| Index Entry | Shakespeare, quote [beg] was a great man knocked about the sconce |
| Location | Bury St Edmund |
| Citation | VGW(RI.772.009 21 May 1772:21 (315) London, March 9. . . Some workmen who were employed in the ruins of the Abbey at St. Edmund's Bury, found a leaden coffin, . . . [report of workers dumping corpse out of coffin to get the lead, which they sold.] Thus, in Shakespear's phrase, was a great man knocked about the sconce with a dirty shovel. |
| Generic Title | Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Ri) |
| Date | 1772.05.21 |
| Publisher | Rind, William |
| City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
| Year | 1772 |
| Bibliography | B0049442 |