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 §10. "Jonathan Wild". II. Fielding and Smollett. Vol. 10. The Age of Johnson. The Cambridge History of English and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The point of view is a familiar one with Fielding, who was a sworn foe of pretentious appearances.
Its humour is often broad—especially in the passages relating to Miss Laetitia Snap, afterwards Mrs.
Jonathan Wild; but its merciless exposure of hypocrisy, meanness and cruelty, even more than the difference between the rewards ultimately meted out to greatness and to goodness, makes it a work of excellent morality.
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 WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725) - Online Information article about WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)
Wild shrewdly realized that it was safer, and in most cases more profitable, to dispose of such See also:
share, Wild naturally came to arrange robberies himself, and he devised and controlled a huge organization, which plundered London and its approaches wholesale.
At last either the authorities became more strict or Wild less cautious.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /WAT_WIL/WILD_JONATHAN_c_1682_1725_.html   (670 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Henry Fielding Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It is a satire of Walpole that draws a parallel between Walpole and Jonathan Wild, the infamous gang leader and highwayman.
Like Jonathan Wild, it is a satire that follows the model of the famous Tory satirists of the previous generation (Jonathan Swift and John Gay, in particular).
The Life of Jonathan Wild the Great (Novel, 1743), ironic treatment of the most notorious underworld figure of the time.
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 Wild, Jonathan on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Don't feed the animals Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the wild.
COME FLY WITH KES; The story of the bird boy who's trained wild falcons to fly with him.
According to herbalist Jonathan Law, these are the six most commonly used herbs.
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 AllRefer.com - Jonathan Wild (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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