The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq, volume 7
The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq, volume 7
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how greedily, may we imagine, this j enchanting alternative will be embraced by every bold mind, in such circumstances I for what but the danger of the undertaking can deter one, who hath nothing of a gentleman but his dress, to attain which he hath already divested Digitized by Google i82 INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE himself of all sense of honesty? how easy is the transition from fraud to force I from a gamester to a rogue I perhaps, indeed, it is civil to suppose it any transition at all.
...From this source, therefore, several of our most notable highwaymen have proceeded ; and this hath likewise been the source of many other depredations on the honest part of mankind. So mischievous have been this kind of sharpers in society, that they have fallen under the particular notice of the legislature ; for a statute in the reign of Queen Anne, reciting, "That divers lewd and dissolute persons live at gfreat expenses, having no visible estate, profession, or calling, to maintain themselves, but support those expenses by gaming only ; " enacts, " That any two justices of the peace may cause to be brought before them all persons within their respective limits, whom they shall have just cause to suspect to have no visible estate, profession, or calling, to maintain themselves by, but do, for the most part, support themselves by gaming ; and if such persons shall not make the contrary appear to such justices, they are to be bound to their good behaviour for a twelvemonth ; and, in default of sufficient security, to be committed till they can find such security ; which security (in case they give it) is to be forfeited on their playing or betting at any one time for more than the value of 20J." * 1 9 Annae, chap.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
how greedily, may we imagine, this j enchanting alternative will be embraced by every bold mind, in such circumstances I for what but the danger of the undertaking can deter one, who hath nothing of a gentleman but his dress, to attain which he hath already divested Digitized by Google i82 INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE himself of all sense of honesty? how easy is the transition from fraud to force I from a gamester to a rogue I perhaps, indeed, it is civil to suppose it any transition at all.
...From this source, therefore, several of our most notable highwaymen have proceeded ; and this hath likewise been the source of many other depredations on the honest part of mankind. So mischievous have been this kind of sharpers in society, that they have fallen under the particular notice of the legislature ; for a statute in the reign of Queen Anne, reciting, "That divers lewd and dissolute persons live at gfreat expenses, having no visible estate, profession, or calling, to maintain themselves, but support those expenses by gaming only ; " enacts, " That any two justices of the peace may cause to be brought before them all persons within their respective limits, whom they shall have just cause to suspect to have no visible estate, profession, or calling, to maintain themselves by, but do, for the most part, support themselves by gaming ; and if such persons shall not make the contrary appear to such justices, they are to be bound to their good behaviour for a twelvemonth ; and, in default of sufficient security, to be committed till they can find such security ; which security (in case they give it) is to be forfeited on their playing or betting at any one time for more than the value of 20J." * 1 9 Annae, chap.
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