Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and CharactersEarle, John
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Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters
Earle, John
Character sketches
10. "The Joviall Crew; or the Devill turn'd Ranter." 1651.
11. [Greek: ta diapheronta]; or divine characters, in two parts, will have
an interest for Bristol readers; it is "by that late burning and shining
lamp, Master Samuel Crook, B.D., late Pastor of Wrington in Somerset, who
being dead yet speaketh." 1658.
12. "A character of the Religion and manners of Phanatiques in Generall,"
1660, includes in the list "Seekers and Enthusiasts." The last sounds
strange as _a species_.
13. "The character of an Ignoramus Doctor," 1681, recalls The
Microcosmography.
14. The captive Captain, or the restrained Cavalier," 1665, also, in part,
suggests Earle. "Of a Prison," "The anatomy of a Jayler," "The lean
Prisoner," "The restrained Cavalier and his melancholy."
15. Bliss also mentions "The character of a learned man," and gives some
choice extracts. "Our sottish and idle enthusiasts are to be reproved who
call learning but a _splendidum peccatum_." "Alexander commanded his
soldiers neither to damnify Pindarus, the poet, nor any of his family."
16. "A wandering Jew telling fortunes to Englishmen." 1640.
17. "The spiritual navigators bound for the Holy Land." 1615.
18. "The picture of a modern Whig: a dialogue between Whiglove and Double,
at Tom's Coffee-House." 1715.
19. In 1671 "Le vice ridicule" appeared. A sort of translation of Earle's
characters.
20. Pictures of Passions, Fancies, and Affections, poetically deciphered
in variety of characters (no date).
21. Characters of gentlemen that have put in to the Ladies Invention. This
begins--"A little Beau of the city strain."
22. Characters of several ingenious designing gentlewomen, who have lately
put in to the Ladies Invention, which is intended to be drawn as soon as
full. (There is no date to either of these.)
One or two extracts may be added from Anthony Wood.
"Lord Falkland, when he became one of the gentlemen of His Majesty's Privy
Chamber, had frequent retirements to Great Tew and sometimes to Oxon, for
the company of and conversation with learned and witty men. William
Chillingworth (author of the Religion of Protestants), Joh. Earle,[FB]
Charles Gataker (son of Thomas Gataker [the Editor of Marcus Aurelius] and
Anthony Wood thinks Chaplain to Lord Falkland); Thomas Triplet, a very
witty man of Christ Church; Hugh Cressey, and others.[FC] Cressey wrote a
number of theological works, and in one of them occurs the testimony to
Earle given in Bliss."
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