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NHG-P.758.007
17 Mar 1758:12 (76)
London.
Vanity of Vanity, all is Vanity!
Said the wisest of mortals; and this, we have a right to
apply as he did, to every thing beneath the sun.
. . . [25 lines about the changing fortunes of war]
Our fleet is returned, if not loaded with spoils, it is
burdened with infamy; and the very boys in the streets begin
to sing the most doleful ditty:
The King of France, with forty thousand men,
Went up a hill--and so--came down again.
N.B. The only way to do this in taste, is to sing the first
line three times over, and the last once.
. . . [3 more lines, then signed] Snap Dragon.
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