The english rogue or, the life of Jeremy Sharp, commonly called, Meriton Latroon. Shewing, his birth and parentage; the many pranks he play'd whilst a Child; his wonderful Escape from the Irish Rebels; his running away from his Mother, and entering into a Gang of Gypsies, and the villanies he committed, whilst he followed that Profession. His coming to London, his Commitment to Newgate; his being entertained in the Service of a Merchant, who took a Fancy to him seeing him beg in the Street. His turning Strolling-Player, and his Adventures and Intrigues with the Princess Cordelia. The exploits he performed in bawdy-houses; how he gets into a Boarding-School in Woman's Apparel, as a Maid-Servant, and gets several of the young Ladies with Child; runs away towards Ireland, is shipwreck'd on the Isle of Man, arrives at Dublin, the Tricks he plays there; returns to England, is imprisoned at Oxford; ransomed by his Comrades; falls in love with a rich Widow, whom he enjoys, robs, and forsakes; is condemned for another Robbery, and obliged to transport himself for seven Years out of the Kingdom; is shipwreck'd at Sea, taken by the Turks, sold to a Jew, makes his Escape to the East-Indies, his Adventures there. Returns to England, commits more villanies, grows honest, and dies penitent

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Sharp, Jeremy
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed by T. Read, in White-Fryars, Fleet-Street 1741, MDCCXLI. [1741]
Subjects:	English Fiction / 18th Century Rogues And Vagabonds / Early Works To 1800
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/1241600900?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa