Citation - New York Weekly Journal: 1750.08.20

NYWJ.750.019
20 Aug 1750:41 (869)
ON THE LAUNCHING OF THE BRITISH BUSS,(OR VESSEL) BUILT FOR
THE HERRING FISHERY.
Argo, that ship renown'd of ancient Greece,
From envied Colchos forc'd the Grecian Fleece.
With gold, inveigling luxury crept in;
And soon, from luxury sprung ev'ry sin.
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