"grog"

[Michael Quinion]

Joel S. Berson wrote

> First, the "1818" is an error.  Defoe is 1661?--1731, 1818 is not 22
> years before Vernon, and there are editions of "The Family Instructor"
> from 1715 -- although there is a 1718 edition (ESTC)

You were right, of course, that that date in the footnote to my piece was
wrong. It was a typing error for 1718. I've corrected it to 1715. Thanks
for pointing it out.


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