The characters, or, The manners of the age by Monsieur de la Bruyere ... made English by several hands ; with the characters of Theophrastus, translated from the Greek, and a prefatory discourse to them, by Monsieur de la Bruyere ; to which is added, a key to his Characters.

Title

The characters, or, The manners of the age by Monsieur de la Bruyere ... made English by several hands ; with the characters of Theophrastus, translated from the Greek, and a prefatory discourse to them, by Monsieur de la Bruyere ; to which is added, a key to his Characters.

Author

La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645-1696.

Publication

London :: Printed for John Bullord and sold by Matt. Gilliflower ... Ben. Tooke ... Christopher Bateman ... and Richard Parker ...,

1699.

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Character sketches.

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"The characters, or, The manners of the age by Monsieur de la Bruyere ... made English by several hands ; with the characters of Theophrastus, translated from the Greek, and a prefatory discourse to them, by Monsieur de la Bruyere ; to which is added, a key to his Characters." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47658.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 16, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• THE PREFACE.
• A KEY to the Cha∣racters or Manners of the Age.
• ERRATA.
• THE CHARACTERS, OR, Manners of the Age.
  • OF Polite Learning.
  • OF Personal Merit.
  • OF WOMEN.
  • Of the Heart.
  • OF Society and Conversation.
  • OF THE Goods of Fortune.
  • Of the City.
  • Of the Court.
  • Of the Great
  • Of the Soveraign or Commonwealth.
  • Of MAN.
  • Of Judgment.
  • Of the Fashion.
  • OF Certain Custom
  • OF The Pulpit.
  • OF The Wits of the Age.
• title page
• A Prefatory Discourse Concerning THEOPHRASTUS.
• THE Moral Characters OF THEOPHRASTUS, Done from the Greek.
  • OF Flattery.
  • Of Villany.
  • Of Loquacity.
  • The News-monger.
  • Of Impudence occasioned by Coveteousness.
  • Of sordid Frugality.
  • A brazen fac'd Fellow.
  • Of Unseasonable Conversa∣tion.
  • A Busie-body.
  • Of Stupidity.
  • Brutality.
  • Of Superstition.
  • A Splenatick Man.
  • Of Distrust.
  • A Sloven.
  • A Troublesome Fellow.
  • Vain Glory.
  • A Niggard.
  • Of Ostentation.
  • Of Pride.
  • Of Cowardice.
  • Of an Oligarchical Govern∣ment, and the Grandees thereof
  • Of those that begin to learn in old age.
  • Of Slander.
• THE CONTENTS OF Monsieur de la Bruyere's CHARACTERS.
• The Contents of the Characters of Theo∣phrastus.