Coryate
Americannoun
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Thomas Coryate, a noted traveller, is said to have introduced them into Germany, and afterwards into England, where their use was at first much ridiculed as effeminate, the "fork-carving" traveller being spoken of in contempt.
From Chats on Household Curios by Burgess, Fred. W. (Frederick William)
By thee wise Coryate we are taught to know, Great, with great men which is the way to grow.
From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril
Odcombe was the birthplace of Tom Coryate, who, early in the 17th cent., tramped through Europe and the East.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
We will next proceed to the mention of a shrewd scholar and bibliomaniac, and ever active voyager, ycleped Thomas Coryate, the Peregrine of Odcombe.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
English traveller and writer, was born at Odcombe, Somersetshire, where his father, the Rev. George Coryate, prebendary of York Cathedral, was rector.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
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