Citation - Virginia Gazette-Norfolk (Duncan): 1774.07.28

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Index Entry Lyric, topical [beg] Who shames a scribler? break one cob-web through 
Location Norfolk 
Citation
VGN(DN.774.012
28 Jul 1774:11 (8)
[Verse deriding authors of inferior verse]
Who shames a scribler? break one cob-web through
He spins the slight, self-pleasing thread anew;
Destroy his fib or sophistry in vain, 
The creature's at his dirty work again.
. . . [2 more lines]
[signed] Pope


Generic Title Virginia Gazette-Norfolk (Duncan) 
Date 1774.07.28 
Publisher Duncan, William, and Co. 
City, State Norfolk, VA 
Year 1774 
Bibliography B0047786
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