"In cities vice is hidden with most ease. Or seen with least reproach. * * * I do confess them nurseries of the arts. * * * Such London is, by taste and wealth proclaim'd The fairest capital of all the world, By riot and incontinence the worst." PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 SEEING A MAN HANGED 34 CATHERINE-STREET 45 THE BAL MASQUE 52 UP THE HAYMARKET 59 THE CANTERBURY HALL 67 RATCLIFFE-HIGHWAY 75 JUDGE AND JURY CLUBS 85 THE CAVE OF HARMONY 92 DISCUSSION CLUBS 99 THE CYDER CELLARS 108 LEICESTER-SQUARE 115 DR JOHNSON'S TAVERN 123 THE SPORTING PUBLIC-HOUSE 131 THE PUBLIC-HOUSE WITH A BILLIARD-ROOM 137 THE RESPECTABLE PUBLIC-HOUSE 143 NIGHT-HOUSES 149 HIGHBURY BARN 160 BOXING NIGHT 166 THE MOGUL 173 CAL…
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