Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu): 1774.04.07

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Index Entry Lyric, moral [beg] To be or not to be? is not the question 
Location Williamsburg 
Citation
VGW(HU.774.049
7 Apr 1774:41 (1174)
Correction of a Thought, which, by the more sceptical part
of mankind, has been frequently adopted, to render dubious a
principle of the utmost truth and certainty.
The thought is comprised in this celebrated line, 
  "To be, or not to be?  That is the question." . . . 
To be or not to be? is not the question, 
With an enlighten'd and discerning mind.
An intellectual principle, deriv'd
From the Supreme eternal intellect, 
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Generic Title Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) 
Date 1774.04.07 
Publisher Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon 
City, State Williamsburg, VA 
Year 1774 
Bibliography B0048657
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