Citation - New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth: 1783.01.25

NHG-P.783.007
25 Jan 1783:41 (27/1369)
RIVINGTON'S REFLECTIONS.
The more I reflect, the more plain it appears,
If I stay, I must stay at the risque of my ears,
I have so be-pepper'd the foes of our throne,
Be rebel'd, be devil'd and told them their own,
That if we give up to these rebels at last,
'Tis a chance if my ears will atone for the past.
'Tis always the best to provide for the worst;
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