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SCGCJ.770.014
20 Mar 1770:22 (224)
From a late London paper.
THE NEWS-PAPER.
'Tis truth (with defference to the college)
News-papers are the spring of knowledge,
The general source, throughout the nation,
Of every modern conversation.
What would this mighty people do
If there, alas! were nothing new;
A news-paper is like a feast,
Some dish there is for every guest,
Some large, some small, some strong, some tender,
For every stomach, stout or slender.
Those who roast beef, and ale delight in,
Are pleas'd with trumpets, drums, and fighting;
For those who are more puny made
Are arts and sciences, and trade;
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