"[T]ill I am satisfied that he never pulled Geese, Thumb'd a <i>Primmer</i>, Tore a <i>Bible</i>, disputed with his <i>Dad</i> about the <i>Rights</i> of Nature, or <i>Tipp'd</i> all <i>Nine</i> out of a Republican Principle, without any regard to the <i>Middle Pinn</i>, I must believe in Charity to the Doctor, that he went a <i>Tabula Inscripta</i> to the <i>University</i>, and that this was discernible even on the Reverse of him, in very plain [end page 8] and legible Characters"
A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus
William Oldisworth, <u>A Dialogue Between Timothy and Philatheus. In Which the Principles and Projects of a Late Whimsical Book, Intituled, (the Rights of the Christian Church, &C.) Are Fairly Stated, and Answered in Their Kind</u>, 3 vols (London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1709-11). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW120517997&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;