Index Entry | Nunc Dimittis [t], to sing, metaphor of ending |
Location | Philadelphia |
Citation | PG-P.779.018 17 Mar 1779:41 (2544) [Near end of essay by Joseph Reed on a new government; in discussing a piece in the Public Advertiser, he suggests that the writer] would be content, if required, to sing his 'nunc dimittis' -- what a heavenly fool! (exclaims the writer again) it is a pity he did not sing it before, instead of deferring it till after sermon! The writer goes on, and concludes a long train of abuse with the following . . . |
Generic Title | Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia |
Date | 1779.03.17 |
Publisher | Hall and Sellers |
City, State | Philadelphia, PA |
Year | 1779 |
Bibliography | B0037293 |