… on interaction that can be found across his other London works. 6 5 . Paul Hyland (ed.), The London Spy: Ned Ward’s Classic Account of Underworld Life in Eighteenth-Century London, (East Lansing, 1993), p. 135-7. 6 . See, for example, … of manners’, manifested in rising politeness, moderation and sobriety, particularly associated with the gentlemanly class. 16 Yet, Ward’s works and his sociable habits are a reminder of the extent to which impolite forms of sociability …