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" Young Davenant was telling us at court how he was set upon by the Mohocks, and how they ran his chair through with a sword. It is not safe being in the streets at night for them. The bishop of Salisbury's son * is said to be of the gang. "
The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ... - Page 384
by Alexander Chalmers - 1813
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers: From the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1899 - 264 pages
...blows, or new invented wounds?" — GAY'S Trivia, Part III. " Young Davenant was telling us at court how he was set upon by the Mohocks, and how they ran...sword. It is not safe being in the streets at night for them. The Bishop of Salisbury's son is said to be of the gang. They are all Whigs; and a great...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift ...

Jonathan Swift - 1900 - 278 pages
...whom I did not care to dine with ; so I dined with Mrs Van. Young Davenant was telling us at court how he was set upon by the Mohocks, and how they ran...sword. It is not safe being in the streets at night for them. The Bishop of Salisbury's son " is said to be of the gang. They are all Whigs ; and a great...
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The Journal to Stella

Jonathan Swift - 1901 - 710 pages
...whom I did not care to dine with ; so I dined with Mrs. Van. Young Davenant 2 was telling us at Court how he was set upon by the Mohocks, and how they ran...sword. It is not safe being in the streets at night for them. The Bishop of Salisbury's son 3 1The Mohocks succeeded the Scowrers of William U1.'s reign....
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers: From the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1903 - 266 pages
...blows, or new invented wounds?" — GAY'S Trivia, Part III. " Young Davenant was telling us at court how he was set upon by the Mohocks, and how they ran...sword. It is not safe being in the streets at night for them. The Bishop of Salisbury's son is said to be of the gang. They are all Whigs; and a great...
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Journal to Stella, A.D. 1710-1713

Jonathan Swift - 1908 - 582 pages
...whom I did not care to dine with ; so I dined with Mrs Van. Young Davenant was telling us at court how he was set upon by the Mohocks, and how they ran...sword. It is not safe being in the streets at night for them. The Bishop of Salisbury's son " is said to be of the gang. They are all Whigs ; and a great...
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Society Sketches in the Eighteenth Century

Norman Pearson - 1911 - 532 pages
...devil about this town every night, slit peoples noses, &c. . . . Young Davenant was telling us at Court how he was set upon by the Mohocks, and how they ran...sword. It is not safe being in the streets at night for them. The Bishop of Salisbury's son [Thomas Burnet] is said to be of the gang" (Works, iii. 4)....
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