Few men their friends to such excess adore
- DMI number:
- 30381
- First Line:
- Few men their friends to such excess adore
- Last Line:
- The skin is nearer though the shirt be near
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Moral and Couplet
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Edmund Arwaker
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Fable XVI. The Mourning Wife' (The Moral). Select Fables (1708), I: 118-119.
- First Line:
- Few men their friends to such excess adore
- Last Line:
- The skin is nearest though the shirt be near
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [N67747] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.69
- Poem Title:
- XXIV. Self-Preservation is the First Principle in Nature; or, Charity begins at home.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [T127913] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.69
- Poem Title:
- XXIV. Self-Preservation is the first Principle in Nature; or, Charity begins at Home.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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