The club or, a grey-cap for a green-head. Containing maxims, advice and cautions. Being a dialogue between a father and son. In which is Interspers'd the following Characters. Viz. Antiquary, Buffoon, Critic, Detractor, Envioso, Flatterer, Gamester, Hypocrite, Impertinent, Knave, Lawyer, Morose, News-Monger, Opiniater, Projector, Quack, Rake, Swearer, Traveller, Usurer, Wiseman, Xantippe, Youth, Zany, the Vintner. These Characters being meerly intended, to expose Vice and Folly; let none pretend to a Key; nor seek for another's Picture, least he find his own. For, Qui capit ille facit. In vino veritas.
- James Puckle
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- [1733?]
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The club: or, a grey-cap for a green-head. Containing maxims, advice and cautions. Being a dialogue between a father and son. In which is Interspers'd the following Characters. Viz. Antiquary, Buffoon, Critic, Detractor, Envioso, Flatterer, Gamester, Hypo
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London : printed for John King, at Sir Walter Raleigh's Head; and Thomas King, at Shakespear's Head, both in Moorfields, near Little Moorgate, [1733?]
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The fifth edition, with additions.
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- Full text available: 1733.