They are very careful to oblige at first
- DMI number:
- 30391
- First Line:
- They are very careful to oblige at first
- Last Line:
- When poor too humble and when rich too proud
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet
- Themes:
- Money / wealth and Trades / labour[publican]
- Author:
- Edward Ward
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- LION: The Character of a Common Victualler . [from The London-Spy (1703)] - with some variants.
- Title:
- The entertainer; containing great variety of instructive entertainment [Vol I] [T100454]
- Page No(s):
- pp.207-208
- Poem Title:
- Character of an imperious Publican, grown rich by his business.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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