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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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The Doctor rose, the blessing given
With waving hand and looks to Heaven,
He calmly left the leafy bower, And sought the contemplative hour:
The evening pass'd and much he thought
Of the young train whom he had taught;
Then went to rest, but, ere he slept,
Review'd th'affecting scene, and wept.