| Index Entry | By heaven, I had rather coin my heart [fl] |
| Location | Boston |
| Citation | PGCJ.767.065 31 Oct 1767:12,13 (199) To the printers of the Boston Evening-Post. . . . By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hand of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection.--- . . . [paragraph of taxation, then] There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries. . . . [3 more lines] |
| Generic Title | Providence Gazette |
| Date | 1767.10.31 |
| Publisher | Goddard, Sarah, and Carter, John |
| City, State | Providence, RI |
| Year | 1767 |
| Bibliography | B0041790 |