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NJG-B.778.001
7 Jan 1778:13,21 (1/6)
Among all the apparatus of General Howe's army, not even
excepting some of the sultan's conveniencies, I cannot learn
that he carries with him a single poet, to celebrate his
exploits. . . [7 lines] Besides, those trumpeters of his
praises, have by this time been so often detected in
fiction, that they would not now be credited, should they by
accident happen to blunder upon the truth. . . [15 more
lines, offering the following poem, signed] Hortentius.
ON GENERAL HOWE'S LATE EXPEDITION TO ATTACK THE ARMY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Threat'ning to drive us from the hill,
Sir William march'd t' attack our men;
But finding that we all stood still,
Sir William, he---march'd back again.
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