Chapter 58 of 72
11. He thought each shawl more beautiful than the [last].
A First Book in Writing English · Edwin Herbert Lewis
11. He thought each shawl more beautiful than the [last].
12. I could not see that the little event in the shop below had in the least damped Miss Matty’s curiosity as to the make of sleeves or the [set, sit] of skirts. [If neither _sit_ nor _set_ is right here, how recast the sentence?]
13. Miss Matty [anticipated] the sight of the glossy folds.
14. The Gordons ... were now [expected] to return very soon; and Miss Matty, in her sisterly pride, [expected] great delight in the joy of showing them Mr. Peter.
15. However, we all sat eyes right, square front, gazing at the [tantalizing] curtain.
16. We (at least I) had doubts as to whether she really would enjoy the little adventure of having her house [burglarized], as she [protested] she would.
17. Miss Jenkyns ... never got over what she called Captain Brown’s disparaging [observations] upon Dr. Johnson as a writer of light and agreeable fiction.