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The english rogue [electronic resource] : or, the life of Jeremy Sharp, commonly called, Meriton Lat...

The english rogue [electronic resource] : or, the life of Jeremy Sharp, commonly called, Meriton Lat...

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The english rogue [electronic resource] : or, the life of Jeremy Sharp, commonly called, Meriton Latroon. Shewing, his birth and parentage; the many pranks he play'd whilst a Child; his wonderful Escape from the Irish Rebels; his running away from his Mother, and entering into a Gang of Gypsies, and the villanies he committed, whilst he followed that Profession. His coming to London, his Commitment to Newgate; his being entertained in the Service of a Merchant, who took a Fancy to him seeing him beg in the Street. His turning Strolling-Player, and his Adventures and Intrigues with the Princess Cordelia. The exploits he performed in bawdy-houses; how he gets into a Boarding-School in Woman's Apparel, as a Maid-Servant, and gets several of the young Ladies with Child; runs away towards Ireland, is shipwreck'd on the Isle of Man, arrives at Dublin, the Tricks he plays there; returns to England, is imprisoned at Oxford; ransomed by his Comrades; falls in love with a rich Widow, whom he enjoys, robs, and forsakes; is condemned for another Robbery, and obliged to transport himself for seven Years out of the Kingdom; is shipwreck'd at Sea, taken by the Turks, sold to a Jew, makes his Escape to the East-Indies, his Adventures there. Returns to England, commits more villanies, grows honest, and dies penitent.

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The english rogue [electronic resource] : or, the life of Jeremy Sharp, commonly called, Meriton Latroon. Shewing, his birth and parentage; the many pranks he play'd whilst a Child; his wonderful Escape from the Irish Rebels; his running away from his Mother, and entering into a Gang of Gypsies, and the villanies he committed, whilst he followed that Profession. His coming to London, his Commitment to Newgate; his being entertained in the Service of a Merchant, who took a Fancy to him seeing him beg in the Street. His turning Strolling-Player, and his Adventures and Intrigues with the Princess Cordelia. The exploits he performed in bawdy-houses; how he gets into a Boarding-School in Woman's Apparel, as a Maid-Servant, and gets several of the young Ladies with Child; runs away towards Ireland, is shipwreck'd on the Isle of Man, arrives at Dublin, the Tricks he plays there; returns to England, is imprisoned at Oxford; ransomed by his Comrades; falls in love with a rich Widow, whom he enjoys, robs, and forsakes; is condemned for another Robbery, and obliged to transport himself for seven Years out of the Kingdom; is shipwreck'd at Sea, taken by the Turks, sold to a Jew, makes his Escape to the East-Indies, his Adventures there. Returns to England, commits more villanies, grows honest, and dies penitent.

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London : printed by T. Read, in White-Fryars, Fleet-Street, MDCCXLI. [1741]

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MDCCXLI. [1741]

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74VvxbmreZPy

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991016858429702626

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English

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476p. ; 8°.

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London : printed by T. Read, in White-Fryars, Fleet-Street, MDCCXLI. [1741]

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England

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MDCCXLI. [1741]

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The english rogue [electronic resource] : or, the life of Jeremy Sharp, commonly called, Meriton Latroon. Shewing, his birth and parentage; the many pranks he play'd whilst a Child; his wonderful Escape from the Irish Rebels; his running away from his Mother, and entering into a Gang of Gypsies, and the villanies he committed, whilst he followed th...

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General note

Includes "the alphabetical vocabulary of the gypsies cant" at end.

Jeremy Sharp is a pseudonym.

Published in 20 parts.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Written in the first person, the autobiography is altered from a work by Richard Head and Francis Kirkman entitled: 'The English rogue, described in the life of Meriton Latroon'.

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ESTC T226385.

Alston, IX, 287.

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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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991016858429702626