Jonathan Wild

Smollett suspected Fielding, whom he attacks in several parts of his works, treating him as a kind of Jonathan Wild, a thief-taker, and an associate with thieves.

Adventures Among Books Andrew Lang 1878

She said these authors wrote political and cultural satire, novels of manners, novels based on real-life criminals such as Jonathan Wild, spiritual autobiography, histories and stories of love and courtship.

Queen's Journal: Latest stories Madison Bettle 2010

She said these authors wrote political and cultural satire, novels of manners, novels based on real-life criminals such as Jonathan Wild, spiritual autobiography, histories and stories of love and courtship.

Queen's Journal: Latest stories Madison Bettle 2010

His executive producer, Jonathan Wild, sensing skepticism, promised that what Oprah tells Piers about her recent interview with Walters is "quite fascinating"...

Pugnacious Piers Morgan chats up Oprah for his CNN debut Lisa de Moraes 2011

Jonathan Wild was the hidden force of the London criminals, to whom he sold his brains and his organization on a fifteen per cent commission.

Chennai 2010

Similarly, Jack Sheppard, in truth a young housebreaker and prison-breaker who was hung at the age of 23, was mythologised in serials, stories and comic strips for the next century as was that other famous burglar, Charles Peace often the hero of these stories which pitched him against Jonathan Wild, the crooked thief-taker.

William Harrison Ainsworth Steve 2009

Similarly, Jack Sheppard, in truth a young housebreaker and prison-breaker who was hung at the age of 23, was mythologised in serials, stories and comic strips for the next century as was that other famous burglar, Charles Peace often the hero of these stories which pitched him against Jonathan Wild, the crooked thief-taker.

Archive 2009-08-01 Steve 2009

In a day-long book-buying tour, I found one volume (Hanif Kureishi's Black Album) on the groaning tables underneath Waterloo Bridge and three (Henry Fielding's Jonathan Wild, Oliver Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield and C.P. Snow's New Men) at well-lighted stores where books are bought as well as sold.

David Finkle: Coping With Book Guilt in London 2009

Also, the case of Jonathan Wild can be used to support your case, but not quite in the way that you present it.

On Why Weren't The "Good Guys" Celebrated? Jack of Kent 2009

Twenty-first century American researcher concocts scheme to become impregnated by Jonathan Wild, which you'd think would be somewhat difficult.

This Week's Acquisitions 2008