Citation - Newport Mercury: 1769.06.05

NM.769.018
5 Jun 1769:41 (561)
For the Public Ledger.
ON SEEING CAPT. A------ AT MRS. CORNELY'S DREST
FANTASTICALLY.
'Tis said that our soldiers so lazy are grown,
With luxury, plenty, and ease,
That they more for their carriage than courage are known
And scarce know the use of a piece.
Let them say what they will, since it nobody galls,
And exclaim out, still louder and louder;
But there ne'er was more money expended in balls,
Or a great consumption of powder.