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A 'kuttar' or line of blind beggars in a row, two other men in discussion, Kabul, Afghanistan. Coloured lithograph after L.W. Hart, 1843.
Hart, Lockyer Willis, active 1843.Date: 2 April 1843Reference: 16490i- Pictures
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Two blind beggars, one stands with a placard around his neck and hat, the other kneels with a dog on his lap. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833.Date: 30 May 1816Reference: 16451i- Pictures
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A group of beggars, one playing the violin, the other walking with the aid of a stick holding out a hat to collect alms. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.
Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean, 1750-1818.Date: 1798-1813Reference: 44062i- Books
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An Act for reducing the laws relating to rogues, vagabonds, sturdy beggars, and vagrants, into one Act of Parliament; and for the more effectual punishing such rogues, vagabonds, sturdy beggars, and vagrants, and sending them whither they ought to be sent.
Great Britain.Date: 1714]- Books
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The Sturdy beggars letter to the Norfolk Quack; or, A word of advice on his late preferment.
Date: 1733?]- Books
Bureaucrats and beggars : French social policy in the Age of the Enlightenment / Thomas McStay Adams.
Adams, Thomas McStay.Date: 1990- Pictures
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Charity being given to poor hungry beggars by a rich household. Engraving by L. Audran after S. Bourdon.
Bourdon, Sébastien, 1616-1671.Reference: 17578i- Pictures
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A woman giving money to beggars at the entrance to a church or convent. Colour lithograph by Valerio.
Valério, Théodore, 1819-1879.Reference: 30675i- Pictures
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Two beggars dressed in ragged clothing, one with a large stick, are walking together on the road. Etching.
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The royal merchant: or, the beggars bush. A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher.
Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616.Date: M.DCC.XXXV. [1735]- Books
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A choice collection of songs, that are sung in The beggars opera. At the theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields.
Date: [1730?]- Books
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A new canting dictionary: Comprehending All the terms, Antient and Modern, Used in the Several tribes of Gypsies, Beggars, Shoplifters, Highwaymen, Foot-Pads, and all other Clans of Cheats and Villains. Interspersed With Proverbs, Phrases, Figurative Speeches, &c. Being a Complete Collection of all that has been publish'd of that Kind. With very large Additions of Words never before made Publick. Detecting, under each Head or Order, the several Tricks or Pranks made use of by Varlets of all Denominations; and therefore Useful for all Sorts of People (especially Travellers and Foreigners) to enable them to secure their Money and preserve their Lives. With a Preface, giving an Account of the Original, Progress, &c. of the Canting Crew; and recommending Methods for diminishing these Varlets, by better Employment of the Poor. To which is Added, A complete Collection of Songs in the Canting Dialect.
Date: 1725- Books
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The royal merchant: or, beggars-bush. A comedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's servants.
Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616.Date: [1706?]- Books
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The royal merchant: or, beggars-bush. A comedy. Acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's servants.
Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616.Date: 1706- Pictures
Eight beggars or ruined investors lamenting their losses in the Dutch financial crisis of 1720. Engraving, 1720, after P. Quast.
Quast, Pieter Jansz., 1606-1647.Date: [1720?]Reference: 816094iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Books
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The London merchants triumphant: or, Sturdy beggars are brave fellows, a new ballad proper to be sung at this time.
Date: 1733]- Books
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The jovial crew: or, the merry beggars. A comic-opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.
Brome, Richard, -1652?.Date: M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]- Books
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The jovial crew: or, the merry beggars. A comic-opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.
Brome, Richard, -1652?.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
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The jovial crew: or, the merry beggars. A comic-opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.
Brome, Richard, -1652?.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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The Jovial crew: or, the merry beggars. A comic-opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.
Brome, Richard, -1652?.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
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An agreeable criticism, of the city of Paris and the French; giving an account of their present state and condition: their Virtues and Vices. Their Academies. Their Dress, Devotion, Levity. Their Women. Their Beggars, Writers, Booksellers. Their Diversions. Their Theatres. Their Gallantry, Language, Entertainment of Strangers. Their Lawyers, Pick-Pockets, Physicians and Quacks. The Court, the Great Men, the King and the Mob. The Tuilleries, Lamps, Chymists, and Clergy. Their Notions of things. Their Horses, Eating-Houses, Liveries. Their Conjugal Affection. Their Luxury, Vanity, Civility, Garrulity. Their Courts of Judicature. Their Invention, Affectation, Labour. Taverns. Climate. Trades-People. Fruit. House-Rent. Taylors. Brokers. Fair of St. Germain. Their Bridges, Buildings, &c. Political Calculations of the number of Houses, Consumption of Food. &c. Being a translation of an Italian letter, written lately from Paris, by a Sicilian, to a friend of his at Amsterdam. With further remarks upon the French, their Preachers, Authors, &c. By a French gentleman.
French gentleman.Date: [1704]- Books
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A ramble through London: containing observations on men and things, viz. some account of the vast number of foreigners and their behaviour. Of the Scotch, Irish, and Welsh; the first, filling us with Quacks, Beggars and Pedlars; the next with Robbers, Bullies and Evidence and the last, with Footmen, Porters, and Draymen, instead of Gentlemen. A merry Description of the Court End of the Town, and of the City. A Conversation between a Sodomitical Baronet, a Bawd, and the Author, on a Bench in St. James's Park. The Resolutions and Schemes of the Affidavit Club, or Irish Society of Fortune-Hunters for the current Year. Female Conversation described, and the Band of Petticoat Pensioners in the City. The Management of Authors, Printers, and Publishers. The insufferable Behaviour of City 'prentices. Practices of Death-Hunters; the Humours of the Royal Exchange. Together with a small collection of the most refin'd jests from St. James's. And many other curious Particulars touching the Town. By a true-born Englishman.
True-born Englishman.Date: MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]- Books
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The Sin and shame of Scotland, upon account of the vast number of idle vagabond beggars, swarming in all corners of it. ...
Date: 1704- Books
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A familiar epistle to Mr. Mitchell. Containing a seasonable satire, written in the fashionable style of modern poetick beggars. By a money'd man.
C-----m, C.Date: M.DCC.XX. [1720]- Books
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The royal merchant: or, The beggars bush. A comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent Garden. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher.
Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616.Date: MDCCXL. [1740]