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NM.768.044
8 Aug 1768:21,22 (518)
London. . . The following may be depended on as a fact: On
Friday last a quarrel happening in Whitecross Street,
between a small-coal-man and a barber, it soon came to blows
. . . this incident reminds us of a droll simile written
several years ago by the ingenious Mr. Smarks, but we
suppose that the author never expected to hear of its being
realized.
Thus when a barber and a collier fight,
The barber beats the luckless collier--white;
The luckless collier [?] his pond'rous lack,
And big with vengeance, beat the barber--black:
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