The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard - Containing a Particular Account of His Many Robberies and Escapes by Daniel Defoe
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thereabout, I ran _Pelmel_ to _Piccadilly_, where meeting by
meer chance a _Bakers_ Cart going to _Turnham-Green_, I being not _Mealy Mouth'd_, nor the Man being _Crusty_ I _wheel'd_ out of Town. I did call at _Hammersmith_, having no occasion directly. I shall stay two or three Days in that Neighbourhood, so, if you Direct a letter for Mr. Sligh Bolt, to be left with Mrs. _Tabitha Skymmington_ at _Cheesewick_, it's Safety will _Bear Water_ by any _Boat_, and come _Current_ with the Tyde to Dear BOB Yours from the Top of _Newgate_ to the Bottom J. _SHEPPARD_. _P.S._ If you see _Blewskin_, tell him I am well, and hope he receiv'd my last--I wou'd write by the _Post_ if I durst, but it wou'd be, certainly _Post-pon'd_ if I did, and it would be _stranger_ too, to trust a Line by a _Stranger_, who might _Palm_ upon us both and never Deliver it to _Hand_. I send this by a _Waterman_, (I dare trust) who is very Merry upon me, and says he wou'd not be in my _Jacket_. _Saturday Octob._ 17, 1724. We shall conclude with what had been often observ'd by many Persons to _Sheppard_; _viz._ That it was very Imprudent in him to take Shelter in the City, or the adjacent Parts of it, after his Escape from the |
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