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.

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Author:	La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645-1696.
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.
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Alternate titles:	Caractères. English
Subject terms:	Character sketches.
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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.

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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.