7. turn. Short time.
8. periwig. The long curled dress wig introduced at the Restoration.
9. the Rose was the actors' tavern in Covent Garden.
18. the British common. The sea stands to Britain in the relation that the village common does to the village community.
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5. Captain Sentry. v. Appendix II.
19. left the world. Retired from public life.
32. his own vindication. The claim he makes for himself.
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9. humourists. Eccentrics. Cf. Ben Jonson, Prologue to The Alchemist: