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A Letter to John Wilkes, Esq; Sheriff of London and Middlesex In Which the Extortion and Oppression of Sheriffs Officers, With Many Other Alarming Abuses, Are Exemplified and Detected; and a Remedy Proposed

Holloway, Robert, active 1771-1808· 3 chapters· 8,388 words

A DEDICATION seems as necessary to a publication as legitimacy to a child; but as I have no blown-up fool to flatter, no private end to answer, no itch to become an author, thirst for praise, nor dread of censure, I shall therefore commit the annexed sheets to your protection;...

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The affair is so managed as to levy the last day of a term, that no court may be open to a complaint; and before the next term AFFIDAVIT'S sufficient _prove_ not only the legali...

1. Part 1

A DEDICATION seems as necessary to a publication as legitimacy to a child; but as I have no blown-up fool to flatter, no private end to answer, no itch to become an author, thir...

3. Part 3

He keeps his COMMONS with bailiffs, knights of the pad and the post, and other _illustrious_ personages of equal _dignity_. He has most carefully gleaned up all the little quirk...