Citation - Boston Post Boy: 1774.05.16

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Index Entry Hudisbrass, source of lyric [beg] So a wild Tartar, when he spies 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
BPB.774.038
9-16 May 1774:31 (873)
Philadelphia, May 4.  Yesterday about 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, the effigies of Alexander Wedderburne, Esq;
convicted of traducing the Americans and insulting their
agent, before his majesty's privy council, for doing his
duty. . . following lines from Hudisbrass.
  So a wild Tartar, when he spies
  A man that's handsome, valiant, wise,
  If he can kill him, thinks t' inherit
  His wit, his beauty, and his spirit;
. . . [2 more lines]


Generic Title Boston Post Boy 
Date 1774.05.16 
Publisher Mills and Hicks 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1774 
Bibliography B0012110
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