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Ned Ward , also known as Edward Ward, was a satirical writer and publican in the late 17th and early 18th century in London. His most famous work, The London Spy, appeared in 18 monthly instalments from November 1698. It was described by its author as a "complete survey" of the London scene and published in book form in 1703. Wikipedia  

✵ 1667 – 20. June 1731
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Ned Ward Quotes

“He's as great a master of ill language as ever was bred at a Bear-Garden.”

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Source: London Terraefilius, No. 3, p. 29, (1707).

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