In coffee-house begot the short-lived brat

DMI number:

13758

First Line:

In coffee-house begot the short-lived brat

Last Line:

And on paternal mountains dies at last

Poem Genre / Form:

Epigram and Couplet

Themes:

Dunces, Printing / publishing, and Tobacco

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Author:

Thomas Brown

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Variant of 'Upon seeing a Man light a Pipe of Tobacco in a Coffee-House with a Leaf of King Arthur'. Brown (1715) I: 136.

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First Line:

In coffee house begot the short lived brat

Last Line:

And on paternal mountain dies at last

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Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]

Page No(s):

CDLXXXVII.

Poem Title:

Upon seeing a Pipe lighted in a Coffee-house with a Leaf of King Arthur.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

A collection of epigrams. To which is prefix’d, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [ESTC T41]

Page No(s):

CDLXXXVI.

Poem Title:

Upon seeing a Man light a Pipe of Tobacco in a Coffee-House, with a Leaf of King Arthur.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed