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Page 33
... and well bred , fuch companions as no wife man ever wanted , if they could be had : George Rochford , and Peter Ludlow , men of fortune , learning , wit , humour , and virtue and Mr. Matthew Lord , deemed the beft lay scholar of his ...
... and well bred , fuch companions as no wife man ever wanted , if they could be had : George Rochford , and Peter Ludlow , men of fortune , learning , wit , humour , and virtue and Mr. Matthew Lord , deemed the beft lay scholar of his ...
Page xvii
The first is , that the names of Peter , Martin , and Jack are borrowed from a letter of the ate ' Duke of Buckingham . Whatever wit › Villers . is contained in those three names , the author is H 2 is AN APOLOGY . xvii ↓ ...
The first is , that the names of Peter , Martin , and Jack are borrowed from a letter of the ate ' Duke of Buckingham . Whatever wit › Villers . is contained in those three names , the author is H 2 is AN APOLOGY . xvii ↓ ...
Page xviii
The fecond inftance to fhew the author's wit not his own , is Peter's Banter ( as he calls it in his Alfatia phrafe ) upon transubstantiation , which is taken from the fame duke's conference with an irish priest , where a cork is turned ...
The fecond inftance to fhew the author's wit not his own , is Peter's Banter ( as he calls it in his Alfatia phrafe ) upon transubstantiation , which is taken from the fame duke's conference with an irish priest , where a cork is turned ...
Page xxv
those who have anfwered this book , as well as by fome others , that Peter is frequently made to repeat oaths and curses . Every reader obferves , it was neceffary to know that Peter did fwear and curfe . The oaths are not printed out ...
those who have anfwered this book , as well as by fome others , that Peter is frequently made to repeat oaths and curses . Every reader obferves , it was neceffary to know that Peter did fwear and curfe . The oaths are not printed out ...
Page 73
... very The first part of the Tale is the hiftory of Peter ; thereby popery is expofed : every body knows the papists have made great additions to chriftjanity , that indeed is the great " exception which the church of England makes ...
... very The first part of the Tale is the hiftory of Peter ; thereby popery is expofed : every body knows the papists have made great additions to chriftjanity , that indeed is the great " exception which the church of England makes ...
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