A spaniel bred with all the care
- DMI number:
- 24893
- First Line:
- A spaniel bred with all the care
- Last Line:
- Like those I flattered feed on air
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Animals[spaniel; cameleon], High society / the court, and Politics
- Author:
- John Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dearing and Beckwith (1974) II: 304-305.
- Title:
- A Collection of Modern Fables [ESTC T85473]
- Page No(s):
- pp.148-149
- Poem Title:
- Fable LXXII. The Spaniel and the Cameleon.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T127912]
- Page No(s):
- pp.114-115
- Poem Title:
- III. The Spaniel and the Camelion.
- Attribution:
- Part of 'Fables by Mr. John Gay'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The complete fabulist [ecco] [T162293]
- Page No(s):
- pp.114-115
- Poem Title:
- III. The Spaniel and the Camelion.
- Attribution:
- Part of 'Fables by Mr John Gay'.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- Title:
- The Edinburgh Entertainer [T128711]
- Page No(s):
- pp.272-273
- Poem Title:
- Fable II. The Spaniel and the Cameleon.
- Attribution:
- p.267: From Mr. Gay's Fables.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
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