What _Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue_ was to the authors of
the earlier part of the present century, Harman’s was to the Deckers,
and Bromes, and Heads of the seventeenth.
HARRISON’S (William) Description of the Island of Britain (prefixed to
Holinshed’s Chronicle), 2 vols, folio. 1577
Contains an account of English vagabonds.
HAZLITT’S (William) Table Talk, 12mo (vol. ii. contains a chapter on
_Familiar Style_, with a notice on _Slang Terms_.) V.D.
HEAD’S (Richard) English Rogue, described in the Life of Meriton
Latroon, a Witty Extravagant, 4 vols., 12mo. _Frans. Kirkman_, 1671–80
Contains a list of cant words, evidently copied from Decker.
HELL UPON EARTH, or the most pleasant and delectable History of
Whittington’s Colledge, otherwise vulgarly called Newgate, 12mo. 1703
HENLEY’S (John, _better known as_ ORATOR HENLEY) Various Sermons and
Orations. 1719–53
Contain numerous vulgarisms and slang phrases.
[HITCHING’S (Charles, _formerly City Marshal, now a Prisoner in
Newgate_)] Regulator; or, a Discovery of the Thieves, Thief-Takers,
and Locks, alias Receivers of Stolen Goods in and about the City of
London, also an Account of all the FLASH WORDS _now in vogue amongst
the Thieves, &c._, 8vo., VERY RARE, _with a curious woodcut_. 1718
A violent attack upon Jonathan Wild.
HOUSEHOLD WORDS, No. 183, September 24.
Gives an interesting but badly digested article on slang; many of the
examples are wrong.
JOHNSON’S (Dr. Samuel) Dictionary (the earlier editions). V.D.
Contains a great number of words italicised as _cant_, low, or
barbarous.
JONSON’S (Ben.) Bartholomew Fair, ii., 6.
Several cant words are placed in the mouths of the characters.