Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century, Edited by Henry Morley LL.D

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Morley, Henry, 1822-1894

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Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century

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Characters and characteristics in literature

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10699

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Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
3. 3.STUPIDITY.
4. 4.A RUFFLER.
5. 5.A TRAVELLER.
6. 6.THE TRUE CRITIC.
7. 7.THE CHARACTER OF THE PERSONS.
8. 8.WITTY DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PROPERTIES OF SUNDRY PERSONS.
9. 9.A GOOD WOMAN.
10. 10.A VERY WOMAN.
11. 11.HER NEXT PART.
12. 12.A DISSEMBLER
13. 13.A COURTIER,
14. 14.A GOLDEN ASS
15. 15.A FLATTERER
16. 16.AN IGNORANT GLORY-HUNTER
17. 17.A TIMIST
18. 18.AN AMORIST
19. 19.AN AFFECTED TRAVELLER
20. 20.A WISE MAN
21. 21.A NOBLE SPIRIT
22. 22.AN OLD MAN
23. 23.A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN
24. 24.A FINE GENTLEMAN
25. 25.AN ELDER BROTHER
26. 26.A BRAGGADOCIO WELSHMAN
27. 27.A PEDANT.
28. 28.A SERVING-MAN
29. 29.AN HOST
30. 30.AN OSTLER
31. 31.THE TRUE CHARACTER OF A DUNCE.
32. 32.A GOOD WIFE
33. 33.A MELANCHOLY MAN
34. 34.A SAILOR
35. 35.A SOLDIER
36. 36.A TAILOR
37. 37.A PURITAN
38. 38.A MERE COMMON LAWYER
39. 39.A MERE SCHOLAR.
40. 40.A TINKER
41. 41.AN APPARITOR
42. 42.AN ALMANAC-MAKER
43. 43.A HYPOCRITE
44. 44.A CHAMBERMAID.
45. 45.A PRECISIAN.
46. 46.AN INNS OF COURT MAN.
47. 47.A MERE FELLOW OF AN HOUSE.
48. 48.A WORTHY COMMANDER IN THE WARS
49. 49.A VAINGLORIOUS COWARD IN COMMAND
50. 50.A PIRATE,
51. 51.AN ORDINARY FENCER
52. 52.A PUNY CLERK.
53. 53.A FOOTMAN.
54. 54.A NOBLE AND RETIRED HOUSEKEEPER
55. 55.AN INTRUDER INTO FAVOUR
56. 56.A FAIR AND HAPPY MILKMAID
57. 57.AN ARRANT HORSE-COURSER
58. 58.A ROARING BOY.
59. 59.A DRUNKEN DUTCHMAN RESIDENT IN ENGLAND
60. 60.A PHANTASTIQUE: AN IMPROVIDENT YOUNG GALLANT,
61. 61.A BUTTON-MAKER OF AMSTERDAM
62. 62.A DISTASTER OF THE TIME
63. 63.A MERE FELLOW OF AN HOUSE
64. 64.A MERE PETTIFOGGER
65. 65.AN INGROSSER OF CORN.
66. 66.A DEVILISH USURER
67. 67.A WATERMAN
68. 68.A REVEREND JUDGE
69. 69.A VIRTUOUS WIDOW
70. 70.AN ORDINARY WIDOW
71. 71.A QUACK-SALVER
72. 72.A CANTING ROGUE.
73. 73.A FRENCH COOK.
74. 74.A SEXTON
75. 75.A JESUIT
76. 76.AN EXCELLENT ACTOR.
77. 77.A FRANKLIN.
78. 78.A RHYMER
79. 79.A COVETOUS MAN.
80. 80.THE PROUD MAN
81. 81.A PRISON.
82. 82.A PRISONER
83. 83.A CREDITOR
84. 84.A SERGEANT
85. 85.HIS YEOMAN
86. 86.A COMMON CRUEL JAILOR
87. 87.WHAT A CHARACTER IS.
88. 88.BY SIR H. W. [1]
89. 89.AN ESSAY OF VALOUR.
90. 90.JOSEPH HALL'S
91. 91.CHARACTERS OF VICES AND VIRTUES
92. 92.A DOMESTIC CHAPLAIN.
93. 93.THE WITLESS GALLANT.
94. 94.BY JOSEPH HALL.
95. 95.A PREMONITION or THE TITLE AND USE OF CHARACTERS.
96. 96.THE FIRST BOOK.
97. 97.CHARACTERISMS OF VIRTUES.
98. 98.THE PROEM.
99. 99.CHARACTER OF THE WISE MAN.
100. 100.OF AN HONEST MAN.
101. 101.OF THE FAITHFUL MAN.
102. 102.OF THE HUMBLE MAN.
103. 103.OF A VALIANT MAN.
104. 104.OF A PATIENT MAN.
105. 105.OF THE TRUE FRIEND.
106. 106.OF THE TRULY NOBLE.
107. 107.OF THE GOOD MAGISTRATE.
108. 108.OF THE PENITENT.
109. 109.HE IS A HAPPY MAN
110. 110.THE SECOND BOOK.
111. 111.CHARACTERISMS OF VICES.
112. 112.THE PROEM.
113. 113.CHARACTER OF THE HYPOCRITE.
114. 114.OF THE BUSYBODY.
115. 115.OF THE SUPERSTITIOUS.
116. 116.OF THE PROFANE.
117. 117.OF THE MALCONTENT.
118. 118.OF THE INCONSTANT.
119. 119.OF THE FLATTERER.
120. 120.OF THE SLOTHFUL.
121. 121.OF THE COVETOUS.
122. 122.OF THE VAINGLORIOUS.
123. 123.OF THE PRESUMPTUOUS.
124. 124.OF THE DISTRUSTFUL.
125. 125.OF THE AMBITIOUS.
126. 126.OF THE UNTHRIFT.
127. 127.OF THE ENVIOUS.
128. 128.JOHN STEPHENS,
129. 129.JOHN EARLE
130. 130.A PIECE OF THE WORLD CHARACTERIZED.
131. 131.A CHILD
132. 132.A YOUNG RAW PREACHER
133. 133.A GRAVE DIVINE
134. 134.A MERE DULL PHYSICIAN.
135. 135.AN ALDERMAN.
136. 136.A DISCONTENTED MAN
137. 137.AN ANTIQUARY.
138. 138.A YOUNGER BROTHER.
139. 139.A MERE FORMAL MAN
140. 140.A CHURCH-PAPIST
141. 141.A SELF-CONCEITED MAN
142. 142.A TOO IDLY RESERVED MAN
143. 143.A TAVERN
144. 144.A SHARK
145. 145.A CARRIER
146. 146.A YOUNG MAN.
147. 147.AN OLD COLLEGE BUTLER
148. 148.AN UPSTART COUNTRY KNIGHT
149. 149.AN IDLE GALLANT
150. 150.A CONSTABLE
151. 151.A DOWN-RIGHT SCHOLAR
152. 152.A PLAIN COUNTRY FELLOW
153. 153.A PLAYER.
154. 154.A DETRACTOR
155. 155.A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF THE UNIVERSITY
156. 156.A WEAK MAN
157. 157.A TOBACCO-SELLER
158. 158.A POT-POET
159. 159.A PLAUSIBLE MAN
160. 160.A BOWL-ALLEY
161. 161.THE WORLD'S WISE MAN
162. 162.A SURGEON
163. 163.A CONTEMPLATIVE MAN
164. 164.A SHE PRECISE HYPOCRITE
165. 165.A SCEPTIC IN RELIGION
166. 166.AN ATTORNEY.
167. 167.A PARTIAL MAN
168. 168.A TRUMPETER
169. 169.A VULGAR-SPIRITED MAN
170. 170.A PLODDING STUDENT
171. 171.PAUL'S WALK [64]
172. 172.A COOK.
173. 173.A BOLD FORWARD MAN
174. 174.A BAKER.
175. 175.A PRETENDER TO LEARNING
176. 176.A HERALD
177. 177.THE COMMON SINGING-MEN IN CATHEDRAL CHURCHES
178. 178.A SHOPKEEPER.
179. 179.A BLUNT MAN
180. 180.A HANDSOME HOSTESS
181. 181.A CRITIC
182. 182.A SERGEANT, OR CATCH-POLE
183. 183.A UNIVERSITY DUN
184. 184.A STAID MAN
185. 185.A MODEST MAN
186. 186.A MERE EMPTY WIT
187. 187.A DRUNKARD
188. 188.A PRISON
189. 189.A SERVING MAN
190. 190.AN INSOLENT MAN
191. 191.ACQUAINTANCE
192. 192.A MERE COMPLIMENTAL MAN
193. 193.A POOR FIDDLER
194. 194.A MEDDLING MAN
195. 195.A GOOD OLD MAN
196. 196.A FLATTERER
197. 197.A HIGH-SPIRITED MAN
198. 198.A MERE GULL CITIZEN
199. 199.A LASCIVIOUS MAN
200. 200.A RASH MAN
201. 201.AN AFFECTED MAN
202. 202.A PROFANE MAN
203. 203.A COWARD
204. 204.A SORDID RICH MAN
205. 205.A MERE GREAT MAN
206. 206.A POOR MAN
207. 207.AN ORDINARY HONEST MAN
208. 208.A SUSPICIOUS OR JEALOUS MAN
209. 209.NICHOLAS BRETON — NICH. BRETON.
210. 210.TO THE READER.
211. 211.By NICHOLAS BRETON.
212. 212.WISDOM.
213. 213.LEARNING.
214. 214.KNOWLEDGE.
215. 215.PRACTICE.
216. 216.PATIENCE.
217. 217.LOVE.
218. 218.PEACE.
219. 219.WAR.
220. 220.VALOUR.
221. 221.RESOLUTION.
222. 222.HONOUR.
223. 223.TRUTH.
224. 224.TIME.
225. 225.DEATH.
226. 226.FAITH.
227. 227.FEAR.
228. 228.OF STUDIES.
229. 229.By NICHOLAS BRETON.
230. 230.A WORTHY KING.
231. 231.AN UNWORTHY KING.
232. 232.A WORTHY QUEEN.
233. 233.A WORTHY PRINCE.
234. 234.AN UNWORTHY PRINCE.
235. 235.A WORTHY PRIVY COUNCILLOR.
236. 236.AN UNWORTHY COUNCILLOR.
237. 237.A NOBLEMAN.
238. 238.AN UNNOBLE MAN.
239. 239.A WORTHY BISHOP.
240. 240.AN UNWORTHY BISHOP.
241. 241.A WORTHY JUDGE.
242. 242.AN UNWORTHY JUDGE.
243. 243.A WORTHY KNIGHT.
244. 244.AN UNWORTHY KNIGHT.
245. 245.A WORTHY GENTLEMAN.
246. 246.AN UNWORTHY GENTLEMAN.
247. 247.A WORTHY LAWYER.
248. 248.AN UNWORTHY LAWYER.
249. 249.A WORTHY SOLDIER.
250. 250.AN UNTRAINED SOLDIER.
251. 251.A WORTHY PHYSICIAN.
252. 252.AN UNWORTHY PHYSICIAN.
253. 253.A WORTHY MERCHANT.
254. 254.AN UNWORTHY MERCHANT.
255. 255.A GOOD MAN.
256. 256.AN ATHEIST OR MOST BAD MAN.
257. 257.A WISE MAN.
258. 258.A FOOL.
259. 259.AN HONEST MAN.
260. 260.A KNAVE.
261. 261.AN USURER.
262. 262.A BEGGAR.
263. 263.A VIRGIN.
264. 264.A WANTON WOMAN.
265. 265.A QUIET WOMAN.
266. 266.AN UNQUIET WOMAN.
267. 267.A GOOD WIFE.
268. 268.AN EFFEMINATE FOOL.
269. 269.A PARASITE.
270. 270.A DRUNKARD.
271. 271.A COWARD.
272. 272.AN HONEST POOR MAN.
273. 273.A JUST MAN.
274. 274.A REPENTANT SINNER.
275. 275.A REPROBATE.
276. 276.AN OLD MAN.
277. 277.A YOUNG MAN.
278. 278.A HOLY MAN.
279. 279.GEOFFREY MINSHULL.
280. 280.FROM THE DEDICATION OF "ESSAYS AND CHARACTERS OF A PRISON AND PRISONERS."
281. 281.A CHARACTER OF A PRISONER.
282. 282.HENRY PARROT [?].
283. 283.A SCOLD
284. 284.A GOOD WIFE
285. 285.PLAYER
286. 286.A CORRANTO-COINER
287. 287.JOHN MILTON,
288. 288.ON THE UNIVERSITY CARRIER,
289. 289.ANOTHER ON THE SAME.
290. 290.WYE SALTONSTALL,
291. 291.THE TERM
292. 292.THE HORSE
293. 293.PAMPHLETS
294. 294.JOHN CLEVELAND,
295. 295.THE CHARACTER OF A COUNTRY COMMITTEE-MAN, WITH THE EAR-MARK OF A SEQUESTRATOR.
296. 296.THE CHARACTER OF A DIURNAL-MAKER.
297. 297.THE CHARACTER OF A LONDON DIURNAL.
298. 298.THE VALIANT MAN.
299. 299.SAMUEL BUTLER,
300. 300.CHARACTERS.
301. 301.BY SAMUEL BUTLER.
302. 302.A DEGENERATE NOBLE; OR, ONE THAT IS PROUD OF HIS BIRTH,
303. 303.A HUFFING COURTIER
304. 304.A COURT BEGGAR
305. 305.A BUMPKIN OR COUNTRY SQUIRE
306. 306.AN ANTIQUARY
307. 307.A PROUD MAN
308. 308.A SMALL POET
309. 309.A PHILOSOPHER
310. 310.A MELANCHOLY MAN
311. 311.A TRAVELLER
312. 312.A CURIOUS MAN
313. 313.A HERALD
314. 314.A VIRTUOSO
315. 315.AN INTELLIGENCER
316. 316.A QUIBBLER
317. 317.A TIME-SERVER
318. 318.A PRATER
319. 319.A DISPUTANT
320. 320.A PROJECTOR
321. 321.A COMPLEMENTER
322. 322.A CHEAT
323. 323.A TEDIOUS MAN
324. 324.A PRETENDER
325. 325.A NEWSMONGER
326. 326.A MODERN CRITIC
327. 327.A BUSY MAN
328. 328.A PEDANT
329. 329.A HUNTER
330. 330.AN AFFECTED MAN
331. 331.A MEDICINE-TAKER
332. 332.THE MISER
333. 333.A SWEARER
334. 334.THE LUXURIOUS
335. 335.AN UNGRATEFUL MAN
336. 336.A SQUIRE OF DAMES
337. 337.AN HYPOCRITE
338. 338.AN OPINIONATER
339. 339.A CHOLERIC MAN
340. 340.A SUPERSTITIOUS MAN
341. 341.A DROLL
342. 342.THE OBSTINATE MAN
343. 343.A ZEALOT
344. 344.THE OVERDOER
345. 345.THE RASH MAN
346. 346.THE AFFECTED OR FORMAL
347. 347.A FLATTERER
348. 348.A PRODIGAL
349. 349.THE INCONSTANT
350. 350.A GLUTTON
351. 351.A RIBALD
352. 352.A MODERN POLITICIAN
353. 353.A MODERN STATESMAN
354. 354.A DUKE OF BUCKS
355. 355.A FANTASTIC
356. 356.AN HARANGUER
357. 357.A RANTER
358. 358.AN AMORIST
359. 359.AN ASTROLOGER
360. 360.A LAWYER
361. 361.AN EPIGRAMMATIST
362. 362.A FANATIC.
363. 363.A PROSELYTE.
364. 364.A CLOWN
365. 365.A WOOER
366. 366.AN IMPUDENT MAN
367. 367.AN IMITATOR
368. 368.A SOT
369. 369.A JUGGLER
370. 370.A ROMANCE-WRITER
371. 371.A LIBELLER
372. 372.A FACTIOUS MEMBER
373. 373.A PLAY-WRITER
374. 374.A MOUNTEBANK
375. 375.A WITTOL
376. 376.A LITIGIOUS MAN
377. 377.A HUMOURIST
378. 378.A LEADER OF A FACTION
379. 379.A DEBAUCHED MAN
380. 380.THE SEDITIOUS MAN
381. 381.THE RUDE MAN
382. 382.A RABBLE
383. 383.A KNIGHT OF THE POST
384. 384.AN UNDESERVING FAVOURITE
385. 385.A MALICIOUS MAN
386. 386.A KNAVE
387. 387.WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
388. 388.CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR.

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