Citation - Boston Gazette: 1735.01.06

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Index Entry It chanc'd, at Dorset pass'd a tavern door [fl] 
Location London 
Citation
BG.735.001a
30 Dec 1734-6 Jan 1735:12 (783)
Verses spoke by a young gentleman at the last election in
Westminster School.
Raro magnum iongenium in occulto latet.
Contigit obscurum sacrillum inirate tabernam,
Forte ubi volvebat classica scripta puer;
. . . [12 more lines]
It chanc'd, at Dorset pass'd a tavern door,
A drawer boy was turning Horace o'er;
Mean was his aspect, but his mind was fair;
His love of learning great, his genius fate.
. . . [10 more lines]


Generic Title Boston Gazette 
Date 1735.01.06 
Publisher Boydell, John 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1735 
Bibliography B0004565
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