An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew, [electronic resource] : commonly call'd the King of the beggars; being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the Age of Fifteen, and entering into a Society of Gypsies, to the present Time; wherein the Motives of his Conduct will be explain'd, and the great Number of Characters and Shapes he has appeared in through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other Places of Europe be related; with his Travels twice through great Part of America. A particular Account of the Original, Government, Language, Laws and Customs of the Gypsies; their Method of electing their King, &c. And a Parallel drawn after the Manner of Plutarch, between Mr. Bampfylde - Moore Carew and Mr. Thomas Jones.
1760
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An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew, [electronic resource] : commonly call'd the King of the beggars; being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the Age of Fifteen, and entering into a Society of Gypsies, to the present Time; wherein the Motives of his Conduct will be explain'd, and the great Number of Characters and Shapes he has appeared in through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other Places of Europe be related; with his Travels twice through great Part of America. A particular Account of the Original, Government, Language, Laws and Customs of the Gypsies; their Method of electing their King, &c. And a Parallel drawn after the Manner of Plutarch, between Mr. Bampfylde - Moore Carew and Mr. Thomas Jones.
Author
Goadby, Robert, 1721-1778.
Edition
The fifth edition.
Publication Details
London : printed for R. Goadby [Sherborne], and W. Owen, Bookseller, at Temple-Bar, [1760?]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
xxiv,344,[4]p. ; 12⁰.
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Attributed to Robert Goadby.
Based on the anonymous 'Life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew', published in Exeter in 1745.
With two final advertisement leaves.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Based on the anonymous 'Life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew', published in Exeter in 1745.
With two final advertisement leaves.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T144674.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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