Am looking for an online version of this story,published in 1827.anyone know a location?

Am looking for an online version of this story,published in 1827.anyone know a location?

You can find it at the internet archive:

http://ia341008.us.archive.org/0/items/theepicurean00moor/theepicurean00moor_djvu.txt

or at:

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=FRAGAAAAQAAJ&dq=the+epicurean+thomas+more&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=-FJsmHhGUb&sig=-tpJGJEusqy7as4ZdBem78sBJBE#PPA5,M1

google books has miniature pages,resulting in hours of merciless copying.to the first link,I will quote a part of the text:"agitatedly uj)on mine".Would anyone have a version clear of this?

Sentences start with capital letters. Commas and periods are followed by spaces.

Sentences start with capital letters. Commas and periods are followed by spaces.

Hah! Sometimes. But not in Google's text file of the book he would like to read. Here's the title page:

THE
E r 1 C U R E A X,
A TALE.
BY
THOMAS MOOKE.
ScconH ilSBition.
LONDON:
VRINTKI) KOK
LONGMAN, KKES, ORMK, BKOWN, AND GRKEN,
P.\TKIlNOSTER-KO\V.
1827.

It gets decidely better after that.! I'm still looking for you Lobolover, but don't expect much.

The title page is a bit iffy because it's got flowery font - but the text of the Google version I perused looks ok; e.g.:

"CHAP. III.
To one, who extracted such sweets from
every moment on land, a sea-voyage, however
smooth and favourable, appeared the
least agreeable mode of losing time that
could be devised. Often did my imagination,
in passing some isle of those seas,
people it with fair forms and kind hearts,
to whom most willingly, if I might, would I
have paused to pay homage. But the wind
blew direct towards the land of Mystery;
and, still more, I heard a voice within me,
whispering for ever " On." "

yeah,looks like Ill have to copy paste their miny pages.I mean,IF you can view plain text,if you can save it as PDF,why cant you save it as word or at least show the whole text at once like all the good online books sites do?

yeah,looks like Ill have to copy paste their miny pages.I mean,IF you can view plain text,if you can save it as PDF,why cant you save it as word or at least show the whole text at once like all the good online books sites do?

If it comes from an OCR of a poorly done scan (which is what most of the Google books seem to be), then you probably don't want that dumped to a PDF - how about the trash can instead? You need a good copy.

I was referring to Lobolover's irritating "style" of typing. His keyboard obviously has a space bar and a shift key.

I was referring to Lobolover's irritating "style" of typing. His keyboard obviously has a space bar and a shift key.

Yes, I know. I was trying to change the subject - to soften your blow a bit.

taylor-you try to write at three in the morning.

How will he learn, then? When using typed words to communicate, intentionally mistyping every post is at cross-purposes. It's a kindness on my part to point that out.

How will he learn, then? When using typed words to communicate, intentionally mistyping every post is at cross-purposes. It's a kindness on my part to point that out.

Well, okay, but you seemed to be applying active smotifaction.

Madam Broshkina kindly gave you a link to the text file of The Epicurean in the Internet Archive. These are usually very poor quality.
However, they are made from djvu or pdf files which are very good, though bulky.
Try this:

http://www.archive.org/details/theepicurean00moor

You might find that the pdf meets your needs, otherwise you could use it as a basis for correcting the poor quality text file.

Madam Broshkina kindly gave you a link to the text file of The Epicurean in the Internet Archive. These are usually very poor quality.
However, they are made from djvu or pdf files which are very good, though bulky.
Try this:

http://www.archive.org/details/theepicurean00moor

You might find that the pdf meets your needs, otherwise you could use it as a basis for correcting the poor quality text file.

and if you *do* correct the poor quality text file, you could make some ebooks and post them here ;)

Patricia-I actualy CAN open PDF now,thanks to Foxit reader.

but it doenst open through Foxit reader.strange.What is stranger stil is I emailed the guy in charge of the scan several days ago and he didnt reply till now.

Well, I've got no problems opening the pdf (with adobe, admittedly). Might the problem be with your computer, rather than the file?

Madam Broshkina kindly gave you a link to the text file of The Epicurean in the Internet Archive. These are usually very poor quality.
However, they are made from djvu or pdf files which are very good, though bulky.
Try this:

http://www.archive.org/details/theepicurean00moor

You might find that the pdf meets your needs, otherwise you could use it as a basis for correcting the poor quality text file.
I used the Internet Archive PDF versions as the basis for several volumes of the Harvard Classics series. I did run them through my own OCR as the provided OCR texts were a bit buggy (and the redone ones far better.) IA is a great resource.

Patricia-thats what ive been hearing all my life,regardless of what computer I use.Have you tried it with foxit reader?

I used the Internet Archive PDF versions as the basis for several volumes of the Harvard Classics series. I did run them through my own OCR as the provided OCR texts were a bit buggy (and the redone ones far better.) IA is a great resource.

RWood:

Did you see the DJVU text copy ( harvardclassics50eliouoft_djvu.txt ) of Volume 50 there.

I grabbed it as it was quite good. I started to make corrections to fix incorrect line-breaks, starting from the end and I am working backwards.

Is your OCR text better than that copy? BTW, the other (first) text format was a disaster.

Looking forward to converting any Volume 50 .prc you may create. :)

Regards,

AFAIR Internet Archive and Google PDFs use JPEG2000 compression which is not suported by all viewers.

its not via a "viewer" ,its on the computer.

its not via a "viewer" ,its on the computer.

Viewer is a generic term for a software used to display such a file.

hmm-you know what?that guy stil hasen't replied.