Citation - Pennsylvania Journal: 1770.10.25

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Index Entry Fiddle, metaphor of political power, in lyric [beg] Whate'er you may 
Location New York 
Citation
PJ.770.061
25 Oct 1770:11 (1455)
Copy of a letter from a gentleman of New-York, in answer to
some strictures, upon the political state of that city, to
his friend in Boston.  New-York, October 1, 1770.
  Whate'er you may think, my good friend!  I protest, 
  We constantly manage our cards for the best:
  Tho' censur'd by some, we were seldom to blame---
  We shuffled--We cut---and---We played all the game---
. . . [58 lines]
  We neither begin nor break off in the middle, 
  But mind all the stops--of the government fiddle;
. . . [50 more lines]


Generic Title Pennsylvania Journal 
Date 1770.10.25 
Publisher Bradford, William and Thomas 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1770 
Bibliography B0039024
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