Gualter

Opposite to exercise is idleness (the badge of gentry) or want of exercise, the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness, stepmother of discipline, the chief author of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, and a sole cause of this and many other maladies, the devil's cushion, as [1540] Gualter calls it, his pillow and chief reposal.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Bullinger vindicates, and Gualter approves in a just apology with many arguments.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Marriage, saith [6326] Gualter, detains many; a thing in itself laudable, good and necessary, but many, deceived and carried away with the blind love of it, have quite laid aside the love of God, and desire of his glory.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Gualter; “Magical Disquisitions,” by Delvis, and the

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

I truly hold it for an honour and praise to be called and reputed a Frolic Gualter and a Robin Goodfellow; for under this name am I welcome in all choice companies of

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

I truly hold it for an honour and praise to be called and reputed a Frolic Gualter and a Robin Goodfellow; for under this name am I welcome in all choice companies of

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Gualter (minister at Zurich, and well known as a correspondent of our divines in the age of the Reformation) was a Scotchman.

Notes and Queries, Number 62, January 4, 1851 Various

Gualter (in _Zurich_, and _Original Letters, Parker Society_) little can be gathered; thus much have I gleaned, that though mention is oftentimes made of Scotland, yet not sufficient to identify Gualter as being a native of that country; yet it should be observed that he dedicated his Homilies on the Galatians to the King of Scotland, _Zurich Letters_ (second series) cxviii., see also, cxxix., cxxx.

Notes and Queries, Number 68, February 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Various 1852

One occasion why I deserted that employment was, because Scott, who had eight hundred pounds per Annum for intelligence, would not contribute any occasion to gratify my friend: And another thing was, I received some affront from Gualter Frost their Secretary, one that was a principal minister belonging to the Council of State.

William Lilly's History of His Life and Times Lilly, William, 1602-1681 1715

This infamous fellow, who dubbed himself Esquire and Latinized his name to Gualter, was authorized to publish (i.e. write) 'intelligence every week upon Thursday according to an Act of Parliament for that purpose.'

The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I Aphra Behn 1664