The London Spy (1703) [ Places ]
… and so we took our Leaves. I offer’d to pay my Proportion, but the whole Body of the Society stood up, Nemine Contradicente , with a Thousand Thanks to me for my good Company; tho’ I had sat all the time as silent as a Quaker, unmov’d by … Hospital at last brings them to Repentance. The other part of his Life is Tricking People out of their Money by false Dice and Cards , which he handles with more gainful Dexterity than the German Artist ; and Preaches the Parson with …
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