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The three tours of Doctor Syntax

In search of 1. The picturesque, 2. Of consolation, 3. Of a wife. The text complete. [By William Combe] With four illustrations

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Syntax.—
“Forgive her? aye with all my heart,
For that is ev'ry Christian's part
But no, I never shall forget The kicking I am in her debt.

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And all her kissing I oppose, She's mischief's self and my bruis'd toes
Tell me, that she may snap my nose.”