From wine what sudden friendship springs! — John Gay · Skopia

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From wine what sudden friendship springs!

Fables (Part 2) · 1732

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Gay, John. "The Squire and his Cur." Fables. London: John Knapton, Paul Knapton, and T. Cox, 1738, pt. 2. 1738.

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