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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Sinks of London Laid Open, by Unknown This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves Author: Unknown Illustrator: George Cruikshank Release Date: November 2, 2007 [EBook #23291] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SINKS OF LONDON LAID OPEN *** Produced by Bryan Ness, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) [Transcriber's Note: Archaic spellings have been retained; obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A table of contents has been added for the reader's convenience.] SINKS OF LONDON LAID OPEN: A _Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated,_ TO WHICH IS ADDED A MODERN FLASH DICTIONARY CONTAINING ALL THE CANT WORDS, SLANG TERMS, AND FLASH PHRASES NOW IN VOGUE, WITH A LIST OF THE SIXTY ORDERS OF PRIME COVES, _The whole Forming a True Picture of London Life, Cadging Made Easy, the He-She Man, Doings of the Modern Greeks, Snoozing Kens Depicted, the Common Lodging-house Gallants, Lessons to Lovers of Dice, the Gaming Table, etc._ EMBELLISHED WITH HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. London: PUBLISHED BY J. DUNCOMBE. 1848. [Illustration: [handwritten caption] Pub'd March 22d 1822 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's St. London. G. Cruikshank fec't.] CONTENTS CHAPTER I. COMMON LODGING HOUSES, CADGERS, &c., &c. CHAPTER II. ST. GILES'S--THE CADGER'S HEAD-QUARTERS. CHAPTER III. THE CADGING HOUSE. CHAPTER IV. A BEGGAR'S REPAST. CHAPTER V. AN EVENING MEAL--A FEAST FOR AN ALDERMAN. CHAPTER VI. A QUIET SCENE. CHAPTER VII. A LITTLE LITERARY CONVERSATION. CHAPTER VIII. THE GAMING TABLE. CHAPTER IX. AN UNDER-DEPUTY. CHAPTER X. THE RETURN;--AND A LITTLE UNKNOWN. CHAPTER XI. THE LIFE OF LOW LIFE; OR THE GLORIOUS FINISH OF THE
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