10 results filtered with: London (England) - Social life and customs - Early works to 1800
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A second part of A view of London and Westminster: or, the town spy. Shewing The several Vices, Follies, and Impertinencies of the Inhabitants: With a remarkable Project for subjecting the D----mners and Sinkers, to add to the sinking Fund of the Nation. Of the Murders, and miserable Effects of the Bottle and the Pestle. The Town Intrigues. The Modern Criticks and Translators expos'd. An Exact and Correct List of the Kept Mistresses, their Places of Abode, and the Names and Characters of their respective Keepers, according to the Information of the several Parish Officers: The whole interspers'd with several entertaining Characters and pleasant Stories, &c.
Date: [1725]- Books
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The history of the London clubs, or, The citizens' pastime. Particularly, the Lying Club, the Yorkshire Club, the Thieves Club, the Beggars Club, the Broken Shopkeepers Club, the Basket Womans Club. With a sermon preach'd to a gang of high-way-men. Part I. By the author of the London Spy.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: 1709- Books
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Ranelagh House: a satire in prose: in the manner of Monsieur Le Sage.
Warton, Joseph, 1722-1800.Date: MDCCXLVII. [1747]- Books
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The London-spy compleat, In eighteen parts. Being the first volume of the writings of Mr. Edward Ward.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: 1718- Books
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Trivia: or, The art of walking the streets of London. By Mr. Gay.
Gay, John, 1685-1732.Date: [1716]- Books
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The London-spy compleat. In eighteen parts. By Mr. Edward Ward.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: [1700\- Books
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A sunday ramble; or, modern Sabbath-Day journey; in and about the cities of London and Westminster. Describing, in an agreeable Manner, the various interesting Scenes which are Weekly to be met with at the Mineral Wells, Coffee-Houses, Places of Publick Worship, Taverns, Ordinaries, Publick Gardens, Parks, Sunday Routs, Bagnios, &c. of this metropolis and its environs. Exhibiting a true Account of the Manner in which that Day is generally employed by all Ranks and Degrees of People, from the common Beggar to the dignified Peer. The Whole illustrated with a great Variety of Original Characters, Anecdotes, and Memoirs, of Persons in real Life; with pleasing Remarks thereupon. Intended to shew, in their proper Light, the Follies of the present Age; without the Severity of a Cynick, or the Indulgence of a Sensualist.
Date: [1775?]- Books
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The london-Spy compleat, in eighteen-parts. By the author of The trip to Jamaica.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: 1703- Books
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The second part, of the London clubs; containing, the No-Nose Club, the Beaus Club, the Farting Club, the Sodomites, or Mollies Club. The Quacks Club, by the author of The London spy.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: [1709?]- Books
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The connoisseur. By Mr. Town, critic and censor-general. ...
Colman, George, 1732-1794.Date: 1793