Citation - Newport Mercury: 1775.11.13

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Index Entry Lyric, topical [beg] We came, we saw, but could not beat 
Location London 
Citation
NM.775.022
13 Nov 1775:21 (897)
From a late London paper.
THE MODERN VENI, VIDI, VICI.
We came, we saw, but could not beat,
And so--we sounded a retreat:
On Roxbury Hill again we saw them,
And did like devil's clapper claw 'em,
. . . [4 more lines]


Generic Title Newport Mercury 
Date 1775.11.13 
Publisher Southwick, Solomon 
City, State Newport, RI 
Year 1775 
Bibliography B0032525
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