Grammar
Random-ise: Blackwood's Magazine, the spelling of -ize suffix verbs
This is part of an investigation I've been doing into the use and spelling of -ize suffix verbs and their spelling (-ize or -ise) in British English. For more details, related posts and the methods I've used, see the -ize / -ise page. For more on the spelling of -ize verbs in periodicals, see the Periodicals start page.
This post shows how in one important nineteenth-century magazine the use of s spellings gradually increased towards the middle of the nineteenth century, and how z spellings fought a rearguard battle, only to virtually disappear from its pages for the rest of the century.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 1817 - 1980
Blackwood's Magazine was a British magazine and miscellany printed between 1817 and 1980. Originally called the Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, it was founded by publisher William Blackwood as a Tory foil to the Edinburgh Review, which was firmly Liberal. It was one of the nineteenth century's most influential literary magazines, along with its fellow Tory-leaning The Quarterly Review, the Edinburgh Review and the short-lived London Magazine.
It had a lively and combative style, encouraged by Blackwood, who for much of its earlier life was its editor, until his death in 1834.
Main table comparing -ize verbs spelt with a z and with an s.
These figures are taken from looking at individual volumes at Google Books. Below these tables you can find checkable tables for the individual volumes.
We can detect several succeding trends:
- A bit of a mixed bag at the beginning but with z endings a bit ahead
- A gradual shift towards s endings until about 1836
- A sharp move back to z endings, peaking around 1839
- This was followed by a shift back to s in 1846 and early 1947, but with a few z stragglers
- Finally, there appears to have been a definitive move to s some time in 1847, with infintissimal quantities of z endings after that till at least 1870. A quick look at volume from 1926 suggests that this continued for some time.
| -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | total | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation | total |
| Vol 1 1817 |
9 | 30 | 4 | 15 | 58 |
13 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| Vol 7 1820 |
9 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 44 |
8 | 14 | 1 | | 23 |
| Vol 14 1823 |
21 | 47 | 8 | 26 | 122 |
2 | 6 | | | 8 |
| Vol 20 1828 |
22 | 53 | 9 | 40 | 124 |
7 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 29 |
| Vol 25 1829 |
11 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 47 |
13 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 58 |
| Vol 33 1833 |
23 | 60 | 12 | 13 | 108 |
21 | 30 | 3 | 25 | 79 |
| Vol 40 1836 |
8 | 45 | 10 | 12 | 55 |
28 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 64 |
| Vol 46 1839 |
17 | 56 | 11 | 14 | 108 |
23 | 41 | 4 | 32 | 100 |
| Vol 50 1841 |
21 | 91 | 18 | 47 | 177 |
14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 36 |
| Vol 54 1843 |
35 | 76 | 12 | 52 | 175 |
5 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| Vol 57 1845 |
23 | 38 | 2 | 28 | 91 |
10 | 10 | 7 | | 27 |
| Vol 60 1846 |
7 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 31 |
31 | 61 | 9 | 39 | 140 |
| Vol 61 1847 |
5 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 27 |
36 | 74 | 7 | 20 | 127 |
| Vol 62 1847 |
| 1 | | | 1 |
37 | 70 | 19 | 28 | 154 |
| Vol 64 1848 |
| | | | 0 |
43 | 97 | 16 | 64 | 200 |
| Vol 81 1857 |
| 2 | 1 | | 3 |
33 | 78 | 12 | 38 | 161 |
| Vol 91 1862 |
| | | | 0 |
43 | 79 | 7 | 36 | 165 |
| Vol 108 1870 |
| | | | 0 |
49 | 73 | 11 | 27 | 160 |
This change is confirmed by search results at the Internet Library of Early Journals, which has a complete run from Volumes 53 - 95. The first table shows Volumes 53 - 61, the bottom table the volumes from Vol 62, when the definitive change seems to have taken place, to Vol 94
Nine volumes 53 - 61
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
10 | 3 | 1 | | 9 | 4 | 2 | |
| authorise |
11 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | | |
| characterise |
13 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 2 | |
| civilise |
11 | 118 | | 134 | 2 | 27 | 46 | |
| criticise |
3 | 5 | 1 | | 19 | 10 | 7 | |
| monopolise |
4 | 3 | 5 | | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| organise |
9 | 41 | 12 | 62 | 2 | 8 | | 12 |
| realise |
29 | 90 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 6 |
| recognise |
25 | 55 | 3 | | 79 | 129 | 15 | |
| sympathise |
19 | 5 | 13 | | 9 | 5 | 1 | |
| totals |
134 | 368 | 52 | 218 |
147 | 246 | 76 | 18 |
- -ize - 772 / 1159 - 66.6%
- -ise - 387 / 1159 - 33.4%
Thirty-three volumes 62 - 94
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
1 | | | | 90 | 40 | 14 | |
| authorise |
| | | | 41 | 174 | 20 | 12 |
| characterise |
| | | | 101 | 229 | 22 | |
| civilise |
| | | 1 | 23 | 907 | 1628 | |
| criticise |
| 2 | | | 134 | 70 | 39 | |
| monopolise |
| | | | 35 | 29 | 10 | |
| organise |
| | | 1 | 87 | 389 | 70 | 502 |
| realise |
| 6 | | | 379 | 530 | 82 | 163 |
| recognise |
3 | | | | 682 | 1082 | 122 | |
| sympathise |
| | | | 227 | 37 | 86 | |
| totals |
4 | 8 | | 2 |
1799 | 3387 | 2093 | 677 |
- -ize - 14 / 7970 - 0.18%
- -ise - 7956 / 7970 - 99.82%
A note on printers
The first few volumes appear all to have been printed by Oliver and Boyd of Edinburgh, where Blackwood was based. From at least Vol 10 in 1821, printing was undertaken by James Ballantine and Co, also of Edinburgh, and printers of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels. From Vol 22 in 1827, the printer is listed as Ballantyne and Co, and from 1839 Ballantyne and Hughes, which operated from 1839-1847.
From 1847, the listed printer of Blackwood's Magazine is William Blackwood's own company. Can it really be a coincidence that the very year that Balckwood took over the printing of his magazine, the spelling inconsistencies disappeared almost overnight, and a clear policy of printing with s endings was implemented?
It's also noticeable that the period of greatest volatility 1839-1847, with first a swing to z and then back to s, occurred during the period when the magazine was printed by Ballantyne and Hughes.
It's tempting to draw the conclusion that the printer was equally as important in these changes as the publisher.
The story of recognise
Even when z spellings were dominant, there was a strong tendency to spell the recognise family with an s.
| -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | total | -ise | -ised | -ising | total |
| Vol 1 1817 |
4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
4 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| Vol 7 1820 |
3 | 2 | | 5 | 4 | 10 | | 14 |
| Vol 20 1826 |
8 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| Vol 25 1829 |
1 | | | 1 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 25 |
| Vol 33 1833 |
1 | | | 1 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
| Vol 40 1836 |
| 1 | | 1 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 37 |
| Vol 46 1839 |
| | | | 13 | 26 | 2 | 41 |
| Vol 50 1841 |
9 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| Vol 54 1843 |
10 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 18 |
| Vol 57 1845 |
1 | 4 | | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| Vol 60 1846 |
| | | | 23 | 26 | 5 | 54 |
Individual volumes
Vol 1 1817
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
2 | 1 | | | | 1 | | |
| authorise |
| 2 | 1 | | 2 | 3 | | |
| characterise |
1 | 4 | | | 3 | 4 | | |
| civilise |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | | 1 |
| criticise |
| | | | 4 | 3 | | |
| monopolise |
| | | | | | | |
| organise |
| 3 | | 8 | | 2 | | |
| realise |
2 | 7 | | 1 | | 2 | | |
| recognise |
4 | 4 | 1 | | 4 | 8 | 1 | |
| sympathise |
| 2 | 1 | | 3 | 1 | | |
| totals |
9 | 30 | 4 | 15 |
13 | 25 | 1 | 1 |
Vol 7 1820
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
| | | | | | | |
| authorise |
1 | 2 | | | | 2 | | |
| characterise |
| 1 | | | 2 | | | |
| civilise |
| 10 | | 7 | | | | |
| criticise |
| | | | | | 1 | |
| monopolise |
| | | | | | | |
| organise |
| 2 | | 2 | | | | |
| realise |
1 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | |
| recognise |
3 | 2 | | | 4 | 10 | | |
| sympathise |
4 | 2 | 4 | | | 1 | | |
| totals |
9 | 21 | 5 | 9 |
8 | 14 | 1 | |
Volume 14 1823
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
2 | | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| authorise |
2 | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| characterise |
4 | 8 | | | | 2 | | |
| civilise |
1 | 14 | | 11 | | | | |
| criticise |
1 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | |
| monopolise |
| | | | | | | |
| organise |
1 | 2 | | 15 | | | | |
| realise |
2 | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| recognise |
5 | 15 | 4 | | | 1 | | |
| sympathise |
3 | 1 | | | 1 | | | |
| totals |
21 | 47 | 8 | 26 |
2 | 6 | | |
Vol 20 1826
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
3 | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| authorise |
1 | 3 | | | | 4 | 2 | |
| characterise |
3 | 4 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | |
| civilise |
2 | 20 | 1 | 34 | | | | 1 |
| criticise |
1 | | | | | | 1 | |
| monopolise |
1 | 3 | | | | 2 | 2 | |
| organise |
| 4 | | 4 | | 1 | | |
| realise |
1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| recognise |
8 | 9 | 1 | | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
| sympathise |
2 | | 3 | | | | | |
| totals |
22 | 53 | 9 | 40 |
7 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Vol 25 1829
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
2 | 1 | | | | 2 | | |
| authorise |
| 5 | | | | 2 | | |
| characterise |
| | 1 | | 2 | 4 | | |
| civilise |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 7 |
| criticise |
| | | | 2 | | | |
| monopolise |
1 | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| organise |
| 3 | | 1 | | | | |
| realise |
5 | 6 | | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| recognise |
1 | | | | 6 | 16 | 3 | |
| sympathise |
2 | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| totals |
11 | 27 | 4 | 5 |
13 | 32 | 6 | 7 |
Vol 33 1833
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
2 | | 2 | | | | | |
| authorise |
3 | 9 | 1 | | | 1 | | |
| characterise |
| 1 | | | 5 | 10 | 1 | |
| civilise |
| 19 | 1 | | | | | 25 |
| criticise |
| | | | 4 | 1 | | |
| monopolise |
| 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| organise |
4 | 20 | 1 | 11 | | | | |
| realise |
5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | | |
| recognise |
1 | | | | 12 | 17 | 2 | |
| sympathise |
8 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| totals |
23 | 60 | 12 | 13 |
21 | 30 | 3 | 25 |
Vol 40 1836
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
| 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| authorise |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | | 1 | | |
| characterise |
| | | | 7 | 5 | | 1 |
| civilise |
1 | 18 | | | | | | 8 |
| criticise |
| 1 | | | 2 | | | |
| monopolise |
| 4 | | | | | | |
| organise |
1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | | | | |
| realise |
2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| recognise |
| 1 | | | 18 | 16 | 3 | |
| sympathise |
4 | | 2 | | 1 | | | |
| totals |
8 | 45 | 10 | 12 |
28 | 22 | 3 | 9 |
Vol 46 1839
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
1 | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| authorise |
| 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| characterise |
| | | | 6 | 10 | | |
| civilise |
2 | 31 | | | | 1 | | 32 |
| criticise |
| | | | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| monopolise |
1 | | | | | | | |
| organise |
1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | | | | |
| realise |
8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | | |
| recognise |
| | | | 13 | 26 | 2 | |
| sympathise |
4 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| totals |
17 | 56 | 11 | 14 |
23 | 41 | 4 | 32 |
Vol 50 1841
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
| 1 | | | 2 | | | |
| authorise |
| 7 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| characterise |
1 | 13 | | | 1 | 3 | | |
| civilise |
1 | 24 | 2 | 35 | | | | 3 |
| criticise |
| 1 | 2 | | 3 | | 3 | |
| monopolise |
1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| organise |
4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | | | | |
| realise |
3 | 18 | 5 | 2 | | 1 | | |
| recognise |
9 | 15 | 1 | | 7 | 9 | 1 | |
| sympathise |
2 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| totals |
21 | 91 | 18 | 47 |
14 | 14 | 5 | 3 |
Vol 54 1843
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
| 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| authorise |
5 | 7 | | | 1 | | | |
| characterise |
2 | 6 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | |
| civilise |
| 16 | | 31 | | | | 1 |
| criticise |
2 | 2 | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| monopolise |
| | 2 | | | 2 | | |
| organise |
2 | 12 | 1 | 11 | | | | |
| realise |
13 | 18 | 4 | 8 | | | | |
| recognise |
10 | 13 | 1 | | 2 | 14 | 2 | |
| sympathise |
1 | 1 | 2 | | | | 1 | |
| totals |
35 | 76 | 12 | 52 |
5 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
Vol 57 1845
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
| | | | 3 | | 2 | |
| authorise |
1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| characterise |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | |
| civilise |
| 20 | | 15 | | | | |
| criticise |
| 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| monopolise |
| | | | | | | |
| organise |
6 | 1 | | 10 | | | | |
| realise |
1 | 5 | | 2 | | | | |
| recognise |
1 | 4 | | | 6 | 8 | 3 | |
| sympathise |
9 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| totals |
23 | 38 | 2 | 28 |
10 | 10 | 7 | |
Vol 60 1846
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
| | | | | | 1 | |
| authorise |
| | | | | 1 | | |
| characterise |
1 | | | | 3 | 6 | 1 | |
| civilise |
4 | 12 | | | | 11 | | 31 |
| criticise |
| | | | 1 | 2 | | |
| monopolise |
1 | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | |
| organise |
1 | 2 | | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 3 |
| realise |
| 2 | | 2 | 1 | 7 | | 5 |
| recognise |
| | | | 23 | 26 | 5 | |
| sympathise |
| | 1 | | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| totals |
7 | 17 | 1 | 6 |
31 | 61 | 9 | 39 |
Vol 61 1847
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
1 | | | | 2 | | | |
| authorise |
| | | | 2 | 3 | | |
| characterise |
1 | | | | 2 | 10 | 2 | |
| civilise |
| 5 | | 2 | 1 | 11 | | 8 |
| criticise |
| | | | 3 | | | |
| monopolise |
1 | | 1 | | 1 | 4 | | |
| organise |
1 | 1 | | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| realise |
1 | 6 | | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| recognise |
| | | | 13 | 28 | 3 | |
| sympathise |
| 1 | 1 | | 4 | 2 | | |
| totals |
5 | 13 | 2 | 5 |
36 | 74 | 7 | 20 |
Vol 62 1847
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
| | | | | | | |
| authorise |
| | | | | | | |
| characterise |
| | | | 3 | 7 | 3 | |
| civilise |
| | | | | 15 | 1 | 18 |
| criticise |
| | | | 4 | | 2 | |
| monopolise |
| | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| organise |
| | | | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| realise |
| 1 | | | 7 | 13 | 3 | 4 |
| recognise |
| | | | 15 | 28 | 5 | |
| sympathise |
| | | | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| totals |
| 1 | | |
37 | 70 | 19 | 28 |
Vol 64 1848
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
| | | | 3 | 1 | | |
| authorise |
| | | | | 1 | | |
| characterise |
| | | | 7 | 11 | 1 | |
| civilise |
| | | | 1 | 42 | 1 | 42 |
| criticise |
| | | | 2 | | 1 | |
| monopolise |
| | | | | 2 | 1 | |
| organise |
| | | | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 |
| realise |
| | | | 6 | 17 | 3 | 13 |
| recognise |
| | | | 16 | 22 | 4 | |
| sympathise |
| | | | 6 | | 4 | |
| totals |
| | | |
43 | 97 | 16 | 64 |
Vol 81 1857 (American edition)
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
| | | | | 1 | 1 | |
| authorise |
| | | | 1 | 1 | | |
| characterise |
| | | | 2 | 9 | | |
| civilise |
| 1 | | | 1 | 15 | | 23 |
| criticise |
| | | | | | 1 | |
| monopolise |
| | | | | 3 | 1 | |
| organise |
| | | | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| realise |
| 1 | | | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| recognise |
| | 1 | | 19 | 31 | 2 | |
| sympathise |
| | | | 7 | | 1 | |
| totals |
| 2 | 1 | |
33 | 78 | 12 | 38 |
Vol 91 1862
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
| | | | 2 | 1 | | |
| authorise |
| | | | 2 | 2 | | |
| characterise |
| | | | 1 | 4 | | |
| civilise |
| | | | | 21 | | 23 |
| criticise |
| | | | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
| monopolise |
| | | | 1 | | | |
| organise |
| | | | 2 | 5 | | 11 |
| realise |
| | | | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| recognise |
| | | | 17 | 29 | 2 | |
| sympathise |
| | | | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| totals |
| | | |
43 | 79 | 7 | 36 |
Vol 108 1870
| Verb | -ize | -ise |
| -ize | -ized | -izing | -ization | -ise | -ised | -ising | -isation |
| apologise |
| | | | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| authorise |
| | | | | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| characterise |
| | | | | 5 | | |
| civilise |
| | | | | 22 | | 19 |
| criticise |
| | | | 1 | | 1 | |
| monopolise |
| | | | | 1 | | |
| organise |
| | | | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| realise |
| | | | 15 | 8 | 3 | |
| recognise |
| | | | 22 | 26 | 1 | |
| sympathise |
| | | | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| totals |
| | | |
49 | 73 | 11 | 27 |
Links
About Blackwood's Magazine
- Wikipedia
- The Victorian Web
- The Cambridge History of English and American Literature (1907–21) (Bartleby)
Sources for Blackwood's (apart from Google Books)
- Online books
- Internet Library of Early Journals
- Search Blackwood's Magazine at the ILEJ
- Blackwood's Magazine at Project Gutenberg
Other
- Ballantyne Brothers
- Wikisource
- Ballantyne and Hughes 1839-1847
Blackwood's Magazine at Google Books
- NF = Not found
- O&B = Oliver & Boyd (printer)
- JB&Co = James Ballantyne & Co (printer
- B&Co = Ballantyne & Co (printer
- B&H = Ballantyne & Hughes (printer
- WB = William Blackwood (printer
- Vol 1 1817 (O&B)
- Vol 2 1818 NF
- Vol 3 1818 NF
- Vol 4 1819 (O&B)
- Vol 5 1819 (O&B)
- Vol 6 1820 NF
- Vol 7 1820 (O&B)
- Vol 8 1820 NF
- Vol 9 1821 NF
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- Vol 10 1821 (JB&Co)
- Vol 11 1822 NF
- Vol 12 1822 NF
- Vol 13 1823
- Vol 14 1823
- Vol 15 1824
- Vol 16 1824
- Vol 16 1825 NF
- Vol 17 1825 NF
- Vol 19 1826
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- Vol 20 1826 (JB&Co)
- Vol 21 1827 (JB&Co)
- Vol 22 1827 (B&Co)
- Vol 23 1828 (B&Co)
- Vol 24 1828
- Vol 25 1829
- Vol 26 1829 (B&Co)
- Vol 27 1830
- Vol 28 1830
- Vol 29 1831
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- Vol 30 1831 (B&Co)
- Vol 31 1832
- Vol 32 1832
- Vol 33 1833
- Vol 34 1833
- Vol 35 1834 NF
- Vol 36 1834
- Vol 37 1835
- Vol 38 1835
- Vol 38 1836 (B&Co)
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- Vol 40 1836 (B&Co)
- Vol 41 1837
- Vol 42 1837 NF
- Vol 43 1838 NF
- Vol 44 1838 (B&Co)
- Vol 45 1839 NF
- Vol 46 1839 (B&H)
- Vol 47 1840
- Vol 48 1840
- Vol 49 1841
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- Vol 50 1841 (B&H)
- Vol 51 1842 NF
- Vol 52 1842
- Vol 53 1843
- Vol 54 1843 (B&H)
- Vol 55 1844 NF
- Vol 56 1844 NF
- Vol 57 1845 (B&H)
- Vol 58 1845 NF
- Vol 59 1846 NF
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- Vol 60 1846 (B&H)
- Vol 61 1847 (WB)
- Vol 62 1847 (WB)
- Vol 63 1848 NF
- Vol 64 1848 (WB)
- Vol 65 1849 NF
- Vol 66 1849 NF
- Vol 67 1850
- Vol 68 1850
- Vol 69 1851
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- Vol 70 1851
- Vol 71 1852
- Vol 73 1853
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- Vol 81 1857
- Vol 85 1859
- Vol 88 1860
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- Vol 91 1862
- Vol 93 1863
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- Vol 105 1869
- Vol 106 1869
- Vol 107 1870
- Vol 108 1870
- Vol 109 1871
- Vol 112 1872 (WB)
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This is part of an investigation I've been doing into the use and spelling of -ize suffix verbs and their spelling (-ize or -ise) in British English. For more details, related posts and the methods I've used, see the -ize / -ise page.
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Random-ise: The Quarterly Review, -ize Verbs
This is part of an investigation I've been doing into the use and spelling of -ize suffix verbs and their spelling (-ize or -ise) in British English. For more details, related posts and the methods I've used, see the -ize / -ise page. For...
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Thackeray's Use Of -ise/-ize Verbs In Vanity Fair
In which I list all the instances of this type of verb in Mr. Thackeray's fine work and note certain inconsistencies in the spelling thereof, and do the same for Mr. Darwin and his Origin of Species.
Background
This is part of an investigation...
Grammar
