Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6450 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dulnessdullness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 864 times in 429 works
Consistency: 100% (864 of 864)
Reach if approved: ~908 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dullness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 864 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (864 changes in 429 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 864)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… if you will ſpend your ſelf only in one duty, there will grow a dulneſsdullness and deadneſs upon you; but if you exerciſe your ſelf according to that variety …
With rule
… if you will ſpend your ſelf only in one duty, there will grow a dulneſsdullness and deadneſs upon you; but if you exerciſe your ſelf according to that variety …
William Bridge · Eight Sermons · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Aristotle, the hurries of delight even in the very wicked weary themselves into a dulnessdullness, and die into a sadness; the intemperances rejolt in bitter risings, and the more …
With rule
… Aristotle, the hurries of delight even in the very wicked weary themselves into a dulnessdullness, and die into a sadness; the intemperances rejolt in bitter risings, and the more …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his warning, ſtir up your ſelves, bethink your ſelves, recover your ſelves from this dulneſsdullness and deadneſs of heart; ſeek the Lord earneſtly, ſerve the Lord inſtantly; no more …
With rule
… his warning, ſtir up your ſelves, bethink your ſelves, recover your ſelves from this dulneſsdullness and deadneſs of heart; ſeek the Lord earneſtly, ſerve the Lord inſtantly; no more …
Richard Alleine · A Rebuke to Backsliders and a Spur for Loiterers · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we must carry with us the remnants of our corrupted nature; our deadness, and dulnessdullness, our selfishness and earthly minds, our impatience and discontents; and worst of all▪ our …
With rule
… we must carry with us the remnants of our corrupted nature; our deadness, and dulnessdullness, our selfishness and earthly minds, our impatience and discontents; and worst of all▪ our …
Richard Baxter · The Christians Converse with God · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and weary of ſin; weary of my fleſh, and weary of my darkneſs, and dulneſsdullness, and diſtance, and of this wicked blind, unrighteous, and confounded World! And whither ſhould …
With rule
… and weary of ſin; weary of my fleſh, and weary of my darkneſs, and dulneſsdullness, and diſtance, and of this wicked blind, unrighteous, and confounded World! And whither ſhould …
Richard Baxter · Dying Thoughts Upon Philippians 1:23 · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. If I muſt pardon your DulneſsDullness, you muſt pardon my Chriſtianity (or chuſe) who believe that there is no ſuch …
With rule
2. If I muſt pardon your DulneſsDullness, you muſt pardon my Chriſtianity (or chuſe) who believe that there is no ſuch …
Richard Baxter · The Imputation of Christs Righteousness · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
Up then my ſoul, and ſhake off thy unbelief and dulneſsdullness; Look up, and long, and meet thy Lord. The more thou art afraid of …
With rule
Up then my ſoul, and ſhake off thy unbelief and dulneſsdullness; Look up, and long, and meet thy Lord. The more thou art afraid of …
Richard Baxter · A Treatise of Death · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
Such indeed is the dulneſsdullness of Mankind, that, hearing all was but vanity, they might condemn every thing as …
With rule
Such indeed is the dulneſsdullness of Mankind, that, hearing all was but vanity, they might condemn every thing as …
Simon Patrick · The Book of Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon Paraphrased · Open in the reader

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