Long S
The long, medial or descending s (ſ) is a form of the minuscule letter s formerly used where s occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word, for example "ſinfulneſs" ("sinfulness"). The modern letterform was called the terminal, round, or short s.
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Famous quotes related to long s:
“a long shot at long odds, a black mare
By Hatred out of Envy by Despair.”
—James Vincent Cunningham (1911–1985)
“Do not believe yourself healthy. Immortality is health; this life is a long sickness.”
—St. Augustine (354–430)
“Long shall we seek his likeness, long in vain,
And turn to all of him which may remain,
Sighing that Nature formed but one such man,
And broke the die—in moulding Sheridan!”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)