A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew, in Its Several Tribes of Gypsies, Beggers, Thieves, Cheats, &C
ISBN: 978-13-330-0856-7
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Liczba stron: 190
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydanie: 2018 r.
Język: angielski
Dostępność: aktualnie niedostępny
Excerpt from A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew, in Its Several Tribes of Gypsies, Beggers, Thieves, Cheats, &C: With an Addition of Some Proverbs, Phrases, Figurative Speeches, &C<br><br>For the Gyp/ies, they and the Foul Difeafe have alike the Fate to run through a Geography of Names, and to be made free of as many Coun tries, as zdmof'c th ere ate Languages to call them Names ih; for as the Preach call the Fox, the India Difeafe, they again give it to the Spaniards, as thefe to the French; [0 the French call the Gypfies Boemz'e, or Bohemians, belike, becaufe they made their fitfi: Appea~ rance in Bohemia of any Part of Europe; the Italians Name them Z ingarz' or Saracefls, the Spaniards hams as we Egyptians 5. Whether it be, that: the Imliaus Tarés, as the Spaniards give them the Mean, as bein bath the next Neighbots to eac 5 I take not up'<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.