Ah, yes, I think youre right about that Mark. And the other points,
yes, the importance of at least a good, historically accurate
dictionary, so one has some sense of what the words actually meant
when the author wrote....
Doug
On 18-Mar-10, at 11:08 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> I'll make a stretch and say that the intended audience, always a
> figment of the author's imagination, is always embedded in the text.
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