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Favourite, a simile
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/86766358
Description	Anonymous. By George Sewell. First line reads: When boys at Eton once a year. In one column. A satire on changes in political fortune. The imprint is false; possibly printed in London.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.3427
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1712 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Politics Government Satire (artistic device) Politicians
Person / organisation:	Sewell, George, -1726 [Author]
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English ballads
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Description	Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
Attribution and copyright:	Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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