Citation - Pennsylvania Evening Post: 1779.08.02

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Index Entry Great mastiffs only have the knack [fl] 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
PEP.779.018
2 Aug 1779:1942 (5/617)
[Verse at end of a political discussion on Thomas Paine]
Great mastiffs only have the knack, 
To throw the bear upon its back;
And when the ugly brute is thrown, 
Mongrels will serve to keep him down.
[signed] Whitehead Humphreys.


Generic Title Pennsylvania Evening Post 
Date 1779.08.02 
Publisher Towne, Benjamin 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1779 
Bibliography B0034340
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