Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8494 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

happinesseshappiness

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 93 times in 69 works
Consistency: 86.1% (93 of 108)
Reach if approved: ~113 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 108 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (93 changes in 69 works, 86.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 93)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in heaven? how is heaven multiplied to every ſoule in heaven, where infinite other happineſſeshappiness are crowned with this, this fight, and this knowledge of God there? And how …
With rule
… in heaven? how is heaven multiplied to every ſoule in heaven, where infinite other happineſſeshappiness are crowned with this, this fight, and this knowledge of God there? And how …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cannot be numbred, and ſo great happineſſeshappiness as cannot be meaſured, and ſo copious happineſſeshappiness as cannot be defined, and ſuch precious happineſſeshappiness as cannot be valued, and if …
With rule
… cannot be numbred, and ſo great happineſſeshappiness as cannot be meaſured, and ſo copious happineſſeshappiness as cannot be defined, and ſuch precious happineſſeshappiness as cannot be valued, and if …
Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 320 · Open in the reader
Printed
THis Epistle is inscribed to Gaius, to whom the Apostle first wisheth all happinesseshappiness, then commends him for his zeal to the Truth, and hospitality to the Brethren …
With rule
THis Epistle is inscribed to Gaius, to whom the Apostle first wisheth all happinesseshappiness, then commends him for his zeal to the Truth, and hospitality to the Brethren …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader
Printed
… too much) with my own ignorance in our home Affairs, accounting it among the happinesseshappiness of my privacy and retiredness, in these unhappy times; that amidst so much fury …
With rule
… too much) with my own ignorance in our home Affairs, accounting it among the happinesseshappiness of my privacy and retiredness, in these unhappy times; that amidst so much fury …
Robert Sanderson · Eight Cases of Conscience · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… do no good unlesse thou have it from God. It was one of the happinesseshappiness of our Saviour that he was in favour with God and men; it was …
With rule
… do no good unlesse thou have it from God. It was one of the happinesseshappiness of our Saviour that he was in favour with God and men; it was …
James Ussher · Eighteen Sermons · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good condition. 'Tis poſſible for a man to poſſeſſe a great portion of outward happineſſeshappiness, and yet be unhappy in regard of his ſoule. The purſe may be full …
With rule
… good condition. 'Tis poſſible for a man to poſſeſſe a great portion of outward happineſſeshappiness, and yet be unhappy in regard of his ſoule. The purſe may be full …
Ralph Robinson · Christ All and in All · Open in the reader
Printed
… in my publick Miniſtry: And though I did account it one of the greateſt happineſſeshappiness under heaven, that God was pleaſed to uſe me in ſo honourable a ſervice …
With rule
… in my publick Miniſtry: And though I did account it one of the greateſt happineſſeshappiness under heaven, that God was pleaſed to uſe me in ſo honourable a ſervice …
Obadiah Sedgwick · The Riches of Grace Displayed · Open in the reader
Printed
… c. the first text hath in the plurall number be atitudines, the blessednesses or happinesseshappiness of the man: And Christ Jesus in his sermon upon the mount reckoneth out …
With rule
… c. the first text hath in the plurall number be atitudines, the blessednesses or happinesseshappiness of the man: And Christ Jesus in his sermon upon the mount reckoneth out …
William Struther · True Happiness · p. 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions A20631

Printed
… vnderualue him. Thus much must necessarily be presented to his remembrance, that those false HappinessesHappiness, which he hath in this World, haue their times, & their seasons, and their Critical …
With rule
… vnderualue him. Thus much must necessarily be presented to his remembrance, that those false HappinessesHappiness, which he hath in this World, haue their times, & their seasons, and their Critical …
John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 331 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is past,) if this Imaginary halfe-nothing, Tyme be of the Essence of our HappinessesHappiness, how can they be thought durable? Tyme is not so; How can they bee …
With rule
… is past,) if this Imaginary halfe-nothing, Tyme be of the Essence of our HappinessesHappiness, how can they be thought durable? Tyme is not so; How can they bee …
John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 331 · Open in the reader

Sermons A65074

Printed
Such are the HappineſſesHappiness of Iſrael, as do lift them up above all compare with any other people …
With rule
Such are the HappineſſesHappiness of Iſrael, as do lift them up above all compare with any other people …
Richard Vines · Sermons · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iſrael, as do lift them up above all compare with any other people. Thy HappineſſesHappiness, O Iſrael: who is like to thee, O people!
With rule
… Iſrael, as do lift them up above all compare with any other people. Thy HappineſſesHappiness, O Iſrael: who is like to thee, O people!
Richard Vines · Sermons · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Doct. Such are the HappineſsesHappiness of Iſrael, as do lift them up above all compare with any other people …
With rule
Doct. Such are the HappineſsesHappiness of Iſrael, as do lift them up above all compare with any other people …
Richard Vines · Sermons · p. 2 · Open in the reader