The Life and adventures of Mr. Bampsylde-Moore Careu commonly called the King of the beggars. [electronic resource] : Being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the age of fifteen, and entering into a society of gipsies; wherein the motives of his conduct will be related and explained: the great number of characters and shapes he has appeared in, through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other places of Europe: with his travels twice through great part of America, giving a particular account of the origin, government, laws, and customs of the gipsies; with the method of electing their King; and a dictionary of the cant language, used by the mendicants.
1782
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The Life and adventures of Mr. Bampsylde-Moore Careu commonly called the King of the beggars. [electronic resource] : Being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the age of fifteen, and entering into a society of gipsies; wherein the motives of his conduct will be related and explained: the great number of characters and shapes he has appeared in, through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other places of Europe: with his travels twice through great part of America, giving a particular account of the origin, government, laws, and customs of the gipsies; with the method of electing their King; and a dictionary of the cant language, used by the mendicants.
Uniform Title
Apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew.
Publication Details
London : Printed for R. Whiston, J. Woodfall, T. Baldwin; R. Johnston, and G. Caddel, M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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240p. ; 12⁰.
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Variously attributed to Bampfylde Moore Carew, to Thomas Price, to Robert Goadby and to his wife Mrs. Goadby.
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English Short Title Catalog, N19147.
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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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