Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7359 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shaddowsshadows

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 172 times in 113 works
Consistency: 86.8% (172 of 198)
Reach if approved: ~208 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shadows
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 198 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (172 changes in 113 works, 86.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 172)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… us doubtleſs to a right object, being Schoolmaſters to lead us unto Chriſt, and ſhaddowsshadows whereof he is the ſubſtance: As alſo to that office in him (who is …
With rule
… us doubtleſs to a right object, being Schoolmaſters to lead us unto Chriſt, and ſhaddowsshadows whereof he is the ſubſtance: As alſo to that office in him (who is …
Richard Baxter · Of Justification · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all the pleaſures of ſin are counterfeit pleaſures, they are but the ſhapes and ſhaddowsshadows of pleaſure, they are the ſeeds of future grief, they are but an earneſt …
With rule
… all the pleaſures of ſin are counterfeit pleaſures, they are but the ſhapes and ſhaddowsshadows of pleaſure, they are the ſeeds of future grief, they are but an earneſt …
Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 361 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wicked man is hidden from himſelf, and 'tis his work to prepare darkneſs and ſhaddowsshadows of death to cover his dead works from God. But there is no darkneſs …
With rule
… wicked man is hidden from himſelf, and 'tis his work to prepare darkneſs and ſhaddowsshadows of death to cover his dead works from God. But there is no darkneſs …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 32-24 · p. 669 · Open in the reader
Printed
… expression of a vain and useless act. But seeing the dead are sometimes tearmed shaddowsshadows, umbrae, to fall foul on them, without absolute necessity, is an act, not onely …
With rule
… expression of a vain and useless act. But seeing the dead are sometimes tearmed shaddowsshadows, umbrae, to fall foul on them, without absolute necessity, is an act, not onely …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gen. 3. and more and more manifeſted under the promiſes and the darker types and ſhaddowsshadows of the Law, till at laſt it came to its meridian and full diſcovery …
With rule
… Gen. 3. and more and more manifeſted under the promiſes and the darker types and ſhaddowsshadows of the Law, till at laſt it came to its meridian and full diſcovery …
William Hicks · The Revelation Revealed · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… on her Wedding Garment? That Day is coming, O my ſoul! when will the ſhaddowsshadows flee away, when will Days and Nights be all at an end, when will …
With rule
… on her Wedding Garment? That Day is coming, O my ſoul! when will the ſhaddowsshadows flee away, when will Days and Nights be all at an end, when will …
James Janeway · Death Unstung · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the other (like them that are ſicke of light frenzies) laugh at their owne ſhaddowsshadows, and at their owne fancies and vaine conceits.
With rule
… the other (like them that are ſicke of light frenzies) laugh at their owne ſhaddowsshadows, and at their owne fancies and vaine conceits.
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 257 · Open in the reader
Printed
… light of the common Sun. And this light seems much to fail, and the shaddowsshadows of the evening are stretched out: and the Sun is like to set upon …
With rule
… light of the common Sun. And this light seems much to fail, and the shaddowsshadows of the evening are stretched out: and the Sun is like to set upon …
Joseph Alleine · Remains of Joseph Alleine · p. 75 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Dying Thoughts Upon Philippians 1:23 A26921

Printed
… no conceivable ſubject matter to work upon; the viſible things of Earth are the ShaddowsShadows, the Cobwebs, the Bubbles, the Shews, Mummerries, and Maſques: and it is loving them …
With rule
… no conceivable ſubject matter to work upon; the viſible things of Earth are the ShaddowsShadows, the Cobwebs, the Bubbles, the Shews, Mummerries, and Maſques: and it is loving them …
Richard Baxter · Dying Thoughts Upon Philippians 1:23 · p. 353 · Open in the reader

Dwelling with God A29932

Printed
ShaddowsShadows well mounted, dreams in a Career,
With rule
ShaddowsShadows well mounted, dreams in a Career,
John Bryan · Dwelling with God · p. 101 · Open in the reader

The Pilgrims Progress A30170

Printed
By Types, ShaddowsShadows and Metaphors? Yet loth
With rule
By Types, ShaddowsShadows and Metaphors? Yet loth
John Bunyan · The Pilgrims Progress · Open in the reader

The Apostolical History A34868

Printed
… They truſted in Chriſt Jeſus alone, as the Subſtance of all the Types and ShaddowsShadows in the Old Teſtament, and rejoiced in him, as the only and all-ſufficient …
With rule
… They truſted in Chriſt Jeſus alone, as the Subſtance of all the Types and ShaddowsShadows in the Old Teſtament, and rejoiced in him, as the only and all-ſufficient …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 328 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Godhead dwelleth bodily, that is, perſonally, and ſubtantially, in oppoſition to the ShaddowsShadows and Types of the Old Teſtament. For God is ſaid, in the Old Teſtament …
With rule
… of the Godhead dwelleth bodily, that is, perſonally, and ſubtantially, in oppoſition to the ShaddowsShadows and Types of the Old Teſtament. For God is ſaid, in the Old Teſtament …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 337 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to dwell in the Tabernacle, Ark of the Covenant, and Temple, as in the ShaddowsShadows and Figures of Chriſts humane Nature, which he was to take on him, in …
With rule
… to dwell in the Tabernacle, Ark of the Covenant, and Temple, as in the ShaddowsShadows and Figures of Chriſts humane Nature, which he was to take on him, in …
Samuel Cradock · The Apostolical History · p. 337 · Open in the reader

The Revelation Revealed A43727

Printed
… the Word of truth: For what have we to do with Legal Types and ShaddowsShadows, which are long ſince putrified in their graves? And we may ſay of them …
With rule
… the Word of truth: For what have we to do with Legal Types and ShaddowsShadows, which are long ſince putrified in their graves? And we may ſay of them …
William Hicks · The Revelation Revealed · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have the Anti-type, Chriſt himſelf, the true ſubſtance of all Judaical Types and ShaddowsShadows, who is the ſole Lord of his houſe, and Head of his church, who …
With rule
… have the Anti-type, Chriſt himſelf, the true ſubſtance of all Judaical Types and ShaddowsShadows, who is the ſole Lord of his houſe, and Head of his church, who …
William Hicks · The Revelation Revealed · p. 88 · Open in the reader

The Temple of Solomon Portrayed A49971

Printed
… his face more fully, and more gloriouſly. Then was the night of Ceremonies and ShaddowsShadows; but now 'tis ſpent, nay the dawning of the day hath opened its ruddy …
With rule
… his face more fully, and more gloriouſly. Then was the night of Ceremonies and ShaddowsShadows; but now 'tis ſpent, nay the dawning of the day hath opened its ruddy …
Samuel Lee · The Temple of Solomon Portrayed · Open in the reader