Chevaliers D'industrie, Or Polite And Accomplished Sharpers, Have
Always Existed In Every City, From The Earliest Times To The
Present. The Ordinary Progress Of These Interesting Gentlemen Is
As Follows. Their Debut Is Often Difficult, And Many Of Them Are
Stopped Short In Their Career. They Only Succeed By Means Of
Great Exertion And Severe Trials; But They Endure Everything In
Order To Be Tolerated Or Permitted To Exercise Their Calling. To
Secure Credit They Ally Themselves With Men Of Respectability, Or
Those Who Pass For Such. When They Have No Titles They Fabricate
Them; And Few Persons Dispute Their Claims. They Are Found
Useful For The Pleasures Of Society, The Expenses Of Which They
Often Pay--At The Cost Of The Dupes They Make In The World.
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