deity
smites in various ways only metaphorically connected to striking blows.)


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