...s the sense of so long as. But Mr. Masson's notes on the language are his weakest. He is careful to tell us, for example, that there are instances of the use of shine as a substantive in Spenser, Ben Jonson , and other poets. It is but another way of spelling sheen, and if Mr. Masson never heard a shoeblack in the street say, Shall I give you a shine, sir? his experience has been singular. His note...