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The Breath of life. Being an account of a young man that went to sea, thinking it a pleasant life; but soon found his mistake. Prettily expressed in sea-terms.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online II (ECCO) Available online

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Format:
Book
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Songs, English--Early works to 1800.
Songs, English.
Genre:
Single sheet verse.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 sheet ) ill. ;
Place of Publication:
[London? : s.n., 1760?]
Notes:
Verse - "When first I drew the breath of life,".
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by ornamental rules.
In this edition the fifteenth line in the first column reads: "But not the sorrow, grief, nor woe," and the first line of the third column "And spill yeur [sic] sails my hearts of gold,".
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T29592.
OCLC:
508553360

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