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NYP-F.778.012
13 Aug 1778:22 (109)
Philadelphia, July 30. To Governor Johnstone, one of the
British commissioners, on his late letters, and offers to
bribe certain eminent characters in America, and threatning
afterwards to appeal to the public.
When Satan first from Heaven's bright regions fell,
And fix'd the gloomy monarchy of hell,
Sin then was honest; pride led on the tribe;
No Devil receiv'd--no Devil propos'd a bribe;
. . . [30 lines]
When the sad echo of St. 'Pulcre's bell
Toll to the carted wretch, a last farewell,*
. . . [6 more lines, signed] Common Sense. Philadelphia,
July 27, 1778.
* A bell near Newgate in London, which is always tolled when
criminals pass for execution.
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