The life of Mr. John Stanley, of his parents: how serv'd by officers in his education. How harden'd when a boy in Spain gets to be an ensign in Ireland. How used by Mrs. Old-d. Triumphs over three of Mrs. Needham's Virgins in Clerkenwell Bridewell. Attack'd and admir'd by Thieves. With Captain Faulconer before he was kill'd, but escapes Mr. Winchurch's Sword. Why forced to turn Knight Errant. Preaches to Strumpets. How he miss'd the Murder of the Watchman in the Strand. Of his going on the Highway. Sent by the African Company to Cape-Coast Castle, but runs from Capt. Massey at Portsmouth. Goes to Flanders, &c. Of his Children by Mrs. Maycock: The exact Account of Stabbing her; Her dying Expressions, His Behaviour and Expressions Then, and in Newgate. His fancied Sights. His Defence, &c. at his Trial. His own Reasons to a Friend for the Murder. His behaviour in the condemn'd hole to his death. And other Particulars. Four letters. I. About certain Presages of his Death. II. Of his Father's being in the Press-Yard: And of his striking his best Friend, &c. III. A full Relation of young Stanley's Stabbing Mr. Dawson. IV. The true Story of his Fighting with and being Wounded by Lieutenant Chickley.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quin, James, 1693-1766.

Quin, James.

Stanley, John, d. 1723.

Stanley, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii,54p. )

Other Title:

Life of Mr. John Stanley, of his parents

The life of Mr. John Stanley, of his parents

Place of Publication:

London : printed by John Applebee, and sold by T. Warner, at the Black-Boy in Paternoster-Row, [1723]

Notes:

Price from imprint: price 1 s.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T100415.

OCLC:

642237828