ut the grief that preyed at his heart had wasted him to a skeleton
1851/70 ... to a mere skeleton
trusting in the mercy of his Creator through the merits of a Redeemer
1811ff ... the sufferings of a Redeemer
were loose and could easily be removed
1851/70 were loose and could be easily removed
every article of which he cut into narrow strips
1811 ... narrow slips
a piece of long timber
1811ff a long piece of timber
as useless encumbrances without his clothes
1811ff as a useless encumbrance ...
You must have experienced a severe gale indeed
1870 You have experienced ...
The sailor mused a few minutes
1870 The sailor mused for a few minutes
Alonzo entered it to see how the sick and disabled American prisoners
were treated
1811ff ... and disabled prisoners were treated
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were treated with much more humanity than those who were imprisoned
in America
1870 ... imprisoned at Halifax and other places in America
he now found that he had lost his leg
1870 he now discovered ...
it is possible I have been undesigningly accessory
1811ff ... undesignedly accessory
to render him more comfortable. Beauman replied that he was not: "For
the comforts of life," said he
1870 to make him more
1811ff the comforts of this life
1811 replied he
he would fall into incoherent mutterings
1851/70 ... muttering
a natural stone was placed at its head
1870 ... at his head
bearing a large trunk on his shoulder, and directing Alonzo
1811ff ... and directed Alonzo
not with a view to returning to America; he had yet no relish for
revisiting
1811ff of returning
1870 ... he had no relish for revisiting
Of this Alonzo gave a minute account
1811ff Of this Alonzo gave him a minute account
Alonzo enquired for the name to whom the note was addressed
1870 ... the man to whom ...
Alonzo gave his employer no room to complain
1870 ... no reason to complain
Alonzo dressed himself in deep mourning
1870 Alonzo dressed in deep mourning
he took it up and found it to be a curiously wrought purse
1870 ... a curious wrought purse
what he esteemed most invaluable
1811ff what he esteemed most valuable
Lost, between the hours of 9 and 10 last evening, in the _Rue de
Loire_
1811ff nine and ten ... Loir [_sic_]
had hitherto taken no notice of what had passed
1870 ... of what passed