Ned Ward [ Commerce / Art and Literature ]
… ‘sheepish humility’ these ‘cringing worshippers’ appeared as though the ‘world was turned topsy-turvy’. 5 In another issue, the Spy retires to a nearby coffeehouse bristling with fops chewing over matters political. These … the room (Hyland 154-6). The capital’s less salubrious spaces of public sociability are also given due attention. In one issue, the Spy visits a Billingsgate alehouse. Once inside the ‘smoky boozing-ken’, he meets a gaggle of fishwives making …
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