If he does not know them, it is deception to pretend that he does, while all the time he has never heard of them until instructed by the nomenclator.
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Nomenclator
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Pray, do you suppose that those books of names, which your nomenclator can hardly carry or remember, are those of friends ?
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Daw. I have brought some ladies here to see and know you. My Lady Haughty [as he presents them severally, EPI. kisses them.]—this my Lady Centaure — Mistress Dol Mavis — Mistress Trusty, my Lady Haughty's woman. Where's your husband ? let's see him: can he endure no noise? let me come to him. Mor. What nomenclator is this ! True. Sir John Daw, sir, your wife's servant, this.
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The nomenclator's method is first to look about and see if the place has any natural features to suggest a name—like Rocking Stone Farm or White Birches.
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