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 That Metropolis

Excerpt from The New Cheats of London Exposed, or the Frauds and Tricks of the Town Laid Open to Both Being a Guard Against the Iniquitous Practices of That Metropolis Me. When Mr. Scamp comes, he calls for tle or bowl, and niks, What news? When, pet the landlord, undefignedly, informs him tha or fnch company are in the houfe, who have intelligence concerning various particulars, t he repeats it time permits. For thefe reafons gentlemen are pnrfued on the road, though are met by chance. Highwaymen generally you before they faints; but I advife all gent] travellers not to divulge what fubfiance they with them to any landlord or hofiler, efpc within forty miles of London? As they gen dil'cover all the information they can get, 1 through ignorance or defign. S H A R P E R S. Hese are the more delufive, as moft of are men of reputable extraction, tole education, and decent appearance; but thr vicious purfuits have (quandered their for and loft their reputation. They range the in the garb, and under the character of gent' of independent fortunes; and make it their nefs to find out young heirs of much wealth, lefs prudence, who having left their rural ab and being captivated with the novelty of a life, often afl'eé't the company of thofe who cording to the common phrafe, are {aid to Irfi. They commonly refort to the billiard-t the cock-pit, the race-coufe, the tennis-court, the bowling green, in the refpeétive games be ing to thich they are generally well verfed long, agree cow experience. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.