Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9890 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

smil'dsmiled

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 65 times in 48 works
Consistency: 95.5% (65 of 68)
Reach if approved: ~71 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: smiled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 68 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (65 changes in 48 works, 95.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 65)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Twins of Love, Eros & Anteros, that at once they wept, and at once they ſmil'dsmiled; they fell ſick together, and they recovered joyntly. Such are the Twins of Grace …
With rule
… Twins of Love, Eros & Anteros, that at once they wept, and at once they ſmil'dsmiled; they fell ſick together, and they recovered joyntly. Such are the Twins of Grace …
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 867 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will be true to those Professions and Engagements, which you made before He so smil'dsmiled upon you. God is trying whether you will not Confirm that Observation, in Jer …
With rule
… will be true to those Professions and Engagements, which you made before He so smil'dsmiled upon you. God is trying whether you will not Confirm that Observation, in Jer …
Cotton Mather · Small Offers Towards the Service of the Tabernacle · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
Th' Old Dragon only smil'dsmiled, and thus began,
With rule
Th' Old Dragon only smil'dsmiled, and thus began,
John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wherein the ſun of proſperity ſhin'd ſo ſtrong upon us, and this flattering world ſmil'dsmiled ſo much upon us, as to occaſion us to forget God, to ſlight Jeſus …
With rule
… wherein the ſun of proſperity ſhin'd ſo ſtrong upon us, and this flattering world ſmil'dsmiled ſo much upon us, as to occaſion us to forget God, to ſlight Jeſus …
Thomas Brooks · Precious Remedies Against Satans Devices · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
He ſmil'dsmiled and ſaid as he did go,
With rule
He ſmil'dsmiled and ſaid as he did go,
George Swinnock · The Christian Mans Calling · p. 311 · Open in the reader
Printed
And swearing gentle patience, gently smil'dsmiled:
With rule
And swearing gentle patience, gently smil'dsmiled:
Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader
Printed
Thought if my Loue smil'dsmiled that no happinesse
With rule
Thought if my Loue smil'dsmiled that no happinesse
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
Sometimes the Heavens with plenty ſmil'dsmiled on me
With rule
Sometimes the Heavens with plenty ſmil'dsmiled on me
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 55 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Smil'dSmiled with superior Love, as Jupiter
With rule
Smil'dSmiled with superior Love, as Jupiter
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader