Very few of the characters of The English Rogue have so much as a name to their backs: they are "a prentice," "a master," "a mistress," "a servant," "a daughter," "a tapster," etc.
"The English Novel"
George Saintsbury
"But though the treacherous tapster, Thomas, Hangs a new Angel two doors from us, As fine as dauber's hands can make it, In hopes that strangers may mistake it, We think it both a shame and sin To quit the good old Angel Inn," Indeed, in this good old house, where everything at least is well aired, I shall be content to put up my fatigued horses, and here take a bed for the long night that begins to darken upon me.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke
Robin shaped himself like to the tapster's brewer, and came and demanded twenty pounds which was due to him from the tapster.
"The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'"
Compiled by Frank Sidgwick