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.
Ann Ward Radcliffe, A Sicilian Romance 1792
An early example of the Gothic novel.
Ann Radcliffe (9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English author and a pioneer of the Gothic novel. Her style is romantic in its vivid descriptions of landscapes and long travel scenes, yet the Gothic element is obvious through her use of the supernatural. It was her technique of explained Gothicism, the final revelation of inexplicable phenomena, that helped the Gothic novel achieve respectability in the 1790s.
Wikipedia
Ann Radcliffe’s second novel, A Sicilian Romance, was published anonymously in 1790, and tells the solemn history of the once noble house of Mazzini, situated on the northern shore of Sicily.
Literary Encyclopedia
Errors and inconsistencies
From an -ise/-ize point of view, one of the interesting features of the book is the inconsistency of spelling of surprise and its derivatives. And the transcriber of the Project Gutenberg version points out that he has left in several errors from the edition he copied from.
cioset, skriek, ladyrinth, and bad (presumably for bade, "he bad Julia good-night"). In addition, the book contains (and I have retained) inconsistant spelling of both common words (e.g. extacy, exstacy) and proper nouns (Farrini, Ferrini)
In addition I have noticed these two:
- He had now a full view of the cave; and the moment which convinced him of his error served only to encrease his surprize.
- Emilia and Madame de Menon, suprised at this procedure
Editions (at Google Books)
- 1790 First Edition, published anonymously
- 1792 Second Edition Vol I Hookham and Carpenter
- 1792 Second Edition Vol II T.Hookham
- 1809 Fourth Edition Vol II Longman, Hurst, Reese and Orme
- 1826 Together with The Mysteries of Udolpho J.Limbird A Choice Collection of the Best Novels in the English Language
A note on the 1826 edition
In this edition, A Sicilian Romance was published together with The Mysteries of Udolpho, by the same author. So searching this edition on Google Books brings up the target words in both works. I've only counted instances from Page 329, where A Sicilian Romance starts.
Suffix -ize verbs - 25 instances of 9 verbs and their derivatives
| 1792 | 1792 | 1826 | |||||
| -ise | -ize | -ise | -ize | -ise | -ize | ||
| agonizing | (3) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| apologize, | (1) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| characterize | (1) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| characterized | (5) | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| civilization. | (1) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| civilized | (2) | 2 | 1 | ||||
| recognize | (1) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| scrutinize | (1) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| scrutinizing | (2) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| solemnized | (5) | 5 | 4 | ||||
| sympathized | (2) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| tranquilized | (1) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Surprise as a noun - 25 instances
The verbs and their derivatives as they appear in the Project Gutenberg version
| 1792 Vol 1 | 1792 Vol 2 | 1826 | |
| home, they were surprised by the appearance | -ise | ||
| which struck one. Surprised at the lateness | -ise | -ise | |
| entered the hall. Surprised to find the | -ise | ||
| taught him to despise the voluptuous vices | -ise | -ise | |
| madame with a scrutinizing eye, he asked | -ize | ||
| did not appear. Surprised and uneasy, she | -ize | ||
| which yesterday we despised, to-day desirable. The | -ise | -ise | |
| Our marriage was solemnized in a private | -ize | -ize | |
| with singular wildness, characterized the place, at | -ize | ||
| explain.' Hippolitus was surprized, but pressed the | -ize | -ise | |
| circumstance so unusual surprized her, and she | -ize | ||
| tempt me to chastise your folly.—Attend to | -ise | -ise | |
| silence, and withdrew, surprized and alarmed. | -ize | ||
| delighted in simple undisguised tyranny. He had | -ise | -ise | |
| The scene insensibly tranquilized her spirits. A | -ize | -ize | |
| nuptials would be solemnized on the third | -ize | -ize | |
| gallery, they were surprised by the appearance | -ise | -ise | |
| she wished to despise. Her conscience whispered | -ise | -ise | |
| were to be solemnized on the day | -ize | ||
| marriage might be solemnized without danger of | -ize | ||
| of confidence, severely sympathized in her distress, | -ize | -ize | |
| nuptials should be solemnized without further delay. | -ize | -ize | |
| virtue which strongly characterized the manners of | -ize | -ize | |
| The marquis surprized at this sudden | -ize | -ise | |
| The marquis was surprized, and made several | -ize | ||
| Madame de Menon, surprised at this procedure, | -ise | ||
| cavalier; which circumstance surprized him exceedingly; for | -ize | ||
| assumed a more civilized aspect. Corn, vineyards, | -ize | -ize | |
| before knowledge had civilized, or luxury had | -ize | -ize | |
| seldom dare to scrutinize the actions of | -ize | -ize | |
| in fierce and agonizing conflict, he pursued | -ize | -ize | |
| them with a scrutinizing eye, and at | -ize | -ize | |
| suffer him to recognize the voice of | -ize | -ize | |
| the address to disguise her vices beneath | -ise | -ise | |
| Madame, therefore, earnestly advised her to quit | -ise | ||
| at the castle, exercised the ill-humoured caprice, | -ise | -ise | |
| which so strikingly characterized the scenes around | -ize | -ize | |
| indulgences which formerly characterized the priest, the | -ize | ||
| and steady fortitude characterized the beatification of | -ize | -ize | |
| countenance seemed to characterize the beauty of | -ize | -ize | |
| released from the agonizing ineffectual struggles occasioned | -ize | ||
| pursued. They were surprized to observe the | -ize | -ize | |
| was impossible to apologize, without betraying the | -ize | ||
| prisoner. She therefore advised Julia to seize | -ise | -ise | |
| be conceived. Madame advised Julia to escape | -ise | -ise | |
| it impossible to disguise, but which did | |||
| convent, madame was surprized to find the | -ize | ||
| the vaults, and advised her to rely | -ise | -ise | |
| said he, 'I despise as the dastardly | -ise | -ise | |
| Madame warmly sympathized with Julia in | -ize | ||
| despair, and was surprised to find all | -ize | ||
| Hippolitus was both shocked and surprised; | -ize | ||
| he paused in agonizing gaze upon her, | -ize | -ize |
Links
- Anne Ward Radcliffe 1768-1823 - Wikipedia
- A Sicilian Romance 1792 - Wikipedia
- Project Gutenberg
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