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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On the next morn his breakfast done,
With not a cloud to hide the sun,
The Doctor did his way pursue, And, in a trotting hour or two
Bumpkin's old hall appear'd in view.
When soon he saw its hearty host Leaning most idly 'gainst a post,
And letting loose loud fits of laughter To see boys bathing in the water;
Who with their splash of mud and mire
Amus'd the humour of the 'Squire.
With not a cloud to hide the sun,
The Doctor did his way pursue, And, in a trotting hour or two
Bumpkin's old hall appear'd in view.
When soon he saw its hearty host Leaning most idly 'gainst a post,
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Who with their splash of mud and mire
Amus'd the humour of the 'Squire.
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