Index Entry | Life's a most serious thing, and is no jest [fl] |
Location | Williamsburg |
Citation | VGW(HU.774.050 14 Apr 1774:41 (1175) A Correction of a Sentiment, . . . [quote from an inscription on a monument] "life is a jest, and all things show it; "I thought it once, but now I know it? Life's a most serious thing, and is no jest; Look round you where you will, and all things show it; And they who have injurious thoughts profess'd, If not while here, hereafter they shall know it. . . . [2 more lines] |
Generic Title | Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) |
Date | 1774.04.14 |
Publisher | Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon |
City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
Year | 1774 |
Bibliography | B0048658 |