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From A Gallery of Eccentrics, by Morris Bishop, New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1928; pp. i-2.



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A     G A L L E R Y
OF ECCENTRICS



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Black and white engraving of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, King of the Beggars, holding a small dog.
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A     G A L L E R Y
OF ECCENTRICS


OR,

A Set of Twelve Originals & Extravagants
from ELAGABALUS, the Waggish Emperor
to MR. PROFESSOR PORSON,
the Tippling Philologer




Designed to Serve, by Example,
For the Correction of Manners
&
For the Edification of the Ingenious




BY MORRIS BISHOP


Black and white woodcut of a printer's logo, for Minton, Balch & Company, of a diamond with a swan inside and the initials M and B on either side of the swan's neck.




New York, Published by Minton, Balch & Company, 1928




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COPYRIGHT, 1928,
BY
MORRIS BISHOP








Printed in the United States of America by
J. J. LITTLE AND IVES COMPANY, NEW YORK






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CONTENTS

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   I.   ELAGABALUS    3

  II.   BRUSQUET    29

 III.   JAN BAPTISTA VAN HELMONT    43

  IV.   SIR THOMAS URQUHART    53

   V.   SIR JEFFERY HUDSON    71

  VI.   FRANÇOIS-TIMOLÉON DE CHOISY    85

 VII.   DUKE MAZARIN    103

VIII.   CAPTAIN BARTHOLOMEW ROBERTS   116

  IX.   BAMPFYLDE-MOORE CAREW    149

   X.   EDWARD WORTLEY MONTAGU, JUN.    173

  XI.   LORENZO DA PONTE    205

 XII.   RICHARD PORSON    227


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