The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars

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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF BAMPFYLDE MOORE CAREW

A DICTIONARY OF THE CANT LANGUAGE

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Containing his Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and many Entertaining Particulars of that Extraordinary Man

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Have been Tom’s food for seven long year.

O do, de, do, de, do, de; bless thee from whirlwind, star-blasting, and taking; do poor Tom some charity, whom the foul fiend vexes; there could I have him now, and there, and there again, and there; through the sharp hawthorn blows the cold wind; Tom’s a-cold! who gives any thing to poor Tom?—In this character, and with such like expressions, our hero entered the house both of great and small, claiming kindred to them, and committing all manner of frantic actions; such as beating himself, offering to eat coals of fire, running against the wall, and tearing to pieces those garments that were given him to cover his nakedness; by which means he raised very considerable contributions.

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