01 Jan 1700
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Newspaper
London Spy
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 01, 1700
Page
1
The author outlines a shift from libertine lightness to a focus on men and manners. They announce new coverage of frauds in trades, types of conversation, and moral reflections. Beginning with virtualers the piece promises to expose their rise, pride, sanctimony, and ingratitude as observed in common experience.
In lean times when alehouses were rare and tradesmen faced ruin from domestic strife or fire, men petitioned magistrates for licenses to sell ale as a means to support their families and defend themselves from parish burdens, often ending up marked by their peevish temper.
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