English Life in The Eighteenth CenturyPDF电子书下载

ENGLISH ROADS AND TRAVELLING 1

The Roads of SussexDDefoe 3

The Stage-CoachesCMoritz 6

Wayside InnsHWalpole and CMoritz 9

The Turnpike SystemDDefoe 13

Advantages of the TurnpikesDDefoe 21

Riots for the Suppression of TurnpikesGentlemans Magazine,1749 27

Highwaymen—a Meeting with Dick TurpinLe Blanc and HWalpole 30

On the River ThamesCde Saussure and MMisson 36

Joseph Andrews Adventures on the RoadHFielding 39

Travelling by WaggonTSmollett 43

THE LIFE OF LONDON 49

London StreetsPJGrosley 51

Traffic in a London StreetCde Saussure 56

The London MobPJGrosley 59

An Execution on Tower-Hill,1746HWalpole 64

The TheatreMMisson and PJGrosley 66

The Coffee-houseJMacky 73

The Company at a Coffee-houseRSteele 75

A Country Girls ImpressionsTSmollett 79

SPORT AND AMUSEMENT 87

Eighteenth-century GladiatorsCde Saussure 89

Cock-fightingCde Saussure 91

Bull-baitingMMisson 92

Pleasure GardensPJGrosley 94

Decoy Ducks in the Lincolnshire FensDDefoe 97

A Whimsical Description of a Fox-hunterLe Blanc 102

Hunting the HareEBudgell 106

THE PLIGHT OF THE POOR 111

The Poor of LondonHFielding 113

The Children of the PoorJHanway 116

How Poverty encouraged CrimeHFielding 121

The Yorkshire Wool IndustryDDefoe 124

A Primitive Lead-MinerDDefoe 128

Life in the NavyAdmiral Vernon 135

On Board a Man-of-warTSmollett 138

A Charity ChildDDefoe 147

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 151

The Causes of CrimeHFielding 153

Conditions in the PrisonsHouse of Commons Journals,1729 160

John Howard and Prison ReformJHoward 165

The BridewellCde Saussure 181

The Porteous and other RiotsLord Hervey 184

The Use of TorturePJGrosley 191

A Death Sentence for TheftDDefoe 193

Evils and Absurdities of English JusticeHFielding 201

CUSTOMS,FASHIONS,AND SUPERSTITIONS 211

Marriage CustomsMMisson 213

Tea-drinking denouncedJHanway 217

Election ScenesLe Blanc and The Connoisseur,1754 220

Trial of the PetticoatJAddison 225

A Ladys DiaryJAddison 230

Touching for the Kings EvilMMisson 233

Inoculation for the Small-poxLady Montagu 236

SuperstitionsThe Connoisseur,7755 238

WitchesGentlemans Magazine,1751 243

Fashionable BathTSmollett 246

RELIGION AND EDUCATION 253

QuakersCde Saussure 255

The Beginnings of MethodismJWesley 259

Charity SchoolsBMandeville 264

The Eighteenth-century SchoolboyLe Blanc 266

Revolt at Eton,1768HAngela 270

The Education of GirlsAnnual Register,1759 272

Education in the HomeJWesley 275

The Manners of an Eighteenth-century GentlemanLord Chesterfield 281

Notes 287

Questions 299