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CHARACTER WRITINGS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.	1
JOSEPH HALL	1
JOHN EARLE	1
GEOFFREY MINSHULL	3
WYE SALTONSTALL	3
CHARACTERS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1647 AND 1665	3
CHARACTERS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1673 AND 1689	3
CHARACTER WRITING AFTER THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.	4
CHARACTER WRITINGS	4
STUPIDITY.	5
A RUFFLER.	6
A TRAVELLER.	8
THE TRUE CRITIC.	9
THE CHARACTER OF THE PERSONS.	9
SIR THOMAS OVERBURY’S CHARACTERS;	13
A VERY WOMAN.	13
HER NEXT PART.	14
A DISSEMBLER	15
A COURTIER,	15
A GOLDEN ASS	15
A FLATTERER	16
AN IGNORANT GLORY-HUNTER	16
A TIMIST	16
AN AMORIST	17
AN AFFECTED TRAVELLER	17
A WISE MAN	18
A NOBLE SPIRIT	18
AN OLD MAN	19
A COUNTRY GENTLEMAN	20
A FINE GENTLEMAN	20
AN ELDER BROTHER	21
A BRAGGADOCIO WELSHMAN	21
A PEDANT.	21
A SERVING-MAN	22
AN HOST	22
AN OSTLER	22
THE TRUE CHARACTER OF A DUNCE.	23
A GOOD WIFE	24
A MELANCHOLY MAN	24
A SAILOR	25
A SOLDIER	26
A TAILOR	26
A PURITAN	27
A MERE COMMON LAWYER	28
A MERE SCHOLAR.	29
A TINKER	30
AN APPARITOR	31
AN ALMANAC-MAKER	31
A HYPOCRITE	32
A CHAMBERMAID.	35
A PRECISIAN.	35
AN INNS OF COURT MAN.	36
A MERE FELLOW OF AN HOUSE.	36
A WORTHY COMMANDER IN THE WARS	37
A VAINGLORIOUS COWARD IN COMMAND	38
A PIRATE,	38
AN ORDINARY FENCER	39
A PUNY CLERK.	39
A FOOTMAN.	40
A NOBLE AND RETIRED HOUSEKEEPER	40
AN INTRUDER INTO FAVOUR	41
A FAIR AND HAPPY MILKMAID	41
AN ARRANT HORSE-COURSER	42
A ROARING BOY.	43
A DRUNKEN DUTCHMAN RESIDENT IN ENGLAND	44
A PHANTASTIQUE: AN IMPROVIDENT YOUNG GALLANT,	44
A BUTTON-MAKER OF AMSTERDAM	45
A DISTASTER OF THE TIME	45
A MERE FELLOW OF AN HOUSE	46
A MERE PETTIFOGGER	46
AN INGROSSER OF CORN.	47
A DEVILISH USURER	47
A WATERMAN	49
A REVEREND JUDGE	49
A VIRTUOUS WIDOW	50
AN ORDINARY WIDOW	50
A QUACK-SALVER	51
A CANTING ROGUE.	52
A FRENCH COOK.	52
A SEXTON	52
A JESUIT	53
AN EXCELLENT ACTOR.	53
A FRANKLIN.	54
A RHYMER	55
A COVETOUS MAN.	55
THE PROUD MAN	56
A PRISON.	57
A PRISONER	58
A CREDITOR	59
A SERGEANT	60
HIS YEOMAN	61
A COMMON CRUEL JAILOR	61
WHAT A CHARACTER IS.	62
THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE.	63
AN ESSAY OF VALOUR.	63
JOSEPH HALL’S	65
A DOMESTIC CHAPLAIN.	66
CHARACTERS OF VIRTUES AND VICES.	68
THE FIRST BOOK.	69
THE PROEM.	69
CHARACTER OF THE WISE MAN.	70
OF AN HONEST MAN.	71
OF THE FAITHFUL MAN.	72
OF THE HUMBLE MAN.	73
OF A VALIANT MAN.	74
OF A PATIENT MAN.	74
OF THE TRUE FRIEND.	75
OF THE TRULY NOBLE.	77
OF THE GOOD MAGISTRATE.	78
OF THE PENITENT.	79
HE IS A HAPPY MAN	80
THE SECOND BOOK.	82
THE PROEM.	82
CHARACTER OF THE HYPOCRITE.	83
OF THE BUSYBODY.	84
OF THE SUPERSTITIOUS.	85
OF THE PROFANE.	86
OF THE MALCONTENT.	87
OF THE INCONSTANT.	88
OF THE FLATTERER.	89
OF THE SLOTHFUL.	90
OF THE COVETOUS.	91
OF THE VAINGLORIOUS.	93
OF THE PRESUMPTUOUS.	94
OF THE DISTRUSTFUL.	95
OF THE AMBITIOUS.	96
OF THE UNTHRIFT.	97
OF THE ENVIOUS.	98
JOHN EARLE	99
MICROCOSMOGRAPHY;	101
A CHILD	101
A YOUNG RAW PREACHER	102
A GRAVE DIVINE	103
A MERE DULL PHYSICIAN.	104
AN ALDERMAN.	104
A DISCONTENTED MAN	105
AN ANTIQUARY.	106
A YOUNGER BROTHER.	106
A MERE FORMAL MAN	107
A CHURCH-PAPIST	107
A SELF-CONCEITED MAN	108
A TOO IDLY RESERVED MAN	109
A TAVERN	109
A SHARK	110
A CARRIER	111
AN OLD COLLEGE BUTLER	112
AN UPSTART COUNTRY KNIGHT	113
AN IDLE GALLANT	113
A CONSTABLE	114
A DOWN-RIGHT SCHOLAR	114
A PLAIN COUNTRY FELLOW	115
A PLAYER.	116
A DETRACTOR	117
A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF THE UNIVERSITY	117
A WEAK MAN	118
A TOBACCO-SELLER	119
A POT-POET	119
A PLAUSIBLE MAN	120
A BOWL-ALLEY	120
THE WORLD’S WISE MAN	121
A SURGEON	121
A CONTEMPLATIVE MAN	122
A SHE PRECISE HYPOCRITE	122
A SCEPTIC IN RELIGION	124
AN ATTORNEY.	125
A PARTIAL MAN	125
A TRUMPETER	126
A VULGAR-SPIRITED MAN	126
A PLODDING STUDENT	127
PAUL’S WALK[64]	127
A COOK.	128
A BOLD FORWARD MAN	129
A BAKER.	130
A PRETENDER TO LEARNING	130
A HERALD	131
THE COMMON SINGING-MEN IN CATHEDRAL CHURCHES	131
A BLUNT MAN	132
A HANDSOME HOSTESS	133
A CRITIC	133
A SERGEANT, OR CATCH-POLE	133
A UNIVERSITY DUN	134
A STAID MAN	134
A MODEST MAN	135
A MERE EMPTY WIT	136
A DRUNKARD	137
A PRISON	137
A SERVING MAN	138
AN INSOLENT MAN	139
ACQUAINTANCE	139
A MERE COMPLIMENTAL MAN	140
A POOR FIDDLER	141
A MEDDLING MAN	141
A GOOD OLD MAN	142
A FLATTERER	142
A HIGH-SPIRITED MAN	143
A MERE GULL CITIZEN	144
A LASCIVIOUS MAN	145
A RASH MAN	145
AN AFFECTED MAN	146
A PROFANE MAN	147
A COWARD	147
A SORDID RICH MAN	148
A MERE GREAT MAN	148
A POOR MAN	149
AN ORDINARY HONEST MAN	150
A SUSPICIOUS OR JEALOUS MAN	150
NICHOLAS BRETON	151
CHARACTERS UPON ESSAYS,	152
WISDOM.	152
LEARNING.	153
KNOWLEDGE.	154
PRACTICE.	154
PATIENCE.	155
LOVE.	156
PEACE.	156
WAR.	157
VALOUR.	158
RESOLUTION.	158
HONOUR.	159
TRUTH.	159
TIME.	160
DEATH.	161
FAITH.	161
FEAR.	161
OF STUDIES.	162
THE GOOD AND THE BAD;	163
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE WORTHIES AND	163
A WORTHY KING.	163
AN UNWORTHY KING.	163
A WORTHY QUEEN.	163
A WORTHY PRINCE.	164
AN UNWORTHY PRINCE.	164
A WORTHY PRIVY COUNCILLOR.	164
AN UNWORTHY COUNCILLOR.	165
A NOBLEMAN.	165
AN UNNOBLE MAN.	165
A WORTHY BISHOP.	166
AN UNWORTHY BISHOP.	166
A WORTHY JUDGE.	166
AN UNWORTHY JUDGE.	167
A WORTHY KNIGHT.	167
AN UNWORTHY KNIGHT.	167
A WORTHY GENTLEMAN.	168
AN UNWORTHY GENTLEMAN.	168
A WORTHY LAWYER.	168
AN UNWORTHY LAWYER.	169
A WORTHY SOLDIER.	169
AN UNTRAINED SOLDIER.	169
A WORTHY PHYSICIAN.	170
AN UNWORTHY PHYSICIAN.	170
A WORTHY MERCHANT.	171
AN UNWORTHY MERCHANT.	171
A GOOD MAN.	171
AN ATHEIST OR MOST BAD MAN.	172
A WISE MAN.	172
A FOOL.	173
AN HONEST MAN.	173
A KNAVE.	173
AN USURER.	174
A BEGGAR.	174
A VIRGIN.	175
A WANTON WOMAN.	175
A QUIET WOMAN.	175
AN UNQUIET WOMAN.	176
A GOOD WIFE.	176
AN EFFEMINATE FOOL.	176
A PARASITE.	177
A DRUNKARD.	177
A COWARD.	177
AN HONEST POOR MAN.	178
A JUST MAN.	178
A REPENTANT SINNER.	178
A REPROBATE.	179
AN OLD MAN.	179
A YOUNG MAN.	179
A HOLY MAN.	180
GEOFFREY MINSHULL.	180
A CHARACTER OF A PRISONER.	181
HENRY PARROT [?].	182
A SCOLD	182
A GOOD WIFE	182
PLAYER	183
A CORRANTO-COINER	184
JOHN MILTON,	186
ON THE UNIVERSITY CARRIER,	187
ANOTHER ON THE SAME.	188
WYE SALTONSTALL,	188
THE TERM	189
THE HORSE	190
PAMPHLETS	191
JOHN CLEVELAND,	191
	192
THE CHARACTER OF A DIURNAL-MAKER.	195
THE CHARACTER OF A LONDON DIURNAL.	198
THE VALIANT MAN.	203
SAMUEL BUTLER,	204
CHARACTERS.	204
A DEGENERATE NOBLE; OR, ONE THAT IS PROUD OF HIS BIRTH,	204
A HUFFING COURTIER	205
A COURT BEGGAR	207
A BUMPKIN OR COUNTRY SQUIRE	208
AN ANTIQUARY	209
A PROUD MAN	211
A SMALL POET	212
A PHILOSOPHER	218
A MELANCHOLY MAN	219
A TRAVELLER	220
A CURIOUS MAN	221
A HERALD	222
A VIRTUOSO	223
AN INTELLIGENCER	225
A QUIBBLER	226
A TIME-SERVER	227
A PRATER	227
A DISPUTANT	228
A PROJECTOR	229
A COMPLEMENTER	230
A CHEAT	230
A TEDIOUS MAN	231
A PRETENDER	232
A NEWSMONGER	233
A MODERN CRITIC	233
A BUSY MAN	234
A PEDANT	235
A HUNTER	235
AN AFFECTED MAN	236
A MEDICINE-TAKER	237
THE MISER	237
A SWEARER	239
THE LUXURIOUS	239
AN UNGRATEFUL MAN	240
A SQUIRE OF DAMES	241
AN HYPOCRITE	242
AN OPINIONATER	243
A CHOLERIC MAN	244
A SUPERSTITIOUS MAN	245
A DROLL	245
THE OBSTINATE MAN	246
A ZEALOT	247
THE OVERDOER	247
THE RASH MAN	248
THE AFFECTED OR FORMAL	249
A FLATTERER	249
A PRODIGAL	250
THE INCONSTANT	251
A GLUTTON	251
A RIBALD	252
A MODERN POLITICIAN	253
A MODERN STATESMAN	264
A DUKE OF BUCKS	265
A FANTASTIC	266
AN HARANGUER	266
A RANTER	268
AN AMORIST	268
AN ASTROLOGER	269
A LAWYER	270
AN EPIGRAMMATIST	273
A FANATIC.	273
A PROSELYTE.	274
A CLOWN	275
A WOOER	276
AN IMPUDENT MAN	277
AN IMITATOR	278
A SOT	279
A JUGGLER	280
A ROMANCE-WRITER	280
A LIBELLER	281
A FACTIOUS MEMBER	282
A PLAY-WRITER	283
A MOUNTEBANK	284
A WITTOL	285
A LITIGIOUS MAN	286
A HUMOURIST	286
A LEADER OF A FACTION	287
A DEBAUCHED MAN	288
THE SEDITIOUS MAN	288
THE RUDE MAN	289
A RABBLE	290
A KNIGHT OF THE POST	290
AN UNDESERVING FAVOURITE	291
A MALICIOUS MAN	293
A KNAVE	294
APPENDIX.	295
CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR.	295