The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical : in prose and verse, with his remains in four volumes compleat; vol. IIBrown, Thomas
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The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical : in prose and verse, with his remains in four volumes compleat; vol. II
Brown, Thomas
English wit and humor -- Early works to 1800; Erotic literature -- Early works to 1800; Latin literature -- Translations into English
[21] Scarron.
[22] _Madam_ Maintenon _was born in_ Martineco.
[23] Don Carlos.
[24] Elizabeth _of_ France.
[25] Don John _of_ Austria.
[26] _The two Royal Houses of_ France _and_ Spain.
[27] _Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam._
[28] _Monks._
[29] _Two ancient poets._
[30] _Two modern poets._
[31] _Madam_ Maintenon.
[32] _A_ French _poet, whom_ Boileau _makes free with in his first
satire, and elsewhere_.
[33] _Madam_ la Valiere.
[34] _Madam_ de Fontagne.
[35] _Madam_ de Montespan.
[36] _The nuns of St._ Cyril.
[37] West-Indies.
[38] _The Nunnery of St._ Cyril.
[39] _Madam_ Maintenon.
[40] _The voluminous author of_ Cleopatra.
[41] _He means the late King_ James.
[42] _A_ French _Proverb for_ no conscience.
[43] England.
[44] _Dr._ B----re.
[45] _Stanzas of_ Nostradamus.
[46] _Madam_ Maintenon.
[47] _Madam_ Maintenon.
[48] _Madam_ Montespan.
[49] _A proverb in_ French _for a fat large monk or abbot_. Cochon _is_
French _for a hog_.
[50] _Pulpit._
[51] _The quire._
[52] _Kitchen._
[53] _Bawdy-house._
[54] More commonly call’d with us _Boileau_.
[55] The taking down the image of our Saviour, and setting up the
_French_ king’s in the room of it, occasioned this distich,
_Abstulit hinc Iesum, posuitque insignia regis_
_Impia gens; alium non habet illa Deum._
[56] Over the door of the great hall of the _Invalides_, he is drawn
guiding the chariot of the sun, with beams of glory round his head,
and a thunderbolt in his hand, the four quarters of the world kneeling
before him in a very humble posture, and the motto is, _Je plais a
tous_.
[57] _The devil laughs every now and then._
[58] _The devils all laugh at his negative proof._
Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
have his his fortune told=> have his fortune told {pg 3}
love’s little tabernacle’s=> love’s little tabernacles {pg 5}
which antient historians tells us=> which antient historians tell us {pg
5}
was going to say to say something=> was going to say something {pg 10}
be pimp to noblemens=> be pimp to noblemen’s {pg 16}
should be excedingly beholden=> should be exceedingly beholden {pg 17}
whenevever my circumstances=> whenever my circumstances {pg 34}
continually tormented with with=> continually tormented with {pg 36}
that abominable dedegree=> that abominable degree {pg 43}
poor under-tradesmens families=> poor under-tradesmen’s families {pg 46}
that set set him to work=> that set him to work {pg 55}
in so dubious and enterprize?=> in so dubious an enterprize? {pg 56}
If I am not now dispossessed=> if I am not now dispossessed {pg 58}
mens consciences=> men’s consciences {pg 61}
your your fame is infinite=> your fame is infinite {pg 61}
I re-entred=> I re-entered {pg 86}
charm’d with with the conversation=> charm’d with the conversation {pg
89}
licentiousuess reign’d=> licentiousness reign’d {pg 90}
knowing my inlinations=> knowing my inclinations {pg 100}
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