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NHG-P.766.056
15 Aug 1766:33 (515)
From the London Chronicle. The first book of Marks. Chap.
1.
1. The murmurs of the people, and the division amongst
them. 9 Speech of a great man in their behalf in the
Sanhedrin. 17. The rejoicing in the great city on account
thereof. 23. A further destruction of the St-----d P---r.
. . . [58 lines of mock-Biblical writing, describing the
rise and fall of the Stamp Act]
20. And when they had heard all that was done, they were
exceeding joyful, and gladness appeared in their eyes, and
they spake forth their praise with tongues of gladness.
21. And behold the musick in the peoples, and on the
cleavers, and on the parchments were heard through every
street, and every alley and court.
22. And the instrument of wind, and the fiddle were also
heard; but the bagpipe was not heard all the day long.
23. Now the children afar off heard not of these things by
reason of the great distance across the land, and across the
sea.
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