"[...]Memorandum, may be stole from a Man that is of vast Concern to him, and yet of no Use but to the Owner: If this be taken by a regular Thief, a listed Pilferer, it is easily recover’d for
a small Reward. I don’t suppose any one so silly, that therefore he would go to Places, and into Companies, on Purpose to have his Pocket pick’d; but I can’t help thinking, that if those Things
were never to be heard of again, and the Loss irretrievable, many young Rakes, and other loose Reprobates, would be under greater Apprehensions, and more upon their Guard, at least when they
had such a Charge about them, than the Generality of them now are. And again, if nothing could be[...]".
