Jonathan Wild (1743) [ Practices ]
… yourself with the dangers and pains of other people." At which words he departed in a fierce mood, and repaired to the tavern used by the gang, where he had appointed to meet some of his acquaintance, whom he informed of what had passed … to commit him to Newgate. In the evening Wild and the rest of those who had been drinking with Blueskin met at the tavern, where nothing was to be seen but the profoundest submission to their leader. They vilified and abused Blueskin, … own wealth, or pleasure, or humour: but in an illegal society or gang, as this of ours, it is otherwise..." … Fiction … Taverns … Law … Taken from Henry Fielding, The History Of The Life Of The Late Mr. Jonathan Wild The Great, in The Works …
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