| Index Entry | Fiddler, at wake, compared to sound of organ, in essay on relative values |
| Location | Boston |
| Citation | NEWJ.735.008 5 May 1735:11,12,13 (422) Some cautions offer'd to the consideration of those who are to chuse members to serve in the ensuing parliament. . . VII. There is a sort of men that have a tinsel-wit which makes them shine among those who cannot judge. There is a subordinate wit as much inferior to a wit of business, as a fidler at a wake is to the lofty sound of an organ. . . |
| Generic Title | New England Weekly Journal |
| Date | 1735.05.05 |
| Publisher | Kneeland, S. & T. Green |
| City, State | Boston, MA |
| Year | 1735 |
| Bibliography | B0022848 |