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The Bottle-Scrue. A Tale. [from Poems on Several Occasions]
At least 8 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1720, 1723, 1724, 1732, 1745, 1751, 1757, 1785). Reprinted in <u>The Muse in Good Humour</u>.<br>
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See <u>Poems on Several Occasions. To Which Is Added, a Letter to Mr. Law. By a Student of Oxford.</u> (London: Printed for E. Curll, in Fleet-Street, 1720). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N34624">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Found searching in <u>Poems on Several Occasions. Dedicated to the Reverend Dr. Delaune, President of St. John's College in Oxford. by N. Amhurst, Sometime of the Same College.</u> (London: Printed for R. Francklin, at the Sun Fleetstreet, 1723). Text drawn from this edition.<br>
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See also <u>The Bottle-Scrue: a Tale.</u> (London, printed, and Dublin, reprinted, in the year, 1732). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T76100">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;