He was a bold Man that first eat an oyster. — Jonathan Swift
He was a bold Man that first eat an oyster.
1738
★ 2.2Provenance
Current citation
Swift, Jonathan. "Polite Conversation." Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises: Polite Conversation, Directions Servants and Other Works, edited by Valerie Rumbold. Cambridge University Press, 2013, no. 2.
Original citation
Swift, Johnathan. "Dialogue III." Polite Conversation. London: Charles Wittinham & Co., 1738.
