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Distributive justice and mercy shewing, that a temporary real solitary imprisonment of convicts, supported by religious instruction, and well-regulated labour, is essential to their well-being, and the safety, honour, and reputation of the people. By Jonas Hanway, Esq;.
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.Date: M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]- E-books
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The new cheats of London exposed; or the frauds and tricks of the town laid open to both sexes . Being a guard against the iniquitous practices of the metropolis. Containing a new and clear discovery of all the various cheats, frauds, villainies, artifices, tricks, seductions, stratagems, impositions and deceptions, which are daily practised in London, by bawds and bullies duffers fortune tellers gamblers gossips hangers-on jilts intelligencers Jew defaulters insolvents kidnappers lottery office keepers mock auctioneers money droppers ring droppers pimps pretended friends procurers procuresses quacks receivers of stolen goods setters spungers sharpers swindlers smugglers shop lifters street robbers trappers way-layers waggon hunters whores, &c. &c. Interspersed with useful reflections and admonitions, salutary hints and observations, whereby rogues cheats are not only exposed, but may be avoided, by the instructions contained. The whole laid down in so plain and easy a manner, as to enable the most innocent country people to be completely on their guard, how to avoid the base villanies of those vile and abandoned wretches, who live by villany and fraud.
King, Richard, Esq.Date: 1799?]- E-books
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Mr. William Fuller's trip to Bridewell, with a true account of his barbarous usage in the pillory. The Characters of the several People, who came to see him beat Hemp, and discours'd with him. His Repentance for Offences past. The Discovery of the Whiggs that Employ'd him. Together with his Reception in the Queen's Bench. Written by his own hand
Fuller, William, 1670-1717?.Date: Printed in the Year, 1703- E-books
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The new cheats of London exposed; or, the frauds and tricks of the town laid open to both sexes Being a warning-piece against the inquitous practices of that metropolis. Containing a new and clear Discovery of all the various Cheats, Frauds, Villainies, Artifices, Tricks, Seductions, Stratagems, Impositions and Deceptions, which are daily practised in London, by Bawds Bullies Duffers Fortune Tellers Footpads Gamblers Gossips Hangers-on Highwaymen House-Breakers J[o]lts Intelligencers Jew Delauiters Insolvents Kidnappers Lottery-Office-Keepers Mock Auctioners Money Droppers Ring Droppers Pimps Pretended Friends Procurers Pr[o]scuresses Pickpockets Quacks Receivers of stolen Goods Spungers Sharpers Swindlers Smugglers Shop-Lifters Street-Robbers Trappers way-layers Waggon-Hunters Whores, &c. &c. &c. Interspersed With Useful Reflections and Admonitions, salutary Hints and Observations, whereby Rogues and Cheats are not only exposed, but may be avoided, by the Instructions herein contained. The whole laid down in so plain and easy a Manner, as to enable the most innocent Country People to be completely on their Guard how to avoid the base Villainies of those vile and abandoned Wretches, who live by Robbery, and deceiving the Young and Innocent of both Sexes. Written from experience and observation, by Richard King, Esq. Author of The New London Spy, also published by Mr. Hogg. Embellished with emblematical copper-plates, entirely new.
King, Richard, Esq.Date: [1780?]- E-books
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The new cheats of London exposed the frauds and tricks of the town laid open to both sexes. Being a guard against the iniquitious [sic] practices of that metropolis.
King, Richard, Esq.Date: [1795?]