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Excerpt from The English Theophrastus, or the Manners of the Age: Being the Modern Characters of the Court, the Town, and the City The fluke of'rochcfoucauc, Mr. St. Evra mom, and Mr. La Bruyere among the French, have fitmt'jh'd the prefent Age with Maxim: and Reflefliont, which are read with Admzratzon h); all the Judicious. Thefe three Author; I have taken to ?teeet, and Selefled fitch Thoughts out ofthem, for the Ground Work of thit Book, a: are of (general Application to Mankind; and at Entertaining and Inflruflz'oe to an Eu. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.