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Once on a time of mortal men

DMI number:
21832
First Line:
Once on a time of mortal men
Last Line:
And serve with bottle screws the nation
Poem Genre / Form:
Comic verse and Couplet
Themes:
Food and drink[wine], Objects[corkscrew], and Religion[vicar]
Related People
Author:
Nicholas Amhurst
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from 'The Bottle-Scrue. A Tale'. Amhurst (1720): 105-118.
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Last Line:
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Relationship:
Extract Of/Extracted In
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
The agreeable companion [ESTC T97919, P6248]
Page No(s):
pp.36-41
Poem Title:
The Parson's Pocket-Companion; or, the Cork-Scrue. A Merry Tale for all true Lovers of the Bottle.
Attribution:
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Not attributed