tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post3324057256236263750..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Be still ... it's ham tragedyRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-39517087995735065132009-11-19T09:38:05.238-08:002009-11-19T09:38:05.238-08:00You've been had by GB, which doesn't yet h...You've been had by GB, which doesn't yet handle long s correctly. Searching <a href="http://books.google.com/books?lr=&as_brr=0&q=%22ftill+my+beating+heart%22&btnG=Search+Books&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1774" rel="nofollow">"ftill my beating heart"</a> gives half a dozen other instances pre-1775, but pre-1705 the closest you get is <a href="http://books.google.com/books?rview=0&q=%22ftill+my+*++heart%22&btnG=Search+Books&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1705" rel="nofollow">a Wesleyan hymn misdated to 1702</a>, in which the Prince of life ftills one's fluttering heart.<br><br>Of course this will all be automated in about 2 weeks time and we'll have to find some other way to amuse ourselves.trevorhttp://oreneta.com/kalebeulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-60942496883398291222009-11-19T10:07:59.213-08:002009-11-19T10:07:59.213-08:00Oh, excellent. Well done, sir.this will all be aut...Oh, excellent. Well done, sir.<br><br><i>this will all be automated in about 2 weeks time</i><br><br>Be still, my beating heart!Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-79172271827810496202009-11-19T12:03:49.791-08:002009-11-19T12:03:49.791-08:00Engrossing, as always!I do love other people's...Engrossing, as always!<br><br>I do love other people's research...Felixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-60537844424145048722009-11-19T15:11:55.421-08:002009-11-19T15:11:55.421-08:00Although the algorithmists are catching up with us...Although the algorithmists are catching up with us, it's still possible to waste immense amounts of time enjoyably with this kind of thing. However, "when" is a mere dolly-step on the road to perdition. "Why"--as in, for example, why do some popular Restoration+ phrases immediately take hold in Dutch, while others (like this one) take decades years to cross the Channel?--gets us considerably closer. Google may destroy all our businesses, but I'll starve with a smile on my face.trevorhttp://oreneta.com/kalebeulnoreply@blogger.com