The dears had such a hard time of it, that they ended by keeping purposely away from the court-receptions, while, on the other hand, the legion of insignificant people with the von to their name commenced bedearing each other to their hearts content.

[…] when he is beſt, he is a little worſe then a man, and when he is worſt, he is little better than a beaſt:

Caveating is so necessary a motion in fencing, that without it there could be scarcely any offensive part, or pursuit.

the submonishing inclinations of my senses