Citation - Connecticut Gazette-New Haven: 1767.12.05

CG-NH.767.029
5 Dec 1767:13 (590)
. . . [2 lines introduction, 21 lines dialogue between a man
and his dog]
Tax virtues---(or I'm a dunce)
Th' exchequer will be fill'd at once
If, to seem modest you some faults confess,
The world suspect yet more, and never less;
. . . [2 more lines in rhyme, 70 lines dialogue]
Let those whom folly prompts to sneer,
Be told we sport with fable here;
Be told that dogs can morals teach;
And trees (like sound Casuists) preach.