The English Rogue: Continued in the Life of Meriton Latroon, and Other Extravagants, Comprehending the most Eminent Cheats of Both Sexes: The Third Part

The whole Family, consisting of her self, her Husband, a Son of about twenty four years of Age, and Daughter about nineteen, a Chamberlain, a Tapster or Winer, an Hostler, Cook-...

The next Project they had (said the Gentleman) was this, they had a boy who oftentimes served and assisted them in their undertaking, and he was now very useful; for one day int...

A Gentleman-Cheater comes to our house, and stays there a day; walks about the Town to finde some purchase, but lost his labor, he seeing there was no money to be had, was resol...

Soon after this passage, there happened one as pleasant, thought not so roguish, and thus it was: A Crew of Divers, Bung nippers, or Pick pockets came to our house, and there be...

She was mightily ashamed at this mischance, so that we could hardly perswade her to be seen by anybody; but the boy was as well pleased, as she was troubled; it was honey and nu...

My Gallant examining the matter, found that at present the strength of his Pocket would not be sufficient to accomplish his desire, and therefore he supplyed that defect by the...

_Mistress_ Mary _continues the story of the young Gentleman; relates how a Cheat (with two more) pretending to be a Countrey man, performed a very profitable but most comical ex...

The Old Woman having thus finisht her Story, she addrest her self to me, saying, Dear Heart, you see how free I have been with you, not concealing from your knowledg any one rem...

Mistress _Dorothy_ here putting a stop to her discourse, we thereby understood she had finished, wherefore I thus discoursed her: truly now I find that to be true of your Host,...

The Lawyer having thus pass’d by us to the amazement of my Landlord, he then look’d on me with somewhat a distracted countenance, his wife seeing that, and doubting that he had...

I observed after his return, he could not or would not look once towards me as long as I staid. That night we parted some staying ashore, others going aboard; but I, knowing wha...

This Confession of his, I thought, would as well reintroduce me into the favour of the abused Gentlewoman, my former friend, as by his suffering death give full satisfaction to...

I was born (said she) at _Portsmouth_; a Sea-Port-Town, very well known, not only to most _English_ Men, but also to many Strangers. My Parents were of the ordinary ranck, keepi...

_I am much troubled that one of your age and experiance should prove so meer a_ Novice _in_ Loves-School, _as to be guilty of an amorous_ erratum, _that should deserve the lash:...

These were the frolicks we daily had at our house, which were commonly to the profit of mine Host; for whoever won or lost he went away with the profit and gain; and indeed his...

What kind of Rhetorick she used to perswade them with, I am not yet acquainted, but I understand she boarded them both at once and put them to the squeak, without uttering a wor...

That very day that we intended to set sayl, we were all merry at my house with the _Bannian_, and promising that the next day we would pay him what was in arrears, and also lay...

Although (said this old Trot) my Husband, and my black friend had quickly dispatch’t their business, by thus dispatching one another, yet they were neither so sudden nor so sile...

A High-way-man who had used the Trade for a long time, was at length catch’d, and the evidence was so clear against him that he was likely to be cast, and then he was sure to go...

Given the publication date (late 17th century), the capitalization, spelling and punctuation of the original, is variable, There are a number of instances where it is very likel...

I have already told you of one of my Hosts misfortunes in the quart pot, and how he was forced to pay twenty shillings instead of satisfaction which he expected; it was not long...

The last passage hapned in the Winter time, a little before _Christmas_, which soon after coming, we had two or three notable Accidents that befel in our Inn; the first was this...

Amongst the other Customers that came to me, there was a Gentleman, a Blade of fortune, who although he was of a good Family, yet being a younger Brother, had but little besides...

One young Man and Maid living in a house where so much roguery was acted, must needs be well enough experienc’d to act their Parts, but they were so warily looked after by their...

It is not many moneths since I was first acquainted with this place, you know my quality is a Soldier of Fortune, and I may reasonably enough term my self so, being of late some...

Thus (continued Mistress _Mary_) did this Gentleman finish his two stories of the Cloak, and the piece of Plate. I told him I wondered at the boldness of those _French men_, and...