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Here's a choice penny-worth of wit, for all that stand in need of it.

Other author/creatorLane, William, 1744-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Massachusetts?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1790 and 1799?]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 41 x 26 cm
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Uniform titlePennyworth of wit.
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49660. ^A478749
General noteVerse in three parts; first line: Here is a penny-worth of wit.
General noteAuthor from ninth and tenth lines of the first part: As in this verse you may behold, set forth by Mr. William Lane. Possibly by William Lane, b. 1744, the English poet.
General noteOther editions, Evans 30990 and 30991, are dated [1796].
General noteText in three columns; printed area measures 32.6 x 21.0 cm.
General noteNot in Evans or Bristol.
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 3161
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49660).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formBallads.

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