Index Entry | Lyric, moral [beg] When e'er a prating rascal cries |
Location | London |
Citation | NYGWPB.763.006 20 Jan 1763:23 (1046) Dean Swift made it one of his favourite maxims, that there was seldom such a thing as real friendship to be met with. If I do not greatly forget, the following lines upon that occasion are his: When e'er a prating rascal cries, You are his dearest friend--he lies. To lose a guinea at picquet, Would make him rave, blaspheme, and sweat; Bring from his heart sincerer groans, Than if he heard you'd broke your bones!" |
Generic Title | New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy |
Date | 1763.01.20 |
Publisher | Holt, John |
City, State | New York, NY |
Year | 1763 |
Bibliography | B0026756 |