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Examen 224: His Lordship was within Ams-ace of being put in the Plot for Godfrey’s Murder.at within ambs-ace of under ambs-ace, n.
Examen 224: His Lordship was within Ams-ace of being put in the Plot for Godfrey’s Murder. Examen 258: If we would see him in his Altitudes, we must go back to the House of Commons [...] There he cuts and slashes at another Rate.at in one’s altitudes (adj.) under altitudes, n.
Examen 93: In the year 1680, Bethel and Cornish were chosen Sheriffs. The former used to walk about more like a Corncutter than Sheriff of London. He kept no House, but lived upon Chops, whence it is proverbial, for not feasting, to Bethel the City.at bethel the city, v.
Examen 129: The Prejudices of poor Men, tried for their Lives [...] to that, and the Author’s bilk Account of it, I am approaching.at bilk, adj.
Examen 213: Bedloe was questioned over and over, [...] still swore the same bilk.at bilk, n.
Examen 323: It is a thousand Times better, as one would think, to bogtrot in Ireland, than to pirk it in Preferment no better dressed.at bogtrot (v.) under bog, n.3
Examen 256: She, in her Defence, made him appear such a Rogue [...] that the Chief Justice wondered he had the Brass to appear in a Court of Justice.at brass, n.1
Examen 258: Lady Powis [...] called him a Cow-hearted Fellow.at cow-hearted (adj.) under cow, n.1
Examen 294: If there was ever such a devillish Model of a Sham-plot, I am mistaken. Cross-bite upon a Spy, and so close as Husband and Wife!at crossbite, v.
Examen 189: A rare Hiccius Doxius!at hiccius (doccius), adj.
Examen 151: The Reason, of all this Chim-cham Stuff, is the ridiculous Undertaking, of the Author, to prove Oates’s Plot.at flim-flam, n.
Examen 256: His first Employment was to lay one Strode, his Fellow Gaol-Bird, asleep, by Virtue of a Potion.at gaolbird, n.
Examen 323: Would one expect in Print [...] such Malice and Knavery as lies here, scarce fit for Midnight Grubstreet Rags?at Grub Street, adj.
Examen 218: For that Reason, the Witness-mongers put forward another Witness.at -monger, sfx
Examen 126: So, Mum was the Word.at mum’s the word under mum, adj.
Examen 258: Soon after this he was taken up and Newgated.at Newgate, n.
Examen 278: He did it to pick-thank an Opportunity of getting more Money.at pickthank, n.
Examen 78: So strangely did Papist and Fanatic, or the Anticourt Party, p—s in a Quill; agreeing in all Things that tended to create Troubles and Disturbances .at piss in a quill (v.) under piss, v.
Examen 323: Would one expect in Print [...] such Malice and Knavery as lies here, scarce fit for Midnight Grubstreet Rags?.at rag, n.1
Examen 141: A new Invention called Chocolate-Houses, for the benefit of Rooks and Cullies of Quality, where Gaming is added to all the rest, and the Summons of Whores seldom fails.at rook, n.1
Examen 490: By Merchants, I mean fair Traders, and not Runners and Trickers [...] that cover a contraband Trade.at runner, n.
Examen 293: Great ladies are more apt to take Sides with talking, flattering Gossips than such a Shack as Fitzharris.at shack, n.1
Examen 317: Then, by way of Sham [...] the Plot Party gave out that Parliament had a Design to cover their own Guiltiness.at sham, n.1
Examen 256: It will lay open the Mystery of this Sham-plot.at sham-plot (n.) under sham, adj.
Examen 218: Ministers of the Plot were in continual Expectation, that, [...] some pusillanimous Wretch, out of mortal Fear, would squeak.at squeak, v.
Examen 197: There was an absolute Necessity of somewhat to be swingingly done.at swingingly (adv.) under swinging, adj.1
Examen 549: Some cunning Persons, that had found out his Foible, and Ignorance of Trap, first put him in great Fright.at trap, n.1
Examen 48: It seems daring to rail at Informers, Projectors, and Officers was not uppish enough, but his Lordship must rise so high as daring to limit the Power and Revenue of the Crown.at uppish, adj.
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