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An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde- Moore Carew: commonly call'd the King of beggars
1765, Printed for R. Goadby and W. Owen
in English
- 6th ed., with additions.
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Dedication "To the Worshipful Justice Fielding" signed: The historiographer to Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew.
Dedication "To the publick" signed: Bampfylde-Moore Carew.
"This was ... his own autobiography, dictated by his to some literary acquaintance."--Gould, Devonshire characters, London, 1908, p. 425.
Authorship also ascribed to Robert Goadley and to Mrs. Goadley.
There are numerous versions with varying titles, and probably by various compilers. The first edition with the present title was published London, 1749. An earlier version, ascribed to Thomas Price, has title: The life and adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, the noted Devonshire stroller ... Exon, Printed by the Farleys for J. Drew, 1745.
A dictionary of the cant language: p. 345-350.
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