Looking for "The epicurean" by Thomas Moore

[Lobolover]

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

[Madam Broshkina]

Originally Posted by Lobolover

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/ite...0moor_djvu.txt

or at:

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&...8sBJBE#PPA5,M1

[Lobolover]

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?

[Taylor514ce]

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

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

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.

[Sparrow]

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." "

[Lobolover]

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?

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by Lobolover

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.

[Taylor514ce]

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

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

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.

[Lobolover]

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

[Taylor514ce]

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.

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

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.

[Patricia]

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.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Patricia

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