{"product_id":"2940012040985","title":"1811 DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE *A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence*","description":"1811 DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR TONGUE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e              A\u003cbr\u003e          DICTIONARY\u003cbr\u003e             OF\u003cbr\u003eBUCKISH SLANG, UNIVERSITY WIT,\u003cbr\u003e            AND\u003cbr\u003e     PICKPOCKET ELOQUENCE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUNABRIDGED FROM THE ORIGINAL 1811 EDITION WITH A FOREWORD BY\u003cbr\u003eROBERT CROMIE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMPILED ORIGINALLY BY CAPTAIN GROSE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAND NOW CONSIDERABLY ALTERED AND ENLARGED, WITH THE MODERN\u003cbr\u003eCHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS, BY A MEMBER OF THE WHIP CLUB.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eASSISTED BY HELL-FIRE DICK, AND JAMES GORDON, ESQRS. OF\u003cbr\u003eCAMBRIDGE; AND WILLIAM\u003cbr\u003eSOAMES, ESQ. OF THE HON. SOCIETY OF NEWMAN'S HOTEL.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe merit of Captain Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue has\u003cbr\u003ebeen long and universally acknowledged. But its circulation was\u003cbr\u003econfined almost exclusively to the lower orders of society: he\u003cbr\u003ewas not aware, at the time of its compilation, that our young men\u003cbr\u003eof fashion would at no very distant period be as distinguished\u003cbr\u003efor the vulgarity of their jargon as the inhabitants of Newgate;\u003cbr\u003eand he therefore conceived it superfluous to incorporate with his\u003cbr\u003ework the few examples of fashionable slang that might occur to\u003cbr\u003ehis observation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut our Jehus of rank have a phraseology not less peculiar to\u003cbr\u003ethemselves, than the disciples of Barrington: for the uninitiated\u003cbr\u003eto understand their modes of expression, is as impossible as for\u003cbr\u003ea Buxton to construe the Greek Testament. To sport an Upper\u003cbr\u003eBenjamin, and to swear with a good grace, are qualifications\u003cbr\u003eeasily attainable by their cockney imitators; but without the aid\u003cbr\u003eof our additional definitions, neither the cits of Fish-street,\u003cbr\u003enor the boors of Brentford would be able to attain the language\u003cbr\u003eof whippism. We trust, therefore, that the whole tribe of second-\u003cbr\u003erate Bang Ups, will feel grateful for our endeavour to render\u003cbr\u003ethis part of the work as complete as possible. By an occasional\u003cbr\u003ereference to our pages, they may be initiated into all the\u003cbr\u003epeculiarities of language by which the man of spirit is\u003cbr\u003edistinguished from the man of worth. They may now talk bawdy\u003cbr\u003ebefore their papas, without the fear of detection, and abuse\u003cbr\u003etheir less spirited companions, who prefer a good dinner at home\u003cbr\u003eto a glorious UP-SHOT in the highway, without the hazard of a\u003cbr\u003ecudgelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut we claim not merely the praise of gratifying curiosity, or\u003cbr\u003eaffording assistance to the ambitious; we are very sure that the\u003cbr\u003emoral influence of the Lexicon Balatronicum will be more certain\u003cbr\u003eand extensive than that of any methodist sermon that has ever\u003cbr\u003ebeen delivered within the bills of mortality. We need not descant\u003cbr\u003eon the dangerous impressions that are made on the female mind, by\u003cbr\u003ethe remarks that fall incidentally from the lips of the brothers\u003cbr\u003eor servants of a family; and we have before observed, that\u003cbr\u003eimproper topics can with our assistance be discussed, even before\u003cbr\u003ethe ladies, without raising a blush on the cheek of modesty. It\u003cbr\u003eis impossible that a female should understand the meaning of\u003cbr\u003eTWIDDLE DIDDLES, or rise from table at the mention of BUCKINGER'S\u003cbr\u003eBOOT. Besides, Pope assures us, that \"VICE TO BE HATED NEEDS BUT\u003cbr\u003eTO BE SEEN;\" in this volume it cannot be denied, that she is seen\u003cbr\u003every plainly; and a love of virtue is, therefore, the necessary\u003cbr\u003eresult of perusing it.","brand":"public domain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120977395952,"sku":"2940012040985","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012040985","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}